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China: Bogus martial arts masters nabbed
Aug 10 2007 10:52PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A dozen Chinese teenagers have been caught in a failed plot to sneak into Canada by masquerading as kung fu masters from the famous Shaolin Temple, state media reported Friday.
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South Asia monsoon toll passes 2,000
Aug 10 2007 4:03PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The death toll from this year's calamitous South Asian monsoons had surpassed 2,000 by Friday after a wild storm hit Pakistan's largest city. India asked doctors to cancel vacations and rushed food and medicine to flooded regions where disease has stricken thousands.
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South Asia monsoon toll passes 2,000
Aug 10 2007 4:03PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The death toll from this year's calamitous South Asian monsoons had surpassed 2,000 by Friday after a wild storm hit Pakistan's largest city. India asked doctors to cancel vacations and rushed food and medicine to flooded regions where disease has stricken thousands.
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South Asia monsoon toll passes 2,000
Aug 10 2007 4:03PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The death toll from this year's calamitous South Asian monsoons had surpassed 2,000 by Friday after a wild storm hit Pakistan's largest city. India asked doctors to cancel vacations and rushed food and medicine to flooded regions where disease has stricken thousands.
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South Asia monsoon toll passes 2,000
Aug 10 2007 4:03PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The death toll from this year's calamitous South Asian monsoons had surpassed 2,000 by Friday after a wild storm hit Pakistan's largest city. India asked doctors to cancel vacations and rushed food and medicine to flooded regions where disease has stricken thousands.
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South Asia monsoon toll passes 2,000
Aug 10 2007 4:03PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The death toll from this year's calamitous South Asian monsoons had surpassed 2,000 by Friday after a wild storm hit Pakistan's largest city. India asked doctors to cancel vacations and rushed food and medicine to flooded regions where disease has stricken thousands.
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South Asia monsoon toll passes 2,000
Aug 10 2007 4:03PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The death toll from this year's calamitous South Asian monsoons had surpassed 2,000 by Friday after a wild storm hit Pakistan's largest city. India asked doctors to cancel vacations and rushed food and medicine to flooded regions where disease has stricken thousands.
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South Asia monsoon toll passes 2,000
Aug 10 2007 4:03PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The death toll from this year's calamitous South Asian monsoons had surpassed 2,000 by Friday after a wild storm hit Pakistan's largest city. India asked doctors to cancel vacations and rushed food and medicine to flooded regions where disease has stricken thousands.
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South Asia monsoon toll passes 2,000
Aug 10 2007 4:03PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The death toll from this year's calamitous South Asian monsoons had surpassed 2,000 by Friday after a wild storm hit Pakistan's largest city. India asked doctors to cancel vacations and rushed food and medicine to flooded regions where disease has stricken thousands.
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North Korea condemns U.S. war games
Aug 10 2007 1:04PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea delivered a demand to the U.S. military on Friday that it call off war maneuvers with South Korea scheduled at the same time as the second-ever summit between the rival Koreas later this month.
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POW families seek voice at Koreas summit
Aug 10 2007 12:29PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Lee Kyung-chan remembers his father weeping uncontrollably on a Seoul street when he last saw him in 1950 in the early months of the Korean War, after Lee and his five siblings were left in the care of relatives.
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POW families seek voice at Koreas summit
Aug 10 2007 12:29PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Lee Kyung-chan remembers his father weeping uncontrollably on a Seoul street when he last saw him in 1950 in the early months of the Korean War, after Lee and his five siblings were left in the care of relatives.
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Japan, U.S. sign military data pact
Aug 10 2007 12:23PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan and the United States signed a pact Friday aimed at protecting military data and enhancing the flow of information between the two allies, Japan's government said.
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Japan, U.S. sign military data pact
Aug 10 2007 12:23PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan and the United States signed a pact Friday aimed at protecting military data and enhancing the flow of information between the two allies, Japan's government said.
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U.S. recall angers Chinese tire maker
Aug 10 2007 12:12PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Firing back over product safety fears, China's Health Ministry accused foreign media Friday of exaggerating the country's food purity problems, while a Chinese tire maker at the center of a huge U.S. recall accused the American importer of distortions.
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U.S. recall angers Chinese tire maker
Aug 10 2007 12:12PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Firing back over product safety fears, China's Health Ministry accused foreign media Friday of exaggerating the country's food purity problems, while a Chinese tire maker at the center of a huge U.S. recall accused the American importer of distortions.
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China environmental activist imprisoned
Aug 10 2007 12:09PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An environmental activist convicted on charges he blackmailed polluting businesses was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday after a seven-hour trial, his lawyer said.
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Taliban, Koreans negotiate on hostages
Aug 10 2007 11:30AM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - Two top Taliban leaders and four South Korean officials met face-to-face for the first time Friday to negotiate the fate of 21 members of a church group held hostage for three weeks, an Afghan official said.
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Taliban, Koreans negotiate on hostages
Aug 10 2007 11:30AM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - Two top Taliban leaders and four South Korean officials met face-to-face for the first time Friday to negotiate the fate of 21 members of a church group held hostage for three weeks, an Afghan official said.
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Taliban, Koreans negotiate on hostages
Aug 10 2007 11:30AM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - Two top Taliban leaders and four South Korean officials met face-to-face for the first time Friday to negotiate the fate of 21 members of a church group held hostage for three weeks, an Afghan official said.
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Taliban, Koreans negotiate on hostages
Aug 10 2007 11:30AM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - Two top Taliban leaders and four South Korean officials met face-to-face for the first time Friday to negotiate the fate of 21 members of a church group held hostage for three weeks, an Afghan official said.
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Taliban, Koreans negotiate on hostages
Aug 10 2007 11:30AM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - Two top Taliban leaders and four South Korean officials met face-to-face for the first time Friday to negotiate the fate of 21 members of a church group held hostage for three weeks, an Afghan official said.
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Tiananmen protest prisoner released
Aug 10 2007 5:00AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - One of the last remaining prisoners jailed for opposing the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square has been released, a human rights group reported Friday.
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Train kills 2 elephants in India
Aug 10 2007 4:29AM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Two wild elephants were killed when they were hit by a freight train in India's remote northeast Friday, officials said.
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Beijing schools use anti-graft textbook
Aug 10 2007 4:10AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A new anti-corruption textbook issued by China's capital aims to scare students into being honest with tales of high officials executed for graft, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.
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Emergency talk doesn't help Musharraf
Aug 10 2007 3:43AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf received no respite from political woes on Friday after backing away from emergency rule, with Washington intensifying pressure to deliver results on fighting militants and home front rivals demanding more democracy.
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Emergency talk doesn't help Musharraf
Aug 10 2007 3:43AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf received no respite from political woes on Friday after backing away from emergency rule, with Washington intensifying pressure to deliver results on fighting militants and home front rivals demanding more democracy.
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Philippines says 52 dead in clashes
Aug 10 2007 2:38AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Clashes between Philippine troops and suspected al-Qaida-linked militants have killed at least 52 people on volatile southern Jolo island, the military said Friday.
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UN team: Keep Japanese reactor closed
Aug 10 2007 12:40AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A quake-damaged reactor in northern Japan should not be reopened until more tests are conducted, a U.N.-backed team said Friday after concluding an onsite inspection.
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