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Power mostly restored after Tokyo outage
Aug 13 2006 11:07PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A construction crane reportedly struck some power lines Monday in Japan, causing a blackout for hundreds of thousands of homes in Tokyo and surrounding areas. Electricity was restored to most affected areas within hours.
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Report: N. Korea leader finally appears
Aug 13 2006 8:25PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has made his first public appearance since his country test-launched a barrage of missiles more than a month ago, official media reported Sunday.
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Hong Kong pushes tax on goods, services
Aug 13 2006 3:26PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Walk through Hong Kong's malls and you'll likely see South Korean housewives haggling over handbags, European yuppies slipping into new suits and Americans slurping up wonton soup.
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Genocide site in Cambodia draws tourists
Aug 13 2006 3:05PM (CT)
ANLONG VENG, Cambodia (AP) - Call it crass, macabre or educational, but Pol Pot's shabby grave and a towering stack of his victims' skulls are drawing a growing number of visitors to Cambodia's genocide trail. These and other relics of the Khmer Rouge reign of terror are the grim counterpoint to Angkor Wat, Cambodia's world-famous ancient temple. Some decry it as "dark tourism" and "a Khmer Rouge theme park," while officials and private entrepreneurs argue that it will reap tourist dollars for a
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Afghan fighting kills 25 insurgents
Aug 13 2006 2:11PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fighting in Afghanistan left at least 25 insurgents and five Afghan security forces dead, officials said Sunday. Defying the spike in violence, Afghan officials announced plans to thwart attacks on schools, which have killed 41 students and teachers and destroyed more than 140 schools in the last year.
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India ends offensive against rebel group
Aug 13 2006 12:52PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - India suspended military operations Sunday for 10 days against an outlawed rebel group in northeastern India. The halt comes after the United Liberation Front of Asom, a group active in India's state of Assam, made "positive" gestures.
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Nerve-gas guru tests Japan legal system
Aug 13 2006 12:06PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - When she was finally allowed to visit her father, she found him in a wheelchair, wearing a diaper. A prison guard took notes throughout the 30-minute encounter, which took place in a small, barren room, through a plate of thick, transparent plastic. It was, for her, a dream come true. But as a nightmare.
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Tamil rebels: Peace talks impossible now
Aug 13 2006 11:53AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Government officials declared Sunday they were ready to hold peace talks, a move promptly dismissed by Tamil Tiger rebels as soldiers and insurgents traded artillery and mortar fire in northern Sri Lanka.
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China's death toll from typhoon hits 114
Aug 13 2006 10:47AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The death toll from Typhoon Saomai _ the strongest storm to hit China in 50 years _ rose to 114 Sunday as more evacuees died when buildings used as shelters collapsed, authorities said.
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Nerve-gas guru tests Japan legal system
Aug 13 2006 10:21AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - When she was finally allowed to visit her father, she found him in a wheelchair, wearing a diaper. A prison guard took notes throughout the 30-minute encounter, which took place in a small, barren room, through a plate of thick, transparent plastic. It was, for her, a dream come true. But as a nightmare.
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Tensions mount over Japanese war shrine
Aug 13 2006 9:52AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - An expected visit by Japan's leader to a war shrine reviled by other Asian nations heightened tensions Sunday, with South Korea warning it would take diplomatic action and protesters in Tokyo rallying against the shrine for the third straight day.
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N. Korea Russian Orthodox Church opens
Aug 13 2006 8:59AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's first ever Russian Orthodox church conducted its inaugural mass Sunday, the North's official news agency said, although there was no sign the hardline communist regime has eased its tight controls on religion.
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Afghanistan denies U.K. terror plot link
Aug 13 2006 8:14AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's foreign ministry on Sunday denied any Afghan al-Qaida connection to a plot to blow up jetliners over the Atlantic, rejecting a Pakistani allegation.
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Tamil Tigers seek renewed peace talks
Aug 13 2006 2:36AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Tamil Tiger rebels have offered to renew peace talks after weeks intense fighting that brought Sri Lanka close to resuming its civil war, a senior government officials said Sunday.
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