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Japan issues tsunami warning
Aug 1 2007 11:53PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan issued a tsunami warning Thursday after a strong quake struck near Sakhalin island in Russia's Far East.
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Hundreds missing in Sri Lanka
Aug 1 2007 11:40PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Hundreds of Sri Lankans, many carrying photos of their abducted relatives, tearfully demanded Wednesday that the government investigate the fates of scores of minority Tamils who have "disappeared" across the country in recent months.
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Hundreds missing in Sri Lanka
Aug 1 2007 11:40PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Hundreds of Sri Lankans, many carrying photos of their abducted relatives, tearfully demanded Wednesday that the government investigate the fates of scores of minority Tamils who have "disappeared" across the country in recent months.
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Hundreds missing in Sri Lanka
Aug 1 2007 11:40PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Hundreds of Sri Lankans, many carrying photos of their abducted relatives, tearfully demanded Wednesday that the government investigate the fates of scores of minority Tamils who have "disappeared" across the country in recent months.
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Group: China cracking down on activists
Aug 1 2007 10:18PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese government has failed to live up to pre-Olympics promises of greater human rights freedoms and has instead clamped down on domestic activists and journalists, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
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Afghan army prepares for military action
Aug 1 2007 10:00PM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan army dropped leaflets Wednesday warning of impending military action in the region where Taliban militants are holding 21 South Korean hostages, though the army said the operation is not connected to the captives.
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Afghan army prepares for military action
Aug 1 2007 10:00PM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan army dropped leaflets Wednesday warning of impending military action in the region where Taliban militants are holding 21 South Korean hostages, though the army said the operation is not connected to the captives.
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Afghan army prepares for military action
Aug 1 2007 10:00PM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan army dropped leaflets Wednesday warning of impending military action in the region where Taliban militants are holding 21 South Korean hostages, though the army said the operation is not connected to the captives.
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Afghan army prepares for military action
Aug 1 2007 10:00PM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan army dropped leaflets Wednesday warning of impending military action in the region where Taliban militants are holding 21 South Korean hostages, though the army said the operation is not connected to the captives.
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Afghan army prepares for military action
Aug 1 2007 10:00PM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan army dropped leaflets Wednesday warning of impending military action in the region where Taliban militants are holding 21 South Korean hostages, though the army said the operation is not connected to the captives.
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S. Korea suspends U.S. beef imports
Aug 1 2007 9:47PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea has effectively suspended U.S. beef imports over mad cow concerns after a recent shipment was found to have contained banned parts, a news report said Thursday.
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11 killed in attacks in south Thailand
Aug 1 2007 6:03PM (CT)
PATTANI, Thailand (AP) - Rebels staged an ambush and set off bombs across southern Thailand in violence Wednesday that left 11 people dead, including two soldiers and five suspected Muslim insurgents, police said.
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Poll: Support for Musharraf plummets
Aug 1 2007 5:19PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, already battling surging violence and a political crisis of his own making, got more bad news Wednesday from a rare public opinion poll in Pakistan.
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Bangladesh floods kill 40
Aug 1 2007 1:53PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Monsoon floods ravaging Bangladesh for more than a week have displaced or marooned at least 5 million people and left 40 others dead, officials said Wednesday. Some families were stranded on the roofs of their houses.
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Bangladesh floods kill 40
Aug 1 2007 1:53PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Monsoon floods ravaging Bangladesh for more than a week have displaced or marooned at least 5 million people and left 40 others dead, officials said Wednesday. Some families were stranded on the roofs of their houses.
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Bangladesh floods kill 40
Aug 1 2007 1:53PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Monsoon floods ravaging Bangladesh for more than a week have displaced or marooned at least 5 million people and left 40 others dead, officials said Wednesday. Some families were stranded on the roofs of their houses.
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Chinese fish farming under scrutiny
Aug 1 2007 11:23AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Wednesday it will inspect fish farms across the country to guard against use of illegal drugs and chemicals, but insisted the majority of its seafood products were safe.
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Chinese fish farming under scrutiny
Aug 1 2007 11:23AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Wednesday it will inspect fish farms across the country to guard against use of illegal drugs and chemicals, but insisted the majority of its seafood products were safe.
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Chinese miners rescued after 3 days
Aug 1 2007 10:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Onlookers burst into applause as 69 coal miners trapped in a flooded shaft for more than three days were pulled out Wednesday, a rare rescue in a country with the world's deadliest mines.
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Chinese miners rescued after 3 days
Aug 1 2007 10:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Onlookers burst into applause as 69 coal miners trapped in a flooded shaft for more than three days were pulled out Wednesday, a rare rescue in a country with the world's deadliest mines.
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Chinese miners rescued after 3 days
Aug 1 2007 10:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Onlookers burst into applause as 69 coal miners trapped in a flooded shaft for more than three days were pulled out Wednesday, a rare rescue in a country with the world's deadliest mines.
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Khmer Rouge official to reveal crimes
Aug 1 2007 9:37AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The former chief of a Khmer Rouge prison is willing to testify about the communist regime's atrocities that led to an estimated 1.7 million deaths in the 1970s, Cambodia's genocide tribunal announced Wednesday.
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Khmer Rouge official to reveal crimes
Aug 1 2007 9:37AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The former chief of a Khmer Rouge prison is willing to testify about the communist regime's atrocities that led to an estimated 1.7 million deaths in the 1970s, Cambodia's genocide tribunal announced Wednesday.
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Khmer Rouge official to reveal crimes
Aug 1 2007 9:37AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The former chief of a Khmer Rouge prison is willing to testify about the communist regime's atrocities that led to an estimated 1.7 million deaths in the 1970s, Cambodia's genocide tribunal announced Wednesday.
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Khmer Rouge official to reveal crimes
Aug 1 2007 9:37AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The former chief of a Khmer Rouge prison is willing to testify about the communist regime's atrocities that led to an estimated 1.7 million deaths in the 1970s, Cambodia's genocide tribunal announced Wednesday.
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Malaysian minister defends caning
Aug 1 2007 7:30AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian minister defended the country's use of corporal punishment on Wednesday amid protests from lawyers after a video clip surfaced on the Internet showing a prisoner being caned until he started bleeding.
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China's leaders make show of unity
Aug 1 2007 7:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Past and present Chinese leaders appeared together on army day Wednesday, celebrating the founding of the People's Liberation Army in a striking show of unity ahead of a key Communist Party congress later this year.
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China's leaders make show of unity
Aug 1 2007 7:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Past and present Chinese leaders appeared together on army day Wednesday, celebrating the founding of the People's Liberation Army in a striking show of unity ahead of a key Communist Party congress later this year.
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China's leaders make show of unity
Aug 1 2007 7:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Past and present Chinese leaders appeared together on army day Wednesday, celebrating the founding of the People's Liberation Army in a striking show of unity ahead of a key Communist Party congress later this year.
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China's leaders make show of unity
Aug 1 2007 7:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Past and present Chinese leaders appeared together on army day Wednesday, celebrating the founding of the People's Liberation Army in a striking show of unity ahead of a key Communist Party congress later this year.
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China's leaders make show of unity
Aug 1 2007 7:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Past and present Chinese leaders appeared together on army day Wednesday, celebrating the founding of the People's Liberation Army in a striking show of unity ahead of a key Communist Party congress later this year.
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China's leaders make show of unity
Aug 1 2007 7:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Past and present Chinese leaders appeared together on army day Wednesday, celebrating the founding of the People's Liberation Army in a striking show of unity ahead of a key Communist Party congress later this year.
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China's leaders make show of unity
Aug 1 2007 7:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Past and present Chinese leaders appeared together on army day Wednesday, celebrating the founding of the People's Liberation Army in a striking show of unity ahead of a key Communist Party congress later this year.
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Study: Sex trafficking spreading HIV
Aug 1 2007 6:40AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The trafficking of women to work as prostitutes is likely a key factor in the spread of HIV/AIDS across South Asia, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Boat accident kills 28 in India
Aug 1 2007 6:28AM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - An overcrowded boat evacuating people from a flooded village capsized in a rain-swollen river in northern India on Wednesday, killing at least 28 people, officials said.
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Japan's agriculture minister resigns
Aug 1 2007 1:02AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's scandal-embroiled agriculture minister stepped down Wednesday, taking responsibility for a shattering election defeat for the ruling party.
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