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Pakistan test fires nuke-capable missile
Aug 10 2005 11:52PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan on Thursday test fired its first cruise missile, a weapon that can carry nuclear and conventional warheads, a test it conducted without notifying archrival India, officials said.
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Climber rescued from Pakistan mountain
Aug 10 2005 6:27PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Stripped of excess weight to fly in the thin Himalayan air, an army helicopter Wednesday plucked a Slovene climber from the icy ledge where he was trapped for six days after failing to climb an unconquered face of Pakistan's "Killer Mountain."
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Two explosions hit Philippines city
Aug 10 2005 4:41PM (CT)
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) - Two bomb blasts ripped through a southern Philippine city's downtown area late Wednesday, wounding at least 26 people and knocking out power in the area, police and hospital officials said.
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Afghan bomb kills U.S. service member
Aug 10 2005 3:18PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A U.S. service member was killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, the military said Wednesday, raising to five the number of Americans killed in less than a week as violence escalates ahead of next month's parliamentary elections.
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Roh urges Seoul's mediation in nuke talks
Aug 10 2005 3:18PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun on Wednesday asked Seoul's negotiators from international nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea to actively mediate during a three-week recess.
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China struggles with Tibetan Buddhism
Aug 10 2005 1:10PM (CT)
LHASA, China (AP) - There's a new type of pilgrim spinning the prayer wheels at Tibet's holiest sites. Along with the Tibetans who prostrate themselves before the vacant throne of their exiled leader, the Dalai Lama, swarms of Chinese tourists rub crisp Chinese money on their foreheads and then cram the bills into collection boxes.
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Malaysian haze worsens, closes schools
Aug 10 2005 11:47AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A noxious haze blamed on forest fires in Indonesia reached dangerous levels in Kuala Lumpur and nearby areas Wednesday, closing schools, halting some flights and keeping residents indoors.
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Americans warned about Pakistani resort
Aug 10 2005 11:40AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Americans have been warned not to travel to a resort town north of the Pakistani capital because of fears of sectarian violence, the U.S. Embassy said Wednesday.
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Lack of prosecution angers Indian Sikhs
Aug 10 2005 11:04AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Taddibai Kaur celebrated when a fellow Sikh was named India's prime minister last year, confident he would seek justice for the thousands killed in anti-Sikh riots in 1984, including three members of Kaur's family.
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Man dies after 49 hours of computer games
Aug 10 2005 7:10AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A 28-year-old South Korean man died of exhaustion in an Internet cafe after playing computer games non-stop for 49 hours, South Korean police said Wednesday.
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Miner's body found in China mine flood
Aug 10 2005 6:02AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Rescuers on Wednesday recovered the body of one miner from a flooded southern China coal shaft, as hopes of finding 122 still trapped underground faded, state media reported
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U.S. soldier killed in east Afghanistan
Aug 10 2005 4:07AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - One U.S. service member was killed and another wounded in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
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Japan suspects China may be drilling gas
Aug 10 2005 3:46AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The Japanese government suspects China has begun drilling gas in the East China Sea along a disputed sea border and has asked Beijing to stop, officials said Wednesday.
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