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Panda gives birth to twins in China
Jul 6 2007 7:06PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A panda gave birth to twins in southwest China, surprising researchers who were only expecting a single cub.
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Panda gives birth to twins in China
Jul 6 2007 7:06PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A panda gave birth to twins in southwest China, surprising researchers who were only expecting a single cub.
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Panda gives birth to twins in China
Jul 6 2007 7:06PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A panda gave birth to twins in southwest China, surprising researchers who were only expecting a single cub.
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China food crisis begins at family level
Jul 6 2007 3:44PM (CT)
XIAMEN, China (AP) - Perched on stools, four workers stuff freshly made noodles into plastic bags on the ground floor of the two-story Lin family home. A black-and-white mutt wanders lazily around their feet. Flies circle and land at will.
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100 militants killed in Afghanistan
Jul 6 2007 3:06PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fierce fighting broke out around Afghanistan on Friday, with battles in three separate regions killing more than 100 militants, part of a cycle of rapidly rising violence five years into the U.S.-led effort to defeat the Taliban.
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Shots fired as Pakistan leader takes off
Jul 6 2007 2:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gunfire rang out as a plane carrying Pakistan's president left an air base Friday, and police found anti-aircraft guns on a nearby roof. The apparent assassination attempt came as the army besieged extremists at the capital's Red Mosque.
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Shots fired as Pakistan leader takes off
Jul 6 2007 2:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gunfire rang out as a plane carrying Pakistan's president left an air base Friday, and police found anti-aircraft guns on a nearby roof. The apparent assassination attempt came as the army besieged extremists at the capital's Red Mosque.
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Shots fired as Pakistan leader takes off
Jul 6 2007 2:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gunfire rang out as a plane carrying Pakistan's president left an air base Friday, and police found anti-aircraft guns on a nearby roof. The apparent assassination attempt came as the army besieged extremists at the capital's Red Mosque.
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Shots fired as Pakistan leader takes off
Jul 6 2007 2:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gunfire rang out as a plane carrying Pakistan's president left an air base Friday, and police found anti-aircraft guns on a nearby roof. The apparent assassination attempt came as the army besieged extremists at the capital's Red Mosque.
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Shots fired as Pakistan leader takes off
Jul 6 2007 2:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gunfire rang out as a plane carrying Pakistan's president left an air base Friday, and police found anti-aircraft guns on a nearby roof. The apparent assassination attempt came as the army besieged extremists at the capital's Red Mosque.
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Shots fired as Pakistan leader takes off
Jul 6 2007 2:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gunfire rang out as a plane carrying Pakistan's president left an air base Friday, and police found anti-aircraft guns on a nearby roof. The apparent assassination attempt came as the army besieged extremists at the capital's Red Mosque.
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Pakistani militants snub surrender call
Jul 6 2007 2:13PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The top-ranking cleric of a radical mosque besieged by government forces in Pakistan's capital rejected calls for an unconditional surrender Friday, saying he and his die-hard followers were ready for martyrdom.
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Pakistani militants snub surrender call
Jul 6 2007 2:13PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The top-ranking cleric of a radical mosque besieged by government forces in Pakistan's capital rejected calls for an unconditional surrender Friday, saying he and his die-hard followers were ready for martyrdom.
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Pakistani militants snub surrender call
Jul 6 2007 2:13PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The top-ranking cleric of a radical mosque besieged by government forces in Pakistan's capital rejected calls for an unconditional surrender Friday, saying he and his die-hard followers were ready for martyrdom.
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Pakistani militants snub surrender call
Jul 6 2007 2:13PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The top-ranking cleric of a radical mosque besieged by government forces in Pakistan's capital rejected calls for an unconditional surrender Friday, saying he and his die-hard followers were ready for martyrdom.
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Pakistani militants snub surrender call
Jul 6 2007 2:13PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The top-ranking cleric of a radical mosque besieged by government forces in Pakistan's capital rejected calls for an unconditional surrender Friday, saying he and his die-hard followers were ready for martyrdom.
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Pakistani militants snub surrender call
Jul 6 2007 2:13PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The top-ranking cleric of a radical mosque besieged by government forces in Pakistan's capital rejected calls for an unconditional surrender Friday, saying he and his die-hard followers were ready for martyrdom.
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NKorea considers early reactor shutdown
Jul 6 2007 1:22PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea strongly suggested Friday that it is willing to suspend operations at its plutonium-producing nuclear reactor as soon as it receives an initial shipment of energy aid promised as a reward for closing the facility.
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NKorea considers early reactor shutdown
Jul 6 2007 1:22PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea strongly suggested Friday that it is willing to suspend operations at its plutonium-producing nuclear reactor as soon as it receives an initial shipment of energy aid promised as a reward for closing the facility.
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New reports: Fewer HIV cases in India
Jul 6 2007 12:03PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The experts' consensus was that India had the most HIV cases in the world _ 5.7 million _ and that number could rise if aggressive measures weren't adopted.
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China drug official given death sentence
Jul 6 2007 6:48AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A former department head at China's drug regulation agency was sentenced to death Friday on bribery charges, as U.S. regulators ordered a recall of three more Chinese-made products deemed dangerous to children.
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Panel backs Thailand's draft charter
Jul 6 2007 6:33AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A panel appointed by Thailand's coup leaders to draw up a new constitution agreed on a final draft Friday and scheduled a referendum in August, making elections a possibility later this year.
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Panel backs Thailand's draft charter
Jul 6 2007 6:33AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A panel appointed by Thailand's coup leaders to draw up a new constitution agreed on a final draft Friday and scheduled a referendum in August, making elections a possibility later this year.
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Panel backs Thailand's draft charter
Jul 6 2007 6:33AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A panel appointed by Thailand's coup leaders to draw up a new constitution agreed on a final draft Friday and scheduled a referendum in August, making elections a possibility later this year.
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Panel backs Thailand's draft charter
Jul 6 2007 6:33AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A panel appointed by Thailand's coup leaders to draw up a new constitution agreed on a final draft Friday and scheduled a referendum in August, making elections a possibility later this year.
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Panel backs Thailand's draft charter
Jul 6 2007 6:33AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A panel appointed by Thailand's coup leaders to draw up a new constitution agreed on a final draft Friday and scheduled a referendum in August, making elections a possibility later this year.
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Panel backs Thailand's draft charter
Jul 6 2007 6:33AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A panel appointed by Thailand's coup leaders to draw up a new constitution agreed on a final draft Friday and scheduled a referendum in August, making elections a possibility later this year.
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Panel backs Thailand's draft charter
Jul 6 2007 6:33AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A panel appointed by Thailand's coup leaders to draw up a new constitution agreed on a final draft Friday and scheduled a referendum in August, making elections a possibility later this year.
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Panel backs Thailand's draft charter
Jul 6 2007 6:33AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A panel appointed by Thailand's coup leaders to draw up a new constitution agreed on a final draft Friday and scheduled a referendum in August, making elections a possibility later this year.
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Muslim-born woman seeks life as Hindu
Jul 6 2007 4:11AM (CT)
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) - A Muslim-born woman who was forced to spend six months in an Islamic rehabilitation center because she wants to live as a Hindu said Friday after her release that she will never return to her original faith.
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Myanmar frees more activists
Jul 6 2007 3:44AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military government has released four more activists who were detained last May after holding prayer vigils for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a spokesman for her party said Friday.
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Japan's crown princess too ill to travel
Jul 6 2007 3:36AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Crown Princess Masako is not likely to be joining her husband, the heir to Japan's ancient throne, on any trips abroad in the near future.
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Report: TNT sparked China karaoke blast
Jul 6 2007 3:16AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese coal mine owner who ran a karaoke parlor where 25 people were killed in a giant explosion stored more than a ton of explosives in the basement, a report said Friday.
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Report: TNT sparked China karaoke blast
Jul 6 2007 3:16AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese coal mine owner who ran a karaoke parlor where 25 people were killed in a giant explosion stored more than a ton of explosives in the basement, a report said Friday.
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Report: TNT sparked China karaoke blast
Jul 6 2007 3:16AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese coal mine owner who ran a karaoke parlor where 25 people were killed in a giant explosion stored more than a ton of explosives in the basement, a report said Friday.
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Philippines: 9 men bolt jail, 3 killed
Jul 6 2007 2:34AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Nine inmates fled a southern Philippine jail after attacking guards, and pursuing police officers fatally shot three of the escaped convicts and recaptured four others, officials said Friday.
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East Timor may be becoming failed state
Jul 6 2007 12:08AM (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 6 2007 12:08AM (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 6 2007 12:08AM (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 6 2007 12:08AM (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 6 2007 12:08AM (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 6 2007 12:08AM (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 6 2007 12:08AM (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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