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N. Korea threatens to fire more missiles
Jul 6 2006 11:50PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea angrily mocked international criticism of its multiple missile tests, threatening Thursday to fire off more rockets.
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Report: China building collapse kills 2
Jul 6 2006 11:41PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A seven-story apartment building collapsed early Friday in the major city of Zhengzhou in central China, killing at least two people and burying an unknown number of others, the government news agency said.
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Russia, China refuse to sanction N. Korea
Jul 6 2006 10:20PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia and China refused Thursday to back a Japanese resolution that would impose sanctions on North Korea for test-firing missiles.
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Report: N. Korea missile aimed at Hawaii
Jul 6 2006 10:00PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - North Korea targeted waters near Hawaii when it fired a long-range missile this week, a Japanese newspaper reported Friday.
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Explosion in northern China kills 43
Jul 6 2006 9:50PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An explosion in a villager's home killed at least 43 people early Friday in northern China, a government news agency reported.
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Fugitive officers nabbed near Manila
Jul 6 2006 9:22PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Six fugitive military officers linked to a failed 2003 mutiny against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo were arrested Friday, officials said.
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Pakistan security forces kill 31 militants
Jul 6 2006 2:52PM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Security forces killed 31 fighters in an offensive against renegade Baluch tribesmen in southwestern Pakistan, officials said Thursday.
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Stormy weather kills at least 30 in China
Jul 6 2006 2:36PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Torrential rains and a tornado killed at least 30 people as storms battered eastern China this week, with millions more affected by flooding and other storm damage, state media and officials said Thursday.
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N. Korea puts China in difficult spot
Jul 6 2006 2:34PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - When North Korea fired a volley of missiles this week, it not only defied warnings from longtime enemies the United States and Japan, it also spurned the pleas of its chief benefactor _ China.
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Coalition soldier killed in Afghanistan
Jul 6 2006 12:54PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A U.S.-led coalition soldier and 10 suspected Taliban militants died in the latest clashes to roil southern and eastern Afghanistan, while security was tightened in Kabul after a series of bombings, officials said Thursday.
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Bolton: Japan's N. Korea draft has support
Jul 6 2006 12:52PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A Japanese-backed draft resolution to sanction North Korea for its series of missile launches has "broad and deep support," despite some differences in the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Thursday.
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Many S. Koreans ambivalent about missiles
Jul 6 2006 11:46AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - For more than 50 years, South Koreans have lived with the knowledge that North Korea could pound their capital with artillery shells and rockets. So the North's missile tests drew muted reactions from many Southerners, despite their vulnerability to attack.
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Filipino woman IDs Marine in rape trial
Jul 6 2006 7:57AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Filipino woman broke down in tears on the witness stand Thursday as she identified the U.S. Marine who allegedly raped her.
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Chopper makes emergency S. Korea landing
Jul 6 2006 7:40AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A U.S. military helicopter made an emergency landing Thursday in South Korea, but the crew was not hurt, police said.
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Doctors race to save conjoined twin girls
Jul 6 2006 3:55AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Doctors were racing to save the lives of 10-month-old conjoined twin girls on Thursday in a complex separation surgery expected to take up to 24 hours, hospital officials said.
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India, China reopen historic border pass
Jul 6 2006 2:57AM (CT)
NATHU LA, ON THE INDIA-CHINA BORDER (AP) - India and China on Thursday reopened an ancient Silk Road pass high in the Himalayas more than 40 years after it was shut by war, the latest effort to improve ties and end decades of mutual suspicion between the two Asian giants.
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Afghan, coalition forces kill 10 militants
Jul 6 2006 1:38AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces killed 10 suspected militants during several operations aimed at flushing out Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan, officials said Thursday.
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