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Chinese farmers protest, shut down factory
Jul 18 2005 10:24PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Farmers angry over pollution attacked a pharmaceutical plant in eastern China, a factory official and a news report said Tuesday, in the latest rural clash sparked by disputes over corruption, pollution and other problems.
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Typhoon Haitang lashes northeastern Taiwan
Jul 18 2005 9:55PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A powerful storm bore down on China Tuesday after lashing Taiwan's northeast a day earlier winds and rains that forced schools, government offices and financial markets to close and killed at three people, officials said.
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Official: U.K. suspects visited Pakistan
Jul 18 2005 7:33PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Three of the four alleged London suicide bombers traveled to this southern city last year, an immigration official said Monday, as authorities tried to determine whether extremists in Pakistan aided in the July 7 attacks.
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Top U.N. envoy to North Korea loses post
Jul 18 2005 7:16PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A Canadian businessman lost his job as the top U.N. envoy to North Korea amid questions about his connection to a suspect in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, the world body said Monday.
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Pakistanis nab five Taliban leaders
Jul 18 2005 2:53PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani intelligence agents have arrested five senior Taliban leaders, including a deputy to fugitive Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar, a security official said.
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Rebels said to free 18 hostages in Nepal
Jul 18 2005 1:32PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Maoist rebels have freed at least 18 policemen and soldiers who were taken hostage during fierce fighting in eastern Nepal last month, the Red Cross said Monday.
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Afghanistan weighs launching truth panel
Jul 18 2005 1:15PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - After a quarter-century of fighting that left more than 1 million dead, Afghanistan's government is considering setting up a special war crimes court and a truth commission to document atrocities, an official said Monday.
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Thailand set to impose state of emergency
Jul 18 2005 11:48AM (CT)
NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AP) - Thai authorities prepared Monday to impose a state of emergency for insurgency-hit areas of the country's Muslim south, as violence continued unabated with two slayings and a bombing that wounded seven security personnel.
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Indonesians welcome news of peace deal
Jul 18 2005 9:41AM (CT)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - Tsunami survivors and relatives of those killed in three decades of fighting welcomed the news Monday that the Indonesian government plans to sign a formal peace agreement with rebels in the province of Aceh next month.
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Panda leads Chinese city on pursuit
Jul 18 2005 6:40AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A wild panda that strayed into a southwestern Chinese city over the weekend scaled a fence, hopped from roof to roof, swam in a river and napped in a tree before it was caught, a news agency reported.
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Arroyo opposition studying impeachment
Jul 18 2005 4:32AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Opposition groups seeking to oust President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on vote-rigging allegations said Monday they'll consider impeachment when Congress convenes next week. Two more of her close aides announced their resignations.
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N.Korea seeks U.S. agreement at nuke talks
Jul 18 2005 3:20AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Monday said it won't give up nuclear weapons without receiving anything in exchange and called on the United States to agree at revived arms talks to peacefully coexist with the communist state.
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North Korea may demand more concessions
Jul 18 2005 1:35AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - It could be called electro-diplomacy _ an offer by South Korea to double North Korea's electricity supply if it gives up its nuclear weapons program.
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