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Venezuelan president visits Vietnam
Jul 31 2006 11:22PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday praised Vietnam for its battle against "imperialism" and pledged to help the communist country develop its nascent oil and gas industry during a two-day state visit.
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Soldiers from 2 Koreas exchange fire
Jul 31 2006 10:56PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Soldiers from North Korea and South Korea exchanged fire along their border overnight, but no one was hurt, a South Korean military official said Tuesday.
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Roadside bomb kills 18 Sri Lanka troops
Jul 31 2006 3:13PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A roadside bomb exploded near a military truck Monday night in northeastern Sri Lanka, killing 18 soldiers, security officials said as a senior rebel leader declared the country's cease-fire "null and void."
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China church demolition leads to clash
Jul 31 2006 2:14PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Police clashed with 3,000 Christians protesting the forced demolition of a partially built church in eastern China, leaving four people with serious injuries, a human rights group said Monday.
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NATO takes over in southern Afghanistan
Jul 31 2006 1:46PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO took over command of insurgency-wracked southern Afghanistan from the United States on Monday, and the top general warned that he will "strike ruthlessly" against Taliban rebels when necessary.
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Massive bunker constructed in Shanghai
Jul 31 2006 1:16PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Shanghai has constructed a massive underground bunker complex capable of sheltering 200,000 people from a nuclear attack, a local newspaper reported.
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Afghan lawmakers approve chief justice
Jul 31 2006 12:43PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Parliament approved President Hamid Karzai's nominee for chief justice of the Supreme Court on Monday, handing the U.S.-backed leader a victory after his first nominee for the top spot was rejected.
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Fighting marks end to Sri Lanka cease-fire
Jul 31 2006 10:04AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Heavy fighting over control of a water supply in northeastern Sri Lanka killed 35 Tamil rebels and seven soldiers Monday, the military said, as a rebel leader declared the island nation's four-year-old cease-fire over.
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Reporter arrested in Bombay train bombings
Jul 31 2006 3:31AM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - Indian police on Monday arrested a journalist over his alleged ties to an outlawed Islamic group suspected of taking part in the Bombay train bombings that killed more than 200 people.
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Indonesian volcano spews hot gas, debris
Jul 31 2006 3:10AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A volcano in eastern Indonesia spewed hot gas and debris a mile down its slopes Monday, but hundreds of villagers refused to leave areas just outside the danger zone.
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23 Taliban fighters killed in Afghan raid
Jul 31 2006 2:51AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan forces killed 23 Taliban insurgents in raids on two southern Afghan hideouts, a district police chief said Monday.
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Bomb explosion at Afghan mosque kills 8
Jul 31 2006 2:45AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb exploded Monday outside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan during a memorial service for a mujahedeen commander, killing at least eight people and wounding 16, officials said.
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