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China says media is hyping food problems
Jul 3 2007 9:22PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China warned the international media against exaggerating its food safety problems and stirring consumer panic, even as its inspectors found substandard children's snacks and more fake blood protein in hospitals.
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N. Korean leader pushes disarmament deal
Jul 3 2007 9:20PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - North Korea's reclusive leader urged progress in a deal to dismantle his country's nuclear programs, his first official remarks on the long-delayed pact, as a U.N. watchdog signaled the North was ready to cooperate.
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Afghan army executes first big operation
Jul 3 2007 8:04PM (CT)
ANDAR DISTRICT, Afghanistan (AP) - Two Black Hawk helicopters swooped down into the makeshift base in the middle of a Taliban hotbed, and U.S. soldiers snapped salutes to the mission's top general _ an Afghan, not an American.
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Afghan army executes first big operation
Jul 3 2007 8:04PM (CT)
ANDAR DISTRICT, Afghanistan (AP) - Two Black Hawk helicopters swooped down into the makeshift base in the middle of a Taliban hotbed, and U.S. soldiers snapped salutes to the mission's top general _ an Afghan, not an American.
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Afghan army executes first big operation
Jul 3 2007 8:04PM (CT)
ANDAR DISTRICT, Afghanistan (AP) - Two Black Hawk helicopters swooped down into the makeshift base in the middle of a Taliban hotbed, and U.S. soldiers snapped salutes to the mission's top general _ an Afghan, not an American.
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Afghan army executes first big operation
Jul 3 2007 8:04PM (CT)
ANDAR DISTRICT, Afghanistan (AP) - Two Black Hawk helicopters swooped down into the makeshift base in the middle of a Taliban hotbed, and U.S. soldiers snapped salutes to the mission's top general _ an Afghan, not an American.
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9 killed in Pakistani mosque battle
Jul 3 2007 8:04PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Tensions brewing around a radical mosque in Pakistan's capital burst into street battles Tuesday between security forces and masked militants who have challenged the government by mounting a vigilante anti-vice campaign.
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9 killed in Pakistani mosque battle
Jul 3 2007 8:04PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Tensions brewing around a radical mosque in Pakistan's capital burst into street battles Tuesday between security forces and masked militants who have challenged the government by mounting a vigilante anti-vice campaign.
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9 killed in Pakistani mosque battle
Jul 3 2007 8:04PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Tensions brewing around a radical mosque in Pakistan's capital burst into street battles Tuesday between security forces and masked militants who have challenged the government by mounting a vigilante anti-vice campaign.
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9 killed in Pakistani mosque battle
Jul 3 2007 8:04PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Tensions brewing around a radical mosque in Pakistan's capital burst into street battles Tuesday between security forces and masked militants who have challenged the government by mounting a vigilante anti-vice campaign.
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9 killed in Pakistani mosque battle
Jul 3 2007 8:04PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Tensions brewing around a radical mosque in Pakistan's capital burst into street battles Tuesday between security forces and masked militants who have challenged the government by mounting a vigilante anti-vice campaign.
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$360 million pledged for Afghanistan
Jul 3 2007 5:42PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - International donors pledged $360 million Tuesday to train judges, build new prisons and enact other measures to strengthen Afghanistan's judicial system at a conference overshadowed by concerns over civilian casualties caused by NATO forces.
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$360 million pledged for Afghanistan
Jul 3 2007 5:42PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - International donors pledged $360 million Tuesday to train judges, build new prisons and enact other measures to strengthen Afghanistan's judicial system at a conference overshadowed by concerns over civilian casualties caused by NATO forces.
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Nepal 'living goddess' loses status
Jul 3 2007 3:26PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A 10-year-old Nepalese girl was stripped of her title as a living goddess because she traveled overseas to promote a documentary about the centuries-old tradition, an official said Tuesday.
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Japan official resigns over bomb comment
Jul 3 2007 1:35PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's defense minister resigned Tuesday after suggesting the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were inevitable, a remark that stirred furious criticism in a nation where many consider the attacks an unjustified slaughter of civilians.
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Japan official resigns over bomb comment
Jul 3 2007 1:35PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's defense minister resigned Tuesday after suggesting the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were inevitable, a remark that stirred furious criticism in a nation where many consider the attacks an unjustified slaughter of civilians.
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U.S. looks for fallen troops at Iwo Jima
Jul 3 2007 11:18AM (CT)
IWO JIMA, Japan (AP) - Maj. Sean Stinchon stands at the base of Hill 362A and scans a map drawn up by Navy Seabees in 1948 that is deeply creased and covered in reddish brown dirt. The map shows a labyrinth of caves and tunnels that runs through the brush-covered hill like the cross-section of an ant colony.
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U.S. looks for fallen troops at Iwo Jima
Jul 3 2007 11:18AM (CT)
IWO JIMA, Japan (AP) - Maj. Sean Stinchon stands at the base of Hill 362A and scans a map drawn up by Navy Seabees in 1948 that is deeply creased and covered in reddish brown dirt. The map shows a labyrinth of caves and tunnels that runs through the brush-covered hill like the cross-section of an ant colony.
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U.S. looks for fallen troops at Iwo Jima
Jul 3 2007 11:18AM (CT)
IWO JIMA, Japan (AP) - Maj. Sean Stinchon stands at the base of Hill 362A and scans a map drawn up by Navy Seabees in 1948 that is deeply creased and covered in reddish brown dirt. The map shows a labyrinth of caves and tunnels that runs through the brush-covered hill like the cross-section of an ant colony.
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U.S. looks for fallen troops at Iwo Jima
Jul 3 2007 11:18AM (CT)
IWO JIMA, Japan (AP) - Maj. Sean Stinchon stands at the base of Hill 362A and scans a map drawn up by Navy Seabees in 1948 that is deeply creased and covered in reddish brown dirt. The map shows a labyrinth of caves and tunnels that runs through the brush-covered hill like the cross-section of an ant colony.
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U.S. looks for fallen troops at Iwo Jima
Jul 3 2007 11:18AM (CT)
IWO JIMA, Japan (AP) - Maj. Sean Stinchon stands at the base of Hill 362A and scans a map drawn up by Navy Seabees in 1948 that is deeply creased and covered in reddish brown dirt. The map shows a labyrinth of caves and tunnels that runs through the brush-covered hill like the cross-section of an ant colony.
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China limits transplants for foreigners
Jul 3 2007 8:14AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China issued guidelines Tuesday restricting organ transplants for foreigners, giving priority to Chinese patients in the government's latest effort to regulate procedures that have been criticized as profit-driven and unethical.
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Report: China had pollution deaths nixed
Jul 3 2007 6:24AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Beijing persuaded the World Bank to cut from a report findings that pollution has caused about 750,000 premature deaths in China each year, the Financial Times reported.
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Report: China had pollution deaths nixed
Jul 3 2007 6:24AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Beijing persuaded the World Bank to cut from a report findings that pollution has caused about 750,000 premature deaths in China each year, the Financial Times reported.
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33 militants killed in Afghanistan
Jul 3 2007 4:04AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan and NATO forces clashed with Taliban militants in a dangerous southern region overnight, leaving 33 suspected insurgents dead, the provincial governor said Tuesday.
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Asian countries eye warming problems
Jul 3 2007 3:26AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Officials from more than a dozen Asian countries met Tuesday in Malaysia to outline health problems their populations are facing in relation to a rise in global temperatures.
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Chinese study identifies 'comfort women'
Jul 3 2007 3:06AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Japanese soldiers forced girls as young as 12 into sexual slavery during and after World War II, according to a report by two Chinese legal groups.
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Endangered monkeys discovered in Vietnam
Jul 3 2007 2:01AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The largest known population of rare, gray-shanked doucs has been discovered in a remote part of Vietnam, raising the prospect the endangered monkeys can be saved from extinction, scientists said Tuesday.
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