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Rice warns North Korea talks may fail
Jul 11 2005 11:18PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The upcoming six-party talks on North Korean disarmament will fail unless the communist state makes a commitment to abandon its nuclear arms development, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday.
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Four terror suspects escape in Afghanistan
Jul 11 2005 10:09PM (CT)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - Four suspected Arab terrorists broke out of a U.S. military detention facility in Afghanistan on Monday, fleeing through barbed wire stockades in the first escape from the compound since the American military took over the former Soviet airbase.
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North Korea links nukes to U.S. threats
Jul 11 2005 9:57PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Monday it does not need nuclear weapons if it is not threatened by the United States, another sign of progress following Pyongyang's agreement over the weekend to return to disarmament talks.
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China coal mine blast kills 65; 18 missing
Jul 11 2005 9:04PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An explosion in a coal mine in China's far west killed at least 65 miners, and rescuers were searching for 18 others, the government said Tuesday.
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Aquino calls on Arroyo to resign
Jul 11 2005 8:39PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Former Philippine leader Corazon Aquino called on the country's leader to resign, saying Monday that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo could no longer stay in office amid allegations she rigged last year's election.
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14 die after handling asbestos in Japan
Jul 11 2005 7:04PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese manufacturer of heavy electric machinery said Monday that 14 of its employees who handled asbestos in recent decades have died, while two more were undergoing medical treatment.
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Two Koreas agree on cooperation, rice aid
Jul 11 2005 6:02PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea agreed Tuesday to provide the communist North with 500,000 tons in rice aid as the countries vowed to boost economic ties after Pyongyang announced it would end its boycott of international nuclear disarmament talks.
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New bird flu cases found in Thailand
Jul 11 2005 3:22PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand has discovered new cases of bird flu just as it was about to declare the country free of the disease, a livestock official said Monday.
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4 terror suspects escape U.S. Afghan base
Jul 11 2005 2:04PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Four suspected terrorists escaped Monday from the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, the first time anyone has broken out of the heavily guarded detention facility, sparking a massive ground and air search, officials said.
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Rice visits tsunami-wracked Thai village
Jul 11 2005 1:09PM (CT)
BAN BANG SAK, Thailand (AP) - Amid the devastation from last year's tsunami, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice found a ray of hope Monday as she visited a school being built just yards away from one that was destroyed in the December disaster.
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Japan discrimination deemed a problem
Jul 11 2005 12:30PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - An independent investigator for the United Nations Human Rights Commission said Monday he believes deep pockets of discrimination exist in Japan but said he saw little "political will" to fight the problem.
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Arrests made in China shantytown attack
Jul 11 2005 11:38AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Authorities have arrested more than 100 people and are investigating two Communist Party officials after an attack on a shantytown in northern China left six people dead and wounded 48 others, the government said Monday.
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Body of U.S. commando found in Afghanistan
Jul 11 2005 10:49AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The body of a missing U.S. commando has been located in eastern Afghanistan, the military said Monday, bringing an end to the desperate search for the last member of an ill-fated, four-man special forces unit that disappeared last month.
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4 terror suspect escape U.S. Afghan base
Jul 11 2005 5:32AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Four suspected terrorists have escaped from the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, sparking a massive ground and air search, a U.S. military spokeswoman said Monday.
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Text messages help fuel Philippine crisis
Jul 11 2005 5:26AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Beep, beep! President about to flee the country. Beep, beep! Hoard groceries before banks collapse. Beep Beep! Troops rumbling into Manila.
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Rice: U.S. rising Asian terror cooperation
Jul 11 2005 5:25AM (CT)
PHUKET, Thailand (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday the United States is stepping up cooperation to fight terrorism in Southeast Asia, warning that terror attacks remain a major threat across the region.
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Rice calls for Thais to press for reforms
Jul 11 2005 12:46AM (CT)
PHUKET, Thailand (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Thailand on Monday to press the junta in neighboring Myanmar to release political prisoners _ including Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi _ and move toward greater openness and democracy.
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