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Purported al-Qaida video threatens troops
Aug 9 2005 9:51PM (CT)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A purported al-Qaida-made video shows militants in Afghanistan _ including Europeans, Arabs and others _ preparing to attack U.S. troops and showing off what they said was a U.S. military laptop.
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American soldier dies in Afghan battle
Aug 9 2005 9:51PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fighting sparked by an insurgent attack on patrolling coalition forces in southern Afghanistan killed one U.S. service member and at least 16 suspected Taliban rebels, amid spiraling violence ahead of key legislative elections, the military said Tuesday.
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Gunmen fire on car in Chechnya; one dead
Aug 9 2005 9:51PM (CT)
GROZNY, Russia (AP) - Gunmen sprayed bullets at a car Tuesday in the capital of Chechnya, killing one person, wounding a child in the head, and setting the vehicle ablaze.
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U.S. envoy unsure if nuclear deal likely
Aug 9 2005 9:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - International talks to end North Korea's nuclear weapons program got down to "a finite set of issues" before they broke up last weekend, but the lead U.S negotiator said Tuesday it was unclear whether North Korea was ready to close a deal soon.
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Pakistan police find body of ex-official
Aug 9 2005 5:22PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - A former Cabinet minister who disappeared Aug. 2 was found strangled to death Tuesday on a dirt road, police said.
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Newfound support for Koizumi surfaces
Aug 9 2005 4:27PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi received a surprise boost in public support, according to a poll released Tuesday, and said he expected his fractured party to prevail in the elections he called after his economic plan was rejected.
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Pakistani militant suspect had city maps
Aug 9 2005 3:26PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected Islamic militant arrested over the weekend in eastern Pakistan had maps of cities in Germany and Italy saved on his computer, an intelligence official said Tuesday.
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Chinese artist defends fetus artwork
Aug 9 2005 2:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese artist who grafted the head of a human fetus onto the body of a bird has defended his work as art after a Swiss museum withdrew the piece from an exhibit.
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N. Korea wants U.S. to change policy
Aug 9 2005 1:44PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - North Korea's envoy to nuclear disarmament talks in Beijing said Tuesday that the United States should change its policy on prohibiting Pyongyang from having a nuclear power plant.
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Maoist rebels kill at least 40 Nepalese
Aug 9 2005 8:14AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Communist insurgents killed at least 40 soldiers in fierce clashes between the military and Maoist rebels in the country's remote, mountainous northeast over the past couple of days, Nepal's army said in a statement Tuesday.
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U.S. servicemember dies in Afghan battle
Aug 9 2005 7:46AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - One U.S. service member and at least 16 suspected Taliban rebels were killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
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North Korea still facing food shortages
Aug 9 2005 5:33AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea faces a serious food shortage because the country probably won't meet its agricultural production target for the year, the World Food Program warned Tuesday.
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Nagasaki marks anniversary of A-bombing
Aug 9 2005 3:49AM (CT)
NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) - The second and last city ever attacked by an atomic bomb marked the 60th anniversary of its devastation Tuesday with a Catholic Mass, a moment of silence and an impassioned plea for a global ban on nuclear arms.
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