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Japan official resigns over A-bomb quip
Jul 2 2007 11:59PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's embattled defense minister resigned Tuesday over his comments suggesting the 1945 atomic bombings Hiroshima and Nagasaki were inevitable.
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Japan official resigns over A-bomb quip
Jul 2 2007 11:59PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's embattled defense minister resigned Tuesday over his comments suggesting the 1945 atomic bombings Hiroshima and Nagasaki were inevitable.
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Chinese church official attacks cardinal
Jul 2 2007 11:07PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A Catholic leader in China reproached a Hong Kong cardinal for marching in a pro-democracy protest, saying such political activism is why Beijing is reluctant to let the Vatican appoint Chinese bishops, a report said Tuesday.
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U.S. requests extradition of wanted man
Jul 2 2007 10:40PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - U.S. authorities formally requested that Hong Kong extradite an American man accused of raping his daughter and posting videos of the abuse online, the suspect's lawyer said Tuesday.
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Widows suffer in Afghan village
Jul 2 2007 5:39PM (CT)
BUNYAT, Afghanistan (AP) - Fatama's husband left home one night to smuggle drugs from their mud-thatch border village into Iran. The next morning, her brother-in-law gave her the news: Her husband had been killed.
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Hindu shrine's icy stalagmite melts
Jul 2 2007 4:50PM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - A naturally formed stalagmite in a Kashmiri mountain shrine has melted away, officials said Monday, blaming body heat from the hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims who visit each year.
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Hindu shrine's icy stalagmite melts
Jul 2 2007 4:50PM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - A naturally formed stalagmite in a Kashmiri mountain shrine has melted away, officials said Monday, blaming body heat from the hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims who visit each year.
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Hindu shrine's icy stalagmite melts
Jul 2 2007 4:50PM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - A naturally formed stalagmite in a Kashmiri mountain shrine has melted away, officials said Monday, blaming body heat from the hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims who visit each year.
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Hindu shrine's icy stalagmite melts
Jul 2 2007 4:50PM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - A naturally formed stalagmite in a Kashmiri mountain shrine has melted away, officials said Monday, blaming body heat from the hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims who visit each year.
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Myanmar frees AIDS activist
Jul 2 2007 3:11PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Phyu Phyu Thin, an AIDS activist and opposition party member in Myanmar who was taken into custody by police more than a month ago, has been freed from detention, she said Monday.
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Gandhi letter pulled from UK auction
Jul 2 2007 1:27PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - One of the last letters written by Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi has been pulled from a London auction so it can be acquired by the government of India, Christie's auction house said Monday.
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US: Afghan civilian deaths 'unfortunate'
Jul 2 2007 1:21PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Monday it was "unfortunate" that civilians have been caught up in the NATO-led military operation in Afghanistan, calling war an imperfect science.
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US: Afghan civilian deaths 'unfortunate'
Jul 2 2007 1:21PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Monday it was "unfortunate" that civilians have been caught up in the NATO-led military operation in Afghanistan, calling war an imperfect science.
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Pakistan eases curbs on atomic scientist
Jul 2 2007 12:49PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A.Q. Khan, the scientist who became a national hero for developing Pakistan's atomic bomb and went on to sell nuclear secrets abroad, can leave house arrest to meet with friends and relatives, officials said Monday.
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China military getting trendier uniforms
Jul 2 2007 8:50AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China is rolling out sleeker uniforms for its 2.3 million-member military, prompted by a bigger budget and growing involvement in U.N. peacekeeping, state media said Monday.
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Court rejects file on Pakistani judge
Jul 2 2007 8:40AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's attempt to remove Pakistan's chief justice received a setback Monday when a Supreme Court judge rejected government evidence and ordered a sweep of courts and judges' homes for spying devices.
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China finds pyramid in ancient tomb
Jul 2 2007 8:35AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese researchers say they have found a strange pyramid-shaped chamber while surveying the massive underground tomb of China's first emperor and theorize it was built as a passageway for his soul.
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7 Afghan police killed by roadside bomb
Jul 2 2007 8:16AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb destroyed a police vehicle patrolling in a dangerous area of southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing all seven policemen on board, an official said.
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S. Korean tycoon gets prison for beating
Jul 2 2007 3:34AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A court sentenced South Korean tycoon Kim Seung-youn to 18 months in prison Monday over a sensational beating attack earlier this year against bar workers involved in a scuffle with his son.
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Chinese reporter's family seeks death
Jul 2 2007 1:56AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The family of a reporter killed while investigating China's coal industry says the life sentence given to the mine boss convicted of ordering thugs to attack the journalist is too lenient, and appealed Monday for the death penalty.
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Afghans: 62 Taliban, 45 civilians dead
Jul 2 2007 1:06AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A local investigation into airstrikes that slammed into Afghan homes where Taliban fighters sought shelter found that 62 insurgents and 45 civilians were killed, two Afghan officials said Sunday.
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Afghans: 62 Taliban, 45 civilians dead
Jul 2 2007 1:06AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A local investigation into airstrikes that slammed into Afghan homes where Taliban fighters sought shelter found that 62 insurgents and 45 civilians were killed, two Afghan officials said Sunday.
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Afghans: 62 Taliban, 45 civilians dead
Jul 2 2007 1:06AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A local investigation into airstrikes that slammed into Afghan homes where Taliban fighters sought shelter found that 62 insurgents and 45 civilians were killed, two Afghan officials said Sunday.
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