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2,000 Islamic radicals rally in Pakistan
Jul 22 2005 5:04PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - More than 2,000 supporters of a coalition of radical Muslim groups rallied Friday in the Pakistani capital to condemn a crackdown on Islamic militants that has netted more than 200 suspects.
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Koreans, Chinese sue gov't over textbook
Jul 22 2005 4:07PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A group of Koreans and Chinese filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to force a state government to ban new textbooks they say gloss over Japan's militaristic past, a Japanese news agency reported.
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Japanese Parliament backs missile bill
Jul 22 2005 3:37PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Parliament approved legislation Friday authorizing the defense chief to shoot down missiles without permission from the prime minister or Cabinet, boosting a missile defense system Japan is working on with the United States.
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Karzai sets goal to control Afghanistan
Jul 22 2005 12:36PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Friday that his government was determined to gain control over the whole country but would still require years of international support as Afghanistan emerges from decades of civil war.
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U.S. guards said to stop abusing Quran
Jul 22 2005 8:26AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan man released from Guantanamo Bay said he saw guards throwing the Quran, but all such abuse stopped late last year after a loudspeaker announcement that U.S. soldiers have no right to touch Islam's holy book.
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Assailants kill tribal elders in Pakistan
Jul 22 2005 6:34AM (CT)
LADHA, Pakistan (AP) - Assailants killed five tribal elders who had helped Pakistan's army hunt for al-Qaida-linked militants in a remote, lawless region near the Afghan border, residents and officials said Friday.
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N. Korea offers to abandon nuke weapons
Jul 22 2005 6:31AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has offered to abandon its nuclear weapons if the two sides in the Korean War sign a peace agreement to replace the 1953 cease-fire that halted hostilities but did not resolve the conflict.
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UN game aims to teach peace to Afghan kids
Jul 22 2005 1:01AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - With the spin of a numbered wheel, an Afghan child might land in an ambush by turbaned gunmen. Another turn could lead a young player to the safety of a health clinic or classroom.
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Official, driver killed in Taliban ambush
Jul 22 2005 12:45AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban rebels ambushed a car carrying a local administrator in southern Afghanistan, killing the official and his driver, a spokesman said Friday.
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