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U.S. offers to meet N.Korea on sidelines
Jul 8 2006 11:48PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A U.S. envoy expressed support for China's proposal to hold informal six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear threat and offered to meet bilaterally with the North on the sidelines of those discussions.
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High-tech missile destroyer sails to Japan
Jul 8 2006 9:02PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A new U.S. guided missile destroyer docked in Japan on Saturday amid tensions over North Korea's missile tests, but the military said the arrival was routine and had been planned months ago.
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Japan won't compromise on Korea resolution
Jul 8 2006 8:56PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan won't compromise on the stern wording of a U.N. resolution that would impose sanctions on North Korea and order the communist regime to stop developing ballistic missiles, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Sunday.
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Nobel laureate named East Timor PM
Jul 8 2006 8:09PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta was named East Timor's new prime minister Saturday, shouldering the challenge of returning the young nation to stability after months of violence and political turmoil.
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Afghanistan bomb kills Peruvian soldier
Jul 8 2006 2:17PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb killed a Peruvian soldier and wounded four other NATO troops patrolling western Afghanistan on Sunday, the Spanish Defense Ministry said.
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Dealing with North Korea may prove tricky
Jul 8 2006 12:40PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - China is North Korea's No. 1 ally and trading partner. South Korea and Japan are key economic players. The United States offers the isolated Communist state diplomatic recognition and security guarantees.
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North Korea knows how to get attention
Jul 8 2006 11:15AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - North Korea is well practiced in getting some of what it wants through provocation. Bullying through a bullhorn has worked time and again for a small nation with an outsized military force and an even bigger capacity for bluster and threat.
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New U.S. guided missile ship sent to Japan
Jul 8 2006 6:42AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A new top-of-the-line U.S. guided missile destroyer was deployed to Japan on Saturday, amid tensions over North Korea's missile tests.
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At least 20 wounded in Kashmir attack
Jul 8 2006 2:25AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A suspected Islamic militant hurled a grenade into a crowded market in Indian Kashmir on Saturday, wounding at least 20 people, many of them critically, police said.
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Tokyo's Haneda airport suspends flights
Jul 8 2006 2:17AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo's Haneda airport suspended flights for two hours early Saturday after an unidentified jogger was spotted crossing the runway.
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Landslide kills 11 in central China
Jul 8 2006 2:03AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A landslide at a construction site in central China buried migrant workers sleeping in a tent Saturday, killing 11 of them, a government news agency reported.
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