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India begins exports by road to Pakistan
Jul 26 2005 8:47PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Direct trade by road resumed Tuesday between India and Pakistan for the first time in 40 years, as trucks laden with garlic from India rolled across the border.
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New round of six-party nuclear talks begin
Jul 26 2005 8:44PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Negotiators on Wednesday began a second day of talks aimed at persuading North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions after the United States and China both expressed determination to make long-awaited headway toward a settlement.
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Would-be bombers sought in Philippines
Jul 26 2005 8:02PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine security forces are hunting 10 would-be suicide bombers and have already foiled a plot for a major attack, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's national security adviser said Tuesday.
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Japan urged to consider female monarchs
Jul 26 2005 2:18PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - An advisory panel on Japan's monarchy said Tuesday that allowing a female to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne should be considered as an option to avoid a succession crisis.
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Afghan protesters riot at U.S. base
Jul 26 2005 1:21PM (CT)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - Hundreds of protesters chanting "Die America!" and throwing stones tried to batter down a gate at the U.S. military's main Afghan base Tuesday, adding to anxieties in a country worried that fighting with insurgents could disrupt elections.
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U.N.: N. Koreans scavenging for food
Jul 26 2005 1:18PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - North Korea's government and international aid agencies are running short of food, forcing hungry people to scavenge for acorns, grass and seaweed, the U.N. food agency said Tuesday as talks on the North's nuclear program began in China's capital.
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Australia Embassy bomb suspect convicted
Jul 26 2005 12:23PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The second suspect tried in September's deadly bombing at the Australian Embassy was convicted Tuesday and sentenced to four years in prison for helping transport materials used in the attack.
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Afghan protesters take aim at U.S. base
Jul 26 2005 12:14PM (CT)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - More than 1,000 stone-throwing Afghans tried to break down an outer gate at the main U.S. base here Tuesday while demanding the release of eight detained villagers, and Afghan troops fired warning shots and used clubs to beat the mob back. U.S. troops also fired into the air.
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S. Korea accepts resignation of U.S. envoy
Jul 26 2005 10:10AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - President Roh Moo-hyun on Tuesday said he will accept the resignation of South Korea's ambassador to the United States, who is stepping down over a burgeoning scandal surrounding the East Asian country's 1997 presidential election.
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Honda workers, police clash again in India
Jul 26 2005 9:27AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Women and men armed with truncheons and stones attacked police Tuesday in an affluent New Delhi suburb where violent clashes between protesting Honda workers and police a day earlier reportedly injured 700 people.
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Egypt: No Pakistanis involved in attacks
Jul 26 2005 5:44AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - No Pakistanis were involved in the deadly bombings at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, the Egyptian ambassador said Tuesday.
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Vietnam finds mass grave of soldiers
Jul 26 2005 4:27AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Authorities in central Vietnam have discovered a mass grave of communist soldiers from the Vietnam War and have removed the remains of six of the 48 soldiers believed to have been buried there, officials said Tuesday.
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Myanmar gives up 2006 ASEAN chairmanship
Jul 26 2005 4:21AM (CT)
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) - Myanmar agreed Tuesday to forgo its chairmanship of Southeast Asia's bloc next year to avoid a damaging Western boycott of the group's meetings.
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Death toll in China mystery illness at 19
Jul 26 2005 3:28AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Of the 80 people infected with a pig-borne disease in southwestern China in the past month, nearly a quarter have died and another 17 are in critical condition, the Health Ministry said Tuesday.
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Lawmakers discuss Arroyo impeachment rules
Jul 26 2005 3:22AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine lawmakers met Tuesday to push their impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, with the opposition warning of unrest if administration legislators try to block it.
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