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North Korea talks recessing, China says
Aug 6 2005 11:16PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Envoys to North Korean disarmament talks announced a three-week recess Sunday after 13 days of meetings, deadlocked over what the North would receive for renouncing atomic weapons and its insistence on retaining a peaceful nuclear program.
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Hiroshima mourns victims of atomic bomb
Aug 6 2005 9:47PM (CT)
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) - Capping a day of solemn remembrance, thousands of paper lanterns representing the souls of the dead were floated on a Hiroshima river Saturday near ground zero for the world's first atomic bomb attack 60 years ago.
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Indonesia militant cleric verdict upheld
Aug 6 2005 8:29PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia's Supreme Court rejected an militant cleric's appeal to overturn a 30-month prison sentence for his role in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, a court official said Saturday.
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Police: Pearl suspect admits al-Qaida ties
Aug 6 2005 7:08PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - An Islamic militant accused of arranging an initial meeting between a slain Wall Street Journal reporter and his kidnappers has confessed to working with high-level al-Qaida operatives, police said Saturday.
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India, Pakistan reach missile test pact
Aug 6 2005 11:00AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Longtime foes India and Pakistan formally agreed Saturday to inform each other about planned missile tests and set up a hot line by September to lessen the chances for accidental war between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
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Taiwan sizes up damage after Typhoon Matsa
Aug 6 2005 9:14AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan lifted sea alerts around its coast Saturday after Typhoon Matsa churned toward mainland China, but the storm caused considerable damage to agriculture and infrastructure, the government said.
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Expat murder trial rivets Hong Kong
Aug 6 2005 5:12AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - He was a trim, athletic-looking investment banker for Merrill Lynch. She was a housewife raising three children in a luxury apartment with two maids. He's now dead, and she's accused of beating him to death in what's been dubbed the "milkshake murder."
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