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Philippines says 52 dead in clashes
Aug 9 2007 11:53PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Clashes between troops and suspected al-Qaida-linked militants have killed at least 52 people on volatile southern Jolo island, the Philippine military said Friday.
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Bangladesh police battle mill workers
Aug 9 2007 10:06PM (CT)
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AP) - Police in southeastern Bangladesh fired tear gas and used batons Thursday to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing factory workers, leaving one worker dead and about 100 injured, authorities and witnesses said.
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Japan, South Korea stocks fall sharply
Aug 9 2007 10:04PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Asian stocks fell sharply in early trading Friday following steep declines in U.S. stocks over fears of spreading turmoil from subprime mortgages.
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Violent clashes erupt in Indian Kashmir
Aug 9 2007 6:41PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hundreds of Kashmiris burned tires and clashed with Indian police Thursday, protesting the arrest of a woman and her teenage niece by a dreaded counter-terror unit, police and witnesses said.
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Violent clashes erupt in Indian Kashmir
Aug 9 2007 6:41PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hundreds of Kashmiris burned tires and clashed with Indian police Thursday, protesting the arrest of a woman and her teenage niece by a dreaded counter-terror unit, police and witnesses said.
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Violent clashes erupt in Indian Kashmir
Aug 9 2007 6:41PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hundreds of Kashmiris burned tires and clashed with Indian police Thursday, protesting the arrest of a woman and her teenage niece by a dreaded counter-terror unit, police and witnesses said.
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Violent clashes erupt in Indian Kashmir
Aug 9 2007 6:41PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hundreds of Kashmiris burned tires and clashed with Indian police Thursday, protesting the arrest of a woman and her teenage niece by a dreaded counter-terror unit, police and witnesses said.
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Violent clashes erupt in Indian Kashmir
Aug 9 2007 6:41PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hundreds of Kashmiris burned tires and clashed with Indian police Thursday, protesting the arrest of a woman and her teenage niece by a dreaded counter-terror unit, police and witnesses said.
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Karzai asks tribesmen to calm violence
Aug 9 2007 6:33PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - President Hamid Karzai told more than 600 Afghan and Pakistani tribal leaders Thursday that they must find a solution to the region's growing violence.
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Karzai asks tribesmen to calm violence
Aug 9 2007 6:33PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - President Hamid Karzai told more than 600 Afghan and Pakistani tribal leaders Thursday that they must find a solution to the region's growing violence.
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Karzai asks tribesmen to calm violence
Aug 9 2007 6:33PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - President Hamid Karzai told more than 600 Afghan and Pakistani tribal leaders Thursday that they must find a solution to the region's growing violence.
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Musharraf move seen as sign of weakness
Aug 9 2007 4:59PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf backed away Thursday from imposing a state of emergency in Pakistan that would have drastically curtailed freedoms.
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Musharraf move seen as sign of weakness
Aug 9 2007 4:59PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf backed away Thursday from imposing a state of emergency in Pakistan that would have drastically curtailed freedoms.
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Monsoon flooding kills 513 in South Asia
Aug 9 2007 3:48PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Relief workers reaching flooded villages in northern India reported new deaths Thursday from two weeks of monsoon rains, pushing the toll in South Asia to more than 500. In Bangladesh, villagers waded through chin-deep water, with one man carrying a monkey to safety on his head.
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Monsoon flooding kills 513 in South Asia
Aug 9 2007 3:48PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Relief workers reaching flooded villages in northern India reported new deaths Thursday from two weeks of monsoon rains, pushing the toll in South Asia to more than 500. In Bangladesh, villagers waded through chin-deep water, with one man carrying a monkey to safety on his head.
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Monsoon flooding kills 513 in South Asia
Aug 9 2007 3:48PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Relief workers reaching flooded villages in northern India reported new deaths Thursday from two weeks of monsoon rains, pushing the toll in South Asia to more than 500. In Bangladesh, villagers waded through chin-deep water, with one man carrying a monkey to safety on his head.
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Monsoon flooding kills 513 in South Asia
Aug 9 2007 3:48PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Relief workers reaching flooded villages in northern India reported new deaths Thursday from two weeks of monsoon rains, pushing the toll in South Asia to more than 500. In Bangladesh, villagers waded through chin-deep water, with one man carrying a monkey to safety on his head.
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Monsoon flooding kills 513 in South Asia
Aug 9 2007 3:48PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Relief workers reaching flooded villages in northern India reported new deaths Thursday from two weeks of monsoon rains, pushing the toll in South Asia to more than 500. In Bangladesh, villagers waded through chin-deep water, with one man carrying a monkey to safety on his head.
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Monsoon flooding kills 513 in South Asia
Aug 9 2007 3:48PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Relief workers reaching flooded villages in northern India reported new deaths Thursday from two weeks of monsoon rains, pushing the toll in South Asia to more than 500. In Bangladesh, villagers waded through chin-deep water, with one man carrying a monkey to safety on his head.
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Monsoon flooding kills 513 in South Asia
Aug 9 2007 3:48PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Relief workers reaching flooded villages in northern India reported new deaths Thursday from two weeks of monsoon rains, pushing the toll in South Asia to more than 500. In Bangladesh, villagers waded through chin-deep water, with one man carrying a monkey to safety on his head.
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Monsoon flooding kills 513 in South Asia
Aug 9 2007 3:48PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Relief workers reaching flooded villages in northern India reported new deaths Thursday from two weeks of monsoon rains, pushing the toll in South Asia to more than 500. In Bangladesh, villagers waded through chin-deep water, with one man carrying a monkey to safety on his head.
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Inmate 'Thriller' video is Web hit
Aug 9 2007 2:08PM (CT)
CEBU, Philippines (AP) - Behind thick stone walls topped by electrified razor wire, one of cyberspace's most unlikely hits is already warming up as the rest of Cebu stirs from sleep.
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Inmate 'Thriller' video is Web hit
Aug 9 2007 2:08PM (CT)
CEBU, Philippines (AP) - Behind thick stone walls topped by electrified razor wire, one of cyberspace's most unlikely hits is already warming up as the rest of Cebu stirs from sleep.
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Inmate 'Thriller' video is Web hit
Aug 9 2007 2:08PM (CT)
CEBU, Philippines (AP) - Behind thick stone walls topped by electrified razor wire, one of cyberspace's most unlikely hits is already warming up as the rest of Cebu stirs from sleep.
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Inmate 'Thriller' video is Web hit
Aug 9 2007 2:08PM (CT)
CEBU, Philippines (AP) - Behind thick stone walls topped by electrified razor wire, one of cyberspace's most unlikely hits is already warming up as the rest of Cebu stirs from sleep.
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Nagasaki marks 62nd A-bomb anniversary
Aug 9 2007 2:02PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - All nuclear powers should eliminate their stockpiles and Japan should turn its no-nuclear weapons policy into law, the mayor of Nagasaki said Thursday at a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of the world's second atomic bomb attack.
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Nagasaki marks 62nd A-bomb anniversary
Aug 9 2007 2:02PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - All nuclear powers should eliminate their stockpiles and Japan should turn its no-nuclear weapons policy into law, the mayor of Nagasaki said Thursday at a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of the world's second atomic bomb attack.
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Indian Muslims attack Bangladeshi writer
Aug 9 2007 1:57PM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - Dozens of Muslim protesters led by three lawmakers attacked an exiled Bangladeshi writer at the release of her book in southern India on Thursday, calling her "anti-Islam," and telling her to go back to her country.
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Indian Muslims attack Bangladeshi writer
Aug 9 2007 1:57PM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - Dozens of Muslim protesters led by three lawmakers attacked an exiled Bangladeshi writer at the release of her book in southern India on Thursday, calling her "anti-Islam," and telling her to go back to her country.
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Indian Muslims attack Bangladeshi writer
Aug 9 2007 1:57PM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - Dozens of Muslim protesters led by three lawmakers attacked an exiled Bangladeshi writer at the release of her book in southern India on Thursday, calling her "anti-Islam," and telling her to go back to her country.
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Indian Muslims attack Bangladeshi writer
Aug 9 2007 1:57PM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - Dozens of Muslim protesters led by three lawmakers attacked an exiled Bangladeshi writer at the release of her book in southern India on Thursday, calling her "anti-Islam," and telling her to go back to her country.
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Indian Muslims attack Bangladeshi writer
Aug 9 2007 1:57PM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - Dozens of Muslim protesters led by three lawmakers attacked an exiled Bangladeshi writer at the release of her book in southern India on Thursday, calling her "anti-Islam," and telling her to go back to her country.
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China penalizes firms in U.S. toy scare
Aug 9 2007 1:37PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Thursday it has banned lead-tainted exports by two toy manufacturers whose products were subject to major recalls in the United States, Beijing's latest effort to repair its reputation as a safe supplier.
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China deports 8 pro-Tibet activists
Aug 9 2007 6:43AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China deported a group of activists who hung a banner on the Great Wall calling for Tibetan independence ahead of celebrations marking one year until the Beijing Olympics, an activist group said Thursday.
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China deports 8 pro-Tibet activists
Aug 9 2007 6:43AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China deported a group of activists who hung a banner on the Great Wall calling for Tibetan independence ahead of celebrations marking one year until the Beijing Olympics, an activist group said Thursday.
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Chinese bank workers get death for theft
Aug 9 2007 6:11AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Two former bank employees were sentenced to death Thursday for stealing $6.7 million from their branch's vault in northern China, a government news agency reported.
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Killer tropical storm moves toward China
Aug 9 2007 5:22AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Tropical Storm Pabuk moved toward China's southern coast Thursday after triggering landslides that killed 11 people in the Philippines and disrupting power supplies in southern Taiwan.
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Storms in Asia blamed for 55 deaths
Aug 9 2007 3:38AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Tropical Storm Pabuk churned across the Philippines Wednesday, triggering deadly landslides before it moved into southern Taiwan, where it cut power and forced schools and business to close.
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Storms in Asia blamed for 55 deaths
Aug 9 2007 3:38AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Tropical Storm Pabuk churned across the Philippines Wednesday, triggering deadly landslides before it moved into southern Taiwan, where it cut power and forced schools and business to close.
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Storms in Asia blamed for 55 deaths
Aug 9 2007 3:38AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Tropical Storm Pabuk churned across the Philippines Wednesday, triggering deadly landslides before it moved into southern Taiwan, where it cut power and forced schools and business to close.
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Report: Malaysian defends YouTube video
Aug 9 2007 3:22AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian Chinese student defended posting a rap video of the national anthem on YouTube that enraged ethnic Malays, saying he was merely exposing the truth in his music, according to a newspaper report Thursday.
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Separatists kill 12 in northeast India
Aug 9 2007 1:17AM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Suspected separatist rebels fatally shot 12 people in two separate attacks in northeastern India's restive Assam state, stepping up violence ahead of Indian Independence Day celebrations, police said Thursday.
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Powerful earthquake hits Indonesia
Aug 9 2007 12:50AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A powerful earthquake under the Java Sea rattled Indonesia's capital early Thursday, violently shaking tall buildings and sending panicked residents into the streets.
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Indonesian court hears Suharto lawsuit
Aug 9 2007 12:23AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian judges began hearing a civil lawsuit Thursday against former dictator Suharto, who is alleged to have stolen billions of dollars from the state during his 32-year rule.
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