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China sending special envoy to N. Korea
Jul 7 2005 11:08PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China will send a special envoy to North Korea next week after weekend talks with visiting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on efforts to restart nuclear disarmament negotiations, the government said Friday.
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Philippine president says she won't quit
Jul 7 2005 10:11PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Ten members of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's Cabinet resigned Friday and urged the Philippine leader to step down, saying she has been crippled by an election scandal and has lost the ability to govern.
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Japan wakes up to asbestos problem
Jul 7 2005 9:33PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - One after another, Japanese companies have come forward for the first time to reveal that hundreds of employees who handled asbestos may have died from exposure, prompting worries of widespread contamination by the powerful carcinogen.
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Taliban threatens to kill U.S. commando
Jul 7 2005 1:07PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The last U.S. commando still missing in Afghanistan is being held by the Taliban and rebel leaders have decided to kill him, a purported spokesman for the group said Thursday.
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Gunmen kill Pakistan intelligence officer
Jul 7 2005 9:13AM (CT)
LADHA, Pakistan (AP) - Two masked gunmen opened fire on an intelligence officer in a remote northwestern tribal region of Pakistan on Thursday, killing him before fleeing, a local government official said.
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China commemorates start of WWII fighting
Jul 7 2005 8:21AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Thursday marked the 68th anniversary of the start of World War II fighting against Japanese invaders, commemorations that come at a time of tense relations with Tokyo.
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Japan checks London blasts for citizens
Jul 7 2005 8:01AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, visiting Scotland for the Group of Eight summit, has sent a message to officials in London and Tokyo to quickly determine whether there were any Japanese casualties in explosions that rocked the London transit system Thursday, a media report and an official said.
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Report: Malaysia mulls foreign driver ban
Jul 7 2005 7:47AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia may ban foreigners from driving commercial vehicles because more than 300,000 drivers from Singapore and other countries have skipped out on traffic fines, a government official said Thursday.
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Aceh peace talks may stall
Jul 7 2005 2:48AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - In 130 years of conflict, the Indonesian province of Aceh has rarely been so close to peace.
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Taiwan carries out military maneuvers
Jul 7 2005 12:42AM (CT)
YUANLI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese troops on Thursday carried out a major military exercise aimed at fending off an invasion from China, four months after Beijing passed a law threatening force if Taiwan moves toward independence.
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