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Soldiers reclaim Afghan town from Taliban
Jul 18 2006 11:43PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan and coalition soldiers reclaimed the second of two southern towns Wednesday that had been overrun in recent days by the Taliban, an Afghan army chief said.
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Over 100 feared dead in N. Korea floods
Jul 18 2006 10:29PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - More than 100 people are dead or missing in North Korea due to floods and landslides, an aid group operating in the communist nation said Wednesday.
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Indonesian tsunami death toll hits 341
Jul 18 2006 9:36PM (CT)
PANGANDARAN, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia pledged to build a nationwide tsunami alert system as soldiers pulled bodies from ravaged beaches, homes and hotels Tuesday. Parents searched tearfully for their children and the death toll hit at least 463, with nearly 280 people missing.
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Pakistan hangs 3 men for gang-raping woman
Jul 18 2006 7:54PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Three men convicted of gang-raping a woman six years ago during a robbery were hanged Tuesday in eastern Pakistan after the country's president rejected their plea for mercy, a prison official said.
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Afghanistan to re-form virtues ministry
Jul 18 2006 4:58PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan government announced plans Tuesday to re-establish a Vice and Virtues Ministry, but it assured the public the office would not resemble the Taliban version that became a symbol of the brutal regime toppled by U.S. forces in 2001.
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Bombay pauses to remember bombing victims
Jul 18 2006 3:33PM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - India's financial center came to a halt Tuesday as trains, cars and pedestrians paused during the evening rush hour to remember the moment one week ago when bombs ripped through Bombay's commuter rail network.
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Indonesians recover bodies after tsunami
Jul 18 2006 2:09PM (CT)
PANGANDARAN, Indonesia (AP) - Corpses were recovered Tuesday from beaches, homes and hotels ravaged by Indonesia's second tsunami in as many years, pushing the death toll to at least 341. Nearly 230 people were missing.
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Turkey signals it's prepared to enter Iraq
Jul 18 2006 1:25PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish officials signaled Tuesday they are prepared to send the army into northern Iraq if U.S. and Iraqi forces do not take steps to combat Turkish Kurdish guerrillas there _ a move that could put Turkey on a collision course with the United States.
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USS Enterprise visits South Korean port
Jul 18 2006 9:13AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise arrived in South Korea Tuesday for a routine port call, officials said, amid heightened tensions in the region over North Korea's missile launches.
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Japan completes troop withdrawal from Iraq
Jul 18 2006 9:07AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The last batch of Japanese troops touched down in Kuwait from southern Iraq on Monday, ending the country's largest and most dangerous overseas mission since World War II.
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Roadside bomb kills Sri Lankan civilian
Jul 18 2006 8:17AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A roadside bomb killed one person and wounded six others, including four government soldiers, in northern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, the army said. Suspected separatist Tamil Tiger rebels triggered the roadside bomb, which targeted a group of soldiers on patrol in northern Jaffna Peninsula, an official of the Media Center for National Security said on condition of anonymity in accordance with policy.
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Princess Kiko has pregnancy complications
Jul 18 2006 7:56AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Princess Kiko has developed complications with her pregnancy and may have to give birth to her third child by Caesarean section, palace officials said Tuesday. Kiko's pregnancy has been closely followed in Japan, whose imperial family has failed to produce a male heir to the throne since 1965.
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Another journalist slain in Philippines
Jul 18 2006 6:44AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A muckraking radio broadcaster was gunned down Tuesday in the southern Philippines as he was riding home on a motorcycle, the latest victim in a series of killings of journalists, police said.
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7 Papuans go on trial over killing
Jul 18 2006 3:25AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Seven men went on trial Tuesday accused of murdering two American teachers who worked for a U.S. goldmine in Indonesia's Papua province.
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