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N. Korea: Agreement may settle standoff
Jul 21 2005 11:49PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Friday that establishing a peace agreement to replace the cease-fire that ended the Korean War would also resolve its nuclear standoff with the international community.
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Pakistani leader vows to fight extremism
Jul 21 2005 6:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf appealed to Pakistanis on Thursday to fight extremists in their midst, and officials said they were seeking the former aide of a radical cleric in Britain in connection with the July 7 bombings in London.
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Philippine groups work on caretaker gov't
Jul 21 2005 4:51PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Opposition groups said Thursday they are ready to form a caretaker government if President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is impeached or resigns over alleged election fraud.
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China affirms 'no first use' nuke policy
Jul 21 2005 2:02PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China will not use nuclear weapons first in a military conflict, the foreign minister said Thursday as he tried to quell an uproar over a general's remark that Beijing might use atomic bombs against U.S. forces in a conflict over Taiwan.
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Thailand soldiers raid Islamic school
Jul 21 2005 12:25PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Troops raided an Islamic boarding school Thursday in the first action under a state of emergency to combat a Muslim insurgency in Thailand's three southernmost provinces.
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U.S. deserter denies being propaganda tool
Jul 21 2005 12:19PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - U.S. Army deserter Charles Robert Jenkins, who spent nearly 40 years in North Korea after fleeing his unit along the Demilitarized Zone, said Thursday he was outraged by a report North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has called him a Japanese propaganda tool.
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Musharraf vows to curb religious extremism
Jul 21 2005 11:00AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Thursday vowed to fight religious extremism and said militants like those who carried out the London bombings two weeks ago were defaming Islam.
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Suspected rebels kill 9 Afghan tribesmen
Jul 21 2005 10:32AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban militants raided a village and killed nine tribesmen, and vengeance-seeking relatives killed four people in another hamlet, an official said Thursday, as violence simmered ahead of key parliamentary elections.
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Suspect sentenced in embassy bombing case
Jul 21 2005 10:07AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The first suspect to face charges in the 2004 bombing of the Australian Embassy was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Thursday for assisting the attack's perpetrators, but was cleared of more serious charges.
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Japan to push N.Korean abduction issue
Jul 21 2005 5:37AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan will insist on discussing the fate of several Japanese citizens abducted years ago by North Korean agents when nuclear disarmament talks with the communist nation open next week, a Japanese government spokesman said Thursday
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Two men claim hunger strike at Guantanamo
Jul 21 2005 3:19AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two Afghans released from Guantanamo Bay claimed Wednesday about 180 Afghans at the U.S. detention facility were on a hunger strike to protest alleged mistreatment and to push for freedom.
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