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Pakistani militants snub surrender call
Jul 5 2007 11:44PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gunfire rang out around a besieged radical mosque in Pakistan's capital early Friday as Islamic militants holed up in the complex snubbed a plea from their captured leader to surrender.
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Pakistani militants snub surrender call
Jul 5 2007 11:44PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gunfire rang out around a besieged radical mosque in Pakistan's capital early Friday as Islamic militants holed up in the complex snubbed a plea from their captured leader to surrender.
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Pakistani militants snub surrender call
Jul 5 2007 11:44PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gunfire rang out around a besieged radical mosque in Pakistan's capital early Friday as Islamic militants holed up in the complex snubbed a plea from their captured leader to surrender.
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Pakistani militants snub surrender call
Jul 5 2007 11:44PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gunfire rang out around a besieged radical mosque in Pakistan's capital early Friday as Islamic militants holed up in the complex snubbed a plea from their captured leader to surrender.
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Pakistani militants snub surrender call
Jul 5 2007 11:44PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gunfire rang out around a besieged radical mosque in Pakistan's capital early Friday as Islamic militants holed up in the complex snubbed a plea from their captured leader to surrender.
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Pakistani militants snub surrender call
Jul 5 2007 11:44PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gunfire rang out around a besieged radical mosque in Pakistan's capital early Friday as Islamic militants holed up in the complex snubbed a plea from their captured leader to surrender.
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Chinese official sentenced to death
Jul 5 2007 11:44PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The assistant to China's former top drug regulator was sentenced to death Friday on charges of bribery, his lawyer said, the latest development in a scandal that uncovered corruption in the country's drug approval system.
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Japan seeks greater military role abroad
Jul 5 2007 9:45PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's military is making international peacekeeping a priority, scrambling to bolster its missile defenses and deepening its coordination with U.S. troops, an annual report said Friday.
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Sri Lankan rebels honor suicide bombers
Jul 5 2007 3:54PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Tamil Tiger rebels watched plays, heard speeches and even opened a children's park on Thursday _ all to celebrate 20 years of suicide bombings in their struggle for an independent homeland.
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Bomber kills 10 officers in Afghanistan
Jul 5 2007 1:46PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber blew up a room full of policemen eating lunch at a southern Afghan checkpoint Thursday, killing 10 officers and wounding 11, while a roadside bomb in the east killed a NATO soldier, authorities said.
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East Timor may be becoming failed state
Jul 5 2007 12:42PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor's people have turned out in high numbers for three rounds of elections, but the show of democracy cannot mask mounting challenges facing Asia's newest nation five years after independence.
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East Timor may be becoming failed state
Jul 5 2007 12:42PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor's people have turned out in high numbers for three rounds of elections, but the show of democracy cannot mask mounting challenges facing Asia's newest nation five years after independence.
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East Timor may be becoming failed state
Jul 5 2007 12:42PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor's people have turned out in high numbers for three rounds of elections, but the show of democracy cannot mask mounting challenges facing Asia's newest nation five years after independence.
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East Timor may be becoming failed state
Jul 5 2007 12:42PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor's people have turned out in high numbers for three rounds of elections, but the show of democracy cannot mask mounting challenges facing Asia's newest nation five years after independence.
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East Timor may be becoming failed state
Jul 5 2007 12:42PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor's people have turned out in high numbers for three rounds of elections, but the show of democracy cannot mask mounting challenges facing Asia's newest nation five years after independence.
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East Timor may be becoming failed state
Jul 5 2007 12:42PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor's people have turned out in high numbers for three rounds of elections, but the show of democracy cannot mask mounting challenges facing Asia's newest nation five years after independence.
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East Timor may be becoming failed state
Jul 5 2007 12:42PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor's people have turned out in high numbers for three rounds of elections, but the show of democracy cannot mask mounting challenges facing Asia's newest nation five years after independence.
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China denies loans to polluting firms
Jul 5 2007 12:23PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Thursday it would bar bank loans to companies that violate environmental rules, an apparent effort to target firms that find it cheaper to pay fines or bribes than help reduce the country's worsening pollution.
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China denies loans to polluting firms
Jul 5 2007 12:23PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Thursday it would bar bank loans to companies that violate environmental rules, an apparent effort to target firms that find it cheaper to pay fines or bribes than help reduce the country's worsening pollution.
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China denies loans to polluting firms
Jul 5 2007 12:23PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Thursday it would bar bank loans to companies that violate environmental rules, an apparent effort to target firms that find it cheaper to pay fines or bribes than help reduce the country's worsening pollution.
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Report: 25 killed in China karaoke blast
Jul 5 2007 8:34AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A blast ripped through a karaoke parlor and bath house in northeast China, killing 25 people and injuring 33 others, state media reported Thursday.
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Report: 25 killed in China karaoke blast
Jul 5 2007 8:34AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A blast ripped through a karaoke parlor and bath house in northeast China, killing 25 people and injuring 33 others, state media reported Thursday.
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Report: 25 killed in China karaoke blast
Jul 5 2007 8:34AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A blast ripped through a karaoke parlor and bath house in northeast China, killing 25 people and injuring 33 others, state media reported Thursday.
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China denies hiding pollution death data
Jul 5 2007 7:53AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China denied Thursday it pressured the World Bank to cut data from a draft of an environmental report that allegedly found that pollution caused about 750,000 premature deaths nationwide annually.
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Police arrest US sailor over stabbing
Jul 5 2007 4:22AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese police arrested an American sailor Thursday on suspicion of attempted murder after two women were stabbed near a naval base south of Tokyo, officials said.
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Timor president wants unity government
Jul 5 2007 4:06AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - The ruling Fretilin party narrowly defeated its rivals in elections on this tiny, politically volatile island, prompting the nation's president to call for a national unity coalition to avoid a collapse of the government.
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Timor president wants unity government
Jul 5 2007 4:06AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - The ruling Fretilin party narrowly defeated its rivals in elections on this tiny, politically volatile island, prompting the nation's president to call for a national unity coalition to avoid a collapse of the government.
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Blind Chinese activist beaten in jail
Jul 5 2007 3:20AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The wife of a blind human rights activist said Thursday she evaded surveillance officers to make a trip to the Chinese capital, where she tried to find out how her husband could serve his jail sentence at home.
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Australia, US concerned by Chinese power
Jul 5 2007 3:06AM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia and a top U.S. military official expressed concern Thursday that China's rapid military buildup and use of a missile in space could add to instability in the Asia-Pacific, and backed a greater role for Japan in regional security.
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Chinese judge: Death sentencing uneven
Jul 5 2007 2:45AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's top court will ensure the death penalty is applied uniformly across the nation by the end of the year, state media said Thursday.
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Paper: US should not scapegoat exports
Jul 5 2007 2:32AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The United States should not use a few tainted Chinese products as an excuse to smear the country's reputation of being a reliable source of safe exports, a state-run newspaper said Thursday.
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Japan to hold missile interceptor test
Jul 5 2007 1:52AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan will conduct its first test launch of the U.S.-developed SM-3 missile interceptor from a destroyer later this year, a Defense Ministry official said Thursday.
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Chinese eat dinosaur bones as medicine
Jul 5 2007 12:52AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Villagers in central China spent decades digging up bones they believed belonged to flying dragons and using them in traditional medicines. Turns out the bones belonged to dinosaurs, and now scientists are doing the digging.
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