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Troops storm Pakistan mosque compound
Jul 9 2007 11:58PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Government troops stormed the compound of Islamabad's Red Mosque before dawn Tuesday, prompting a fierce firefight with militants accused of holding about 150 hostages inside, officials said. At least 40 rebels and three soldiers were killed.
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Troops storm Pakistan mosque compound
Jul 9 2007 11:58PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Government troops stormed the compound of Islamabad's Red Mosque before dawn Tuesday, prompting a fierce firefight with militants accused of holding about 150 hostages inside, officials said. At least 40 rebels and three soldiers were killed.
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Troops storm Pakistan mosque compound
Jul 9 2007 11:58PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Government troops stormed the compound of Islamabad's Red Mosque before dawn Tuesday, prompting a fierce firefight with militants accused of holding about 150 hostages inside, officials said. At least 40 rebels and three soldiers were killed.
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China ex-food and drug chief executed
Jul 9 2007 11:52PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Tuesday executed the former head of its food and drug watchdog who had become a symbol of the country's wide-ranging problems on product safety.
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Imam says 2 UK suspects changed recently
Jul 9 2007 11:52PM (CT)
BANGALORE, India (AP) - For 10 years, Mohammed Hassaan watched the two boys in the modest gray house across the street from his mosque grow into young professionals and observant Muslims.
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Imam says 2 UK suspects changed recently
Jul 9 2007 11:52PM (CT)
BANGALORE, India (AP) - For 10 years, Mohammed Hassaan watched the two boys in the modest gray house across the street from his mosque grow into young professionals and observant Muslims.
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Imam says 2 UK suspects changed recently
Jul 9 2007 11:52PM (CT)
BANGALORE, India (AP) - For 10 years, Mohammed Hassaan watched the two boys in the modest gray house across the street from his mosque grow into young professionals and observant Muslims.
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Imam says 2 UK suspects changed recently
Jul 9 2007 11:52PM (CT)
BANGALORE, India (AP) - For 10 years, Mohammed Hassaan watched the two boys in the modest gray house across the street from his mosque grow into young professionals and observant Muslims.
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Imam says 2 UK suspects changed recently
Jul 9 2007 11:52PM (CT)
BANGALORE, India (AP) - For 10 years, Mohammed Hassaan watched the two boys in the modest gray house across the street from his mosque grow into young professionals and observant Muslims.
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Report: NKorea nuclear talks next week
Jul 9 2007 11:39PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - International disarmament talks on North Korea's nuclear program will resume in Beijing next week, a news report said Tuesday, as the U.N. nuclear watchdog prepared to oversee Pyongyang's promised shutdown of its reactor.
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Report: NKorea nuclear talks next week
Jul 9 2007 11:39PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - International disarmament talks on North Korea's nuclear program will resume in Beijing next week, a news report said Tuesday, as the U.N. nuclear watchdog prepared to oversee Pyongyang's promised shutdown of its reactor.
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Report: NKorea nuclear talks next week
Jul 9 2007 11:39PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - International disarmament talks on North Korea's nuclear program will resume in Beijing next week, a news report said Tuesday, as the U.N. nuclear watchdog prepared to oversee Pyongyang's promised shutdown of its reactor.
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Thailand to freeze assets of former PM
Jul 9 2007 3:43PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The government will freeze another $60.9 million in assets believed to be controlled by ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, bringing to $2.3 billion the total frozen on suspicion it was obtained through corruption, an official said Monday.
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Neglect, tourism besiege Great Wall
Jul 9 2007 3:25PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese are proud a global poll has named the Great Wall a wonder of the world, but some worry that tourism and neglect are destroying the crumbling fortification designed to defend against foreign invaders.
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Neglect, tourism besiege Great Wall
Jul 9 2007 3:25PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese are proud a global poll has named the Great Wall a wonder of the world, but some worry that tourism and neglect are destroying the crumbling fortification designed to defend against foreign invaders.
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Afghan girls traded, sold to settle debt
Jul 9 2007 3:19PM (CT)
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) - Unable to scrounge together the $165 he needed to repay a loan to buy sheep, Nazir Ahmad made good on his debt by selling his 16-year-old daughter to marry the lender's son.
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Afghan girls traded, sold to settle debt
Jul 9 2007 3:19PM (CT)
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) - Unable to scrounge together the $165 he needed to repay a loan to buy sheep, Nazir Ahmad made good on his debt by selling his 16-year-old daughter to marry the lender's son.
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Afghan girls traded, sold to settle debt
Jul 9 2007 3:19PM (CT)
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) - Unable to scrounge together the $165 he needed to repay a loan to buy sheep, Nazir Ahmad made good on his debt by selling his 16-year-old daughter to marry the lender's son.
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Afghan girls traded, sold to settle debt
Jul 9 2007 3:19PM (CT)
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) - Unable to scrounge together the $165 he needed to repay a loan to buy sheep, Nazir Ahmad made good on his debt by selling his 16-year-old daughter to marry the lender's son.
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2 children, Taliban leader die in raid
Jul 9 2007 2:10PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan soldier opened fire inside a military base Monday, killing four Afghans and wounding 12 others, including an American soldier, while a U.S.-led coalition raid in the east killed a Taliban leader and two children, officials said.
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2 children, Taliban leader die in raid
Jul 9 2007 2:10PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan soldier opened fire inside a military base Monday, killing four Afghans and wounding 12 others, including an American soldier, while a U.S.-led coalition raid in the east killed a Taliban leader and two children, officials said.
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2 children, Taliban leader die in raid
Jul 9 2007 2:10PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan soldier opened fire inside a military base Monday, killing four Afghans and wounding 12 others, including an American soldier, while a U.S.-led coalition raid in the east killed a Taliban leader and two children, officials said.
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2 children, Taliban leader die in raid
Jul 9 2007 2:10PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan soldier opened fire inside a military base Monday, killing four Afghans and wounding 12 others, including an American soldier, while a U.S.-led coalition raid in the east killed a Taliban leader and two children, officials said.
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Sri Lanka cites success against rebels
Jul 9 2007 11:37AM (CT)
THOPPIGALA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Army commandos seized a massive rocky plateau nicknamed "Tora Bora" and searched grassy fields and brush Monday looking for as many as 200 Tamil Tiger rebels _ the last organized resistance, the military said, to government forces in eastern Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka cites success against rebels
Jul 9 2007 11:37AM (CT)
THOPPIGALA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Army commandos seized a massive rocky plateau nicknamed "Tora Bora" and searched grassy fields and brush Monday looking for as many as 200 Tamil Tiger rebels _ the last organized resistance, the military said, to government forces in eastern Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka cites success against rebels
Jul 9 2007 11:37AM (CT)
THOPPIGALA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Army commandos seized a massive rocky plateau nicknamed "Tora Bora" and searched grassy fields and brush Monday looking for as many as 200 Tamil Tiger rebels _ the last organized resistance, the military said, to government forces in eastern Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka cites success against rebels
Jul 9 2007 11:37AM (CT)
THOPPIGALA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Army commandos seized a massive rocky plateau nicknamed "Tora Bora" and searched grassy fields and brush Monday looking for as many as 200 Tamil Tiger rebels _ the last organized resistance, the military said, to government forces in eastern Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka cites success against rebels
Jul 9 2007 11:37AM (CT)
THOPPIGALA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Army commandos seized a massive rocky plateau nicknamed "Tora Bora" and searched grassy fields and brush Monday looking for as many as 200 Tamil Tiger rebels _ the last organized resistance, the military said, to government forces in eastern Sri Lanka.
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Japan war orphans to accept aid proposal
Jul 9 2007 11:22AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Thousands of Japanese who were abandoned in China following Tokyo's defeat in World War II will receive more aid from the government after dropping their compensation lawsuits, an official said Monday.
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China jails 2 church leaders
Jul 9 2007 5:55AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Two ministers in China's unrecognized Protestant church have been sentenced to one year each in a labor camp on charges of using an "evil cult" to obstruct the law, a U.S. monitoring group said Monday.
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India's monsoon death toll rises to 177
Jul 9 2007 4:10AM (CT)
JAIPUR, India (AP) - At least four people drowned or were electrocuted over the weekend in the northwestern desert state of Rajasthan, bringing India's overall monsoon death toll to 177, officials said Monday.
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India's monsoon death toll rises to 177
Jul 9 2007 4:10AM (CT)
JAIPUR, India (AP) - At least four people drowned or were electrocuted over the weekend in the northwestern desert state of Rajasthan, bringing India's overall monsoon death toll to 177, officials said Monday.
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Suharto hit with $1.54 billion lawsuit
Jul 9 2007 4:03AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit Monday against former Indonesian dictator Suharto, seeking $1.54 billion in damages and funds allegedly stolen from the state during his 32 years in power.
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China court plugs bribery loopholes
Jul 9 2007 3:12AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's top court closed loopholes for bribing officials, issuing rules to stem rampant graft that threatens to undermine the Communist Party's grip on power.
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