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Ex-Bangladesh PM charged with extortion
Jul 24 2007 9:57PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was charged with extortion Tuesday for allegedly demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars from a company seeking to build a power station, her lawyer said.
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Rockets kill 10 in northwest Pakistan
Jul 24 2007 9:35PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Suspected militants fired four rockets into a city in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 10 people as they slammed into houses and a mosque, police said.
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Rockets kill 10 in northwest Pakistan
Jul 24 2007 9:35PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Suspected militants fired four rockets into a city in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 10 people as they slammed into houses and a mosque, police said.
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Koreas end first day of military talks
Jul 24 2007 8:58PM (CT)
PANMUNJOM, Korea (AP) - The two Koreas ended the opening day of high-level military talks in disagreement Tuesday, as North Korea renewed its long-running demand that the western sea border with the South be redrawn.
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Koreas end first day of military talks
Jul 24 2007 8:58PM (CT)
PANMUNJOM, Korea (AP) - The two Koreas ended the opening day of high-level military talks in disagreement Tuesday, as North Korea renewed its long-running demand that the western sea border with the South be redrawn.
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Koreas end first day of military talks
Jul 24 2007 8:58PM (CT)
PANMUNJOM, Korea (AP) - The two Koreas ended the opening day of high-level military talks in disagreement Tuesday, as North Korea renewed its long-running demand that the western sea border with the South be redrawn.
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Koreas end first day of military talks
Jul 24 2007 8:58PM (CT)
PANMUNJOM, Korea (AP) - The two Koreas ended the opening day of high-level military talks in disagreement Tuesday, as North Korea renewed its long-running demand that the western sea border with the South be redrawn.
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Koreas end first day of military talks
Jul 24 2007 8:58PM (CT)
PANMUNJOM, Korea (AP) - The two Koreas ended the opening day of high-level military talks in disagreement Tuesday, as North Korea renewed its long-running demand that the western sea border with the South be redrawn.
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Koreas end first day of military talks
Jul 24 2007 8:58PM (CT)
PANMUNJOM, Korea (AP) - The two Koreas ended the opening day of high-level military talks in disagreement Tuesday, as North Korea renewed its long-running demand that the western sea border with the South be redrawn.
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China calls Taiwan president a 'schemer'
Jul 24 2007 8:46PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Tuesday branded Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian a "schemer" after the United Nations rejected Taiwan's bid to join the world body, a state news agency reported.
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Rockets kill 10 in northwest Pakistan
Jul 24 2007 6:53PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Assailants fired four rockets into a city in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 10 people and wounding 35, police said.
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75 Taliban killed; NATO begins offensive
Jul 24 2007 1:49PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Airstrikes and clashes in southern Afghanistan killed more than 75 militants, officials said Tuesday, and NATO announced a new offensive against the Taliban in the world's largest opium-producing area.
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75 Taliban killed; NATO begins offensive
Jul 24 2007 1:49PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Airstrikes and clashes in southern Afghanistan killed more than 75 militants, officials said Tuesday, and NATO announced a new offensive against the Taliban in the world's largest opium-producing area.
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75 Taliban killed; NATO begins offensive
Jul 24 2007 1:49PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Airstrikes and clashes in southern Afghanistan killed more than 75 militants, officials said Tuesday, and NATO announced a new offensive against the Taliban in the world's largest opium-producing area.
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75 Taliban killed; NATO begins offensive
Jul 24 2007 1:49PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Airstrikes and clashes in southern Afghanistan killed more than 75 militants, officials said Tuesday, and NATO announced a new offensive against the Taliban in the world's largest opium-producing area.
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EU not satisfied with Chinese reports
Jul 24 2007 1:45PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has not followed through on promises to provide information about what actions it has taken against companies that made products recalled in Europe, the EU's consumer protection chief said Tuesday.
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EU not satisfied with Chinese reports
Jul 24 2007 1:45PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has not followed through on promises to provide information about what actions it has taken against companies that made products recalled in Europe, the EU's consumer protection chief said Tuesday.
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Pakistani militant leader is killed
Jul 24 2007 12:30PM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A Taliban veteran of Guantanamo Bay who became one of Pakistan's most-wanted rebel leaders killed himself with a hand grenade Tuesday after he was cornered by security forces, officials said.
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Pakistani militant leader is killed
Jul 24 2007 12:30PM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A Taliban veteran of Guantanamo Bay who became one of Pakistan's most-wanted rebel leaders killed himself with a hand grenade Tuesday after he was cornered by security forces, officials said.
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Afghanistan's last king laid to rest
Jul 24 2007 11:48AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An honor guard lowered the body of Afghanistan's last king into a bullet-riddled hillside tomb Tuesday, as dignitaries, lawmakers and relatives said goodbye to the man they call the "Father of the Nation."
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Afghanistan's last king laid to rest
Jul 24 2007 11:48AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An honor guard lowered the body of Afghanistan's last king into a bullet-riddled hillside tomb Tuesday, as dignitaries, lawmakers and relatives said goodbye to the man they call the "Father of the Nation."
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Afghanistan's last king laid to rest
Jul 24 2007 11:48AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An honor guard lowered the body of Afghanistan's last king into a bullet-riddled hillside tomb Tuesday, as dignitaries, lawmakers and relatives said goodbye to the man they call the "Father of the Nation."
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Afghanistan's last king laid to rest
Jul 24 2007 11:48AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An honor guard lowered the body of Afghanistan's last king into a bullet-riddled hillside tomb Tuesday, as dignitaries, lawmakers and relatives said goodbye to the man they call the "Father of the Nation."
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Official: Indian teacher botches surgery
Jul 24 2007 6:53AM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - A prominent doctor in northern India was arrested after he allowed his unqualified daughter-in-law to carry out an operation that caused a patient to lose her uterus, a medical official said Tuesday.
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Chinese man gets massive tumor removed
Jul 24 2007 6:20AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Chinese surgeons said Tuesday they successfully operated on a man with a massive 33-pound tumor that hung down from his face, obscuring his features and warping his backbone.
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Malaysian bookstores end Potter boycott
Jul 24 2007 5:05AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's biggest book chains ended a Harry Potter book sales boycott Tuesday that aimed to highlight how their business is threatened by grocery megastores that slash book prices.
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Elders talk with Taliban about hostages
Jul 24 2007 4:13AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan elders and clerics were trying to negotiate with militants holding 23 South Korean hostages in central Afghanistan a day after a purported Taliban spokesman said the hard-line militia had extended its deadline for their lives until Tuesday evening.
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52 dead in Indonesian floods, landslides
Jul 24 2007 1:17AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers struggled to get aid Tuesday to regions cut off by floods in central Indonesia, where landslides overwhelmed hundreds of homes and buried more than 50 people.
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20 militants killed in Pakistan fighting
Jul 24 2007 12:33AM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Clashes between suspected militants and security forces Monday near Pakistan's northwestern border with Afghanistan left at least 20 insurgents and two soldiers dead, an army spokesman said.
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