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Progress reported in Aceh peace talks
Jul 15 2005 3:15PM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Separatist rebels from the Indonesian province of Aceh and the Indonesian government made progress on the last serious stumbling block in their peace talks, the issue of political representation, negotiators said Friday.
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China general threatens U.S. over Taiwan
Jul 15 2005 3:01PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese general said Beijing might respond with nuclear weapons if the United States attacked China in a conflict over Taiwan, news reports said Friday.
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24 suspected Taliban fighters found dead
Jul 15 2005 2:35PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani troops Friday found the bodies of 24 suspected Taliban militants who were killed in overnight fighting with U.S. and Afghan soldiers near the border inside Afghanistan, an army spokesman said.
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Pakistan finds links to London bomber
Jul 15 2005 2:34PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - One London suicide bomber spent several days at a religious school in Pakistan run by an al-Qaida-linked terror group, and met with the mastermind of a church attack that killed two Americans, senior intelligence officials said Friday.
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Seven Afghan policemen slain in raid
Jul 15 2005 2:25PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban fighters raided a police post Friday in southern Afghanistan, killing seven policemen and losing five of their own men, an official said.
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Thai leader granted powers after attack
Jul 15 2005 11:26AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's government, reeling from bold attacks by suspected separatists in the Muslim-dominated south, granted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra sweeping powers Friday to tap phones, directly command security forces and order curfews.
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Japanese tankers collide; sailor killed
Jul 15 2005 9:29AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Two Japanese tankers collided early Friday in the Pacific Ocean off the central Japan coast, sparking a blaze that killed one sailor and left five others missing _ all of them aboard the same vessel _ the Japan Coast Guard said.
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Search continues for mountain climber
Jul 15 2005 7:34AM (CT)
GILGIT, Pakistan (AP) - Army helicopters continued on Wednesday to search for an American woman who went missing while on an expedition to climb a mountain cliff in northern Pakistan, officials said.
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Japan questioning safety of U.S. beef
Jul 15 2005 6:50AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese food safety regulators were questioning the safety of U.S. beef after a Ministry of Agriculture study showed nearly half of the 20 mad cow cases found in Japan would have passed unnoticed under U.S. testing methods, officials said Friday.
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S.Korea lawmakers call for Iraq withdrawal
Jul 15 2005 3:48AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A group of South Korean lawmakers on Friday called for the withdrawal of the more than 3,000 South Korean troops in Iraq, citing last week's attacks on the London transit system.
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Nepal king appoints a dozen new ministers
Jul 15 2005 12:57AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's king appointed a dozen loyalists to ministerial jobs on Friday in a setback for chances of reconciliation between the monarch who seized absolute power early this year and the country's political parties.
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