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Blast at Chinese chemical plant kills 16
Jul 28 2006 10:17PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China killed at least 16 people Friday and prompted the evacuation of 7,000 others, state media and officials said.
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Rice to return to Mideast to work on truce
Jul 28 2006 9:13PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will return to the Middle East this weekend to try working out an agreement for a multinational force aimed at bringing an end to the Israeli-Hezbollah fighting.
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North Korea wants U.S. sanctions dropped
Jul 28 2006 2:56PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - North Korea on Friday spurned appeals to join talks on its nuclear and missile programs, saying the United States should drop financial sanctions before any negotiations occur. A U.S. envoy said the communist nation was sinking deeper into isolation.
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General seeks united front against Taliban
Jul 28 2006 2:18PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The top U.S. general shuttled between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Friday, attempting to bring America's key allies in its war on terror together in fighting the resurgent Taliban.
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Nepal, communist rebels extend cease-fire
Jul 28 2006 10:29AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Communist rebels and the government have extended a cease-fire for another three months to allow talks aimed at ending Nepal's decade-long conflict to continue, a rebel spokesman said Friday.
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Bali bombing convicts to file appeals
Jul 28 2006 10:20AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Three men facing execution for their roles in the 2002 bombings on the resort island of Bali will file appeals, arguing that the anti-terror law used to convict them was applied retroactively, their lawyer said Friday.
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Bombing outside Pakistani bank wounds 21
Jul 28 2006 8:40AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A bomb believed rigged to a motorcycle exploded outside a bank in southwestern Pakistan and wounded 21 people Friday, one critically, a medical official said. It was unclear who was behind the bombing outside a branch of the state-owned Allied Bank Ltd., which was open at the time, in Quetta, the capital of insurgency-wracked Baluchistan.
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Rice: U.S. ready for N. Korea negotiations
Jul 28 2006 7:44AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, brushing aside North Korea's latest statement refusing to take part in multinational talks on its nuclear weapons program, said Friday the United States is "ready at any time" to go back to negotiations in that format.
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Taiwan man accused of staging derailment
Jul 28 2006 7:11AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese prosecutors on Friday indicted a man for murder, alleging he helped his brother stage a train derailment that ultimately led to the death of his brother's wife, and said they will seek the death penalty.
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Volcano on Indonesian island spews lava
Jul 28 2006 6:25AM (CT)
MANADO, Indonesia (AP) - A volcano on an eastern Indonesian island started spewing lava and hot clouds, forcing the evacuation of thousands of villagers, officials said Friday.
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Malaysia's former prime minister attacked
Jul 28 2006 5:56AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was attacked with pepper spray Friday in what he claimed was an attempt to silence his criticism of the government.
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Rice meeting with Asia minister protested
Jul 28 2006 5:00AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Hundreds of anti-U.S. protesters broke through a police cordon and marched to a convention center where Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was meeting Friday with other foreign ministers in Malaysia's capital.
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Strong earthquake hits off Taiwan
Jul 28 2006 4:49AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan on Friday, rocking buildings in the capital but causing no damage or casualties, the Central Weather Bureau said.
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Police arrest 2 men in Bombay train blasts
Jul 28 2006 2:54AM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - Police arrested two more men in connection with Bombay's deadly train blasts, bringing to eight the number of people detained by investigators since the explosions killed more than 200 people earlier this month, a police official said Friday.
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North Korea demands U.S. drop sanctions
Jul 28 2006 12:37AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - North Korea on Friday spurned appeals to join talks on its nuclear and missile programs, saying the United States should drop financial sanctions before any negotiations occur. A U.S. envoy said the communist nation was sinking deeper into isolation.
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