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Report: Thousands of Chinese students riot
Jul 1 2005 11:48PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Thousands of students rioted on a campus in southern China to protest high university fees, overcrowded dorms and unappealing cafeteria food, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Saturday.
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India flood said to strand 300 on train
Jul 1 2005 11:36PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Nearly 300 passengers were stranded in a train on flooded rail tracks Friday after heavy monsoon rains killed at least 102 people this week, a state government minister said.
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North Korea wants U.S. to withdraw remark
Jul 1 2005 11:28PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - North Korea told the United States that it must withdraw its description of the communist nation as an "outpost of tyranny" and treat Pyongyang as a friend if it wants nuclear talks to resume, a senior North Korean official said Friday.
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Team of U.S. GIs missing in Afghanistan
Jul 1 2005 11:24PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. forces desperately scoured rugged Afghan mountains Friday for an elite American military team missing in the same area where a U.S. helicopter was shot down.
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Beijing tells employees to dress for heat
Jul 1 2005 10:18PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - As the Chinese summer heats up, civil servants in the capital have been told to dress down to save on energy, state media said Friday.
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Afghan progress in danger of unraveling
Jul 1 2005 2:00PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan was held up as an example of U.S.-led nation-building just three months ago. But that optimism has succumbed to near-daily ambushes, bombings, execution-style killings and this week's downing of a U.S. military helicopter
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Militant attacks in Afghanistan kill 25
Jul 1 2005 11:28AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants attacked police checkpoints and a village in central Afghanistan over three days, and the fighting left 25 people dead, including tribal elders who were taken hostage, a provincial governor said Friday.
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Kissinger regrets 1971 comments on India
Jul 1 2005 10:52AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who derided India and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in a private 1971 conversation with President Nixon, expressed regret in an interview aired Friday and insisted the comments be viewed in the context of Cold War politics.
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Philippine opposition keeps up pressure
Jul 1 2005 10:05AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Thousands of protesters rallied Friday to demand that the president resign, and a former defense minister warned if she refuses, she will be ousted.
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Hong Kong demonstration marks anniversary
Jul 1 2005 6:21AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the streets and demanded more democracy Friday on the eighth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule.
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Indonesia police arrest terrorist suspects
Jul 1 2005 1:33AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Several Muslim militants have been arrested in Indonesia in connection with a series of bloody attacks on Western targets in the country in recent years, police and media reports said Friday.
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Pakistan nabs 3 with alleged terror links
Jul 1 2005 12:49AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Three men suspected of ties to Osama bin Laden's terror network have been arrested in Pakistan, a major newspaper reported Friday.
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