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Police: Suspect denies link to Ramsey
Aug 16 2006 11:23PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - An American suspect arrested in connection with the death of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey denied any connection to her murder when he was detained at his downtown Bangkok apartment Wednesday, police said.
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Men in Bali blast get sentences reduced
Aug 16 2006 10:45PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Nine Islamic militants jailed for minor roles in the Bali bombings that killed 202 people had their sentences reduced Thursday to mark Indonesia's independence day, a justice ministry official said.
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Poverty enables child sex exploitation
Aug 16 2006 6:38PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - It's a photo that has become a staple in the tabloids of Southeast Asia: the foreigner taken in by police after being caught in bed with a local boy or girl.
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Japan protests Russian attack on boat
Aug 16 2006 3:04PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan launched strong protest to Russia Wednesday after a Russian patrol boat opened fire on a Japanese vessel, killing a fisherman in the latest flare-up of a territorial dispute between the neighboring nations.
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Grenade blast kills 4 in Hindu temple
Aug 16 2006 2:31PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - A grenade exploded in a Hindu temple in northeast India Wednesday, killing at least four people and leaving 40 others injured, mainly in a stampede that followed the blast, police said.
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2,500-year-old figurines found in China
Aug 16 2006 2:10PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Archaeologists have unearthed two 2,500-year-old terra cotta figurines that are possible predecessors to the statue the army buried with China's first emperor, state media reported.
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Mild quake in Pakistan injures 4 people
Aug 16 2006 1:47PM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A magnitude 4.4 quake rattled parts of southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, injuring four people and damaging several homes, an official said.
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Afghan opium cultivation hits a record
Aug 16 2006 1:28PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has hit record levels _ up by more than 40 percent from 2005 _ despite hundreds of millions in counternarcotics money, Western officials told The Associated Press.
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Al-Qaida havens raided in Afghanistan
Aug 16 2006 1:05PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. and Afghan forces raided compounds suspected of being al-Qaida sanctuaries in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, seizing weapons and explosives and arresting eight people, the U.S. military said.
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Jintao order led to China Wal-Mart union
Aug 16 2006 11:12AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An order by President Hu Jintao prompted China's state-sanctioned labor group to launch a campaign that led to the creation of Wal-Mart's first Chinese union, according to a newspaper report.
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Japan deals with fallout over war shrine
Aug 16 2006 9:22AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan grappled Wednesday with the fallout from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to a Tokyo war shrine, as diplomats reportedly worked to mend frayed ties with China and South Korea.
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Group: 54,700 dead, missing in N. Korea
Aug 16 2006 7:49AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean aid group claimed Wednesday that massive floods in North Korea last month left about 54,700 people dead or missing and some 2.5 million homeless. The figure is by far the highest toll reported from floods that hit the impoverished communist country in mid-July.
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Pregnant Princess Kiko heads to hospital
Aug 16 2006 7:11AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Princess Kiko entered a hospital Wednesday to prepare to give birth to the first new addition to Japan's royal family in more than four years _ and possibly a badly needed heir to the ancient Chrysanthemum Throne.
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China trial of Hong Kong journalist ends
Aug 16 2006 6:04AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The trial of a Hong Kong journalist accused of spying for Taiwan ended here after one day, his employer said, and a Chinese researcher linked to the case was tried Wednesday in a brief closed-door session, a Hong Kong activist said.
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Chinese complain of no typhoon warning
Aug 16 2006 6:03AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Villagers in south China on Wednesday accused the government of failing to give adequate warning before Typhoon Saomai slammed into the region last week and said the official death toll should be at least three times higher.
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Sri Lanka appears to be back at war
Aug 16 2006 3:13AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Was it a children's home or a rebel base? Perhaps more importantly, is there a difference?
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