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North Korea to halt relatives' reunions
Jul 19 2006 8:54PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Wednesday it would halt reunions of relatives split by the Korean border, and South Korea's president made his strongest comments yet against the North's missile tests as the crisis over the launches further chilled reconciliation efforts.
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8 Chinese Communist officials punished
Jul 19 2006 8:46PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Eight Chinese Communist Party officials have been punished for buying or selling official posts in the latest cases in the government's crackdown on rampant corruption, the official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday.
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Filipino military chief orders coup probe
Jul 19 2006 8:29PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippines' top general has ordered an investigation of 40 army and marine officers and 135 enlisted men in connection with a plot to oust President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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13 dead, 10 missing after Japan rains
Jul 19 2006 8:10PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Thirteen people have been killed and ten others were missing as heavy rains triggered mudslides and flooding in central and western Japan, a news report said Thursday.
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New East Timor mission needs commitment
Jul 19 2006 6:57PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council must be prepared to commit peacekeepers to East Timor for many years if it orders forces back to the shattered nation as expected, a U.N. envoy said Wednesday.
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Rumors of new Indonesia tsunami spark panic
Jul 19 2006 3:14PM (CT)
PANGANDARAN, Indonesia (AP) - Rumors of another killer wave sparked mass panic Wednesday in the resort area hardest hit by the Indonesian tsunami, while the death toll rose to 531, with more than 270 missing.
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Coalition soldiers reclaim Afghan town
Jul 19 2006 2:54PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - The second of two towns seized by the Taliban went back into government hands Wednesday with relatively little bloodshed after more than 1,000 U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops swept into the area.
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India says teen sent militant e-mails
Jul 19 2006 1:48PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Police said Wednesday that e-mails purportedly from Islamic militants claiming responsibility for the bombings of Bombay's train system were a hoax. Angry Internet users and software executives, meanwhile, pressured India's government to reopen access to Web sites blocked after the bombings.
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New earthquake sways buildings in Jakarta
Jul 19 2006 10:07AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A strong earthquake caused tall buildings to sway in the Indonesian capital Wednesday, sending panicked residents fleeing to the streets just days after a deadly tsunami struck main island of Java.
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100 may be dead in floods in North Korea
Jul 19 2006 9:50AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Floods and landslides in North Korea have left more than 100 people dead or missing, an aid group operating in the communist nation said Wednesday, as the North's official media acknowledged heavy rains had caused "tremendous losses."
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International police securing East Timor
Jul 19 2006 3:14AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - An international police force will take over daytime patrols in East Timor's capital from nearly 3,000 foreign soldiers next week in a major switch amid improved security following months of unrest, a top military official said Wednesday.
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