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Myanmar arrests pro-democracy leaders
Aug 21 2007 11:24PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military regime arrested at least 13 activists Tuesday, including leaders of a pro-democracy group that staged a rare protest against massive fuel price hikes, official media reported.
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China cracking down on AIDS groups
Aug 21 2007 8:22PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese authorities have cracked down on groups fighting HIV and AIDS, threatening activists, closing their offices and ordering that a conference be canceled, a human rights organization and activists said Tuesday.
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Beijing: Traffic ban cleared the air
Aug 21 2007 8:08PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Despite a persistent gray haze, officials said Tuesday an exercise that removed more than 1 million private vehicles a day from Beijing's gridlocked streets was a success that could mean a clearer sky during next summer's Olympics.
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Beijing: Traffic ban cleared the air
Aug 21 2007 8:08PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Despite a persistent gray haze, officials said Tuesday an exercise that removed more than 1 million private vehicles a day from Beijing's gridlocked streets was a success that could mean a clearer sky during next summer's Olympics.
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Beijing: Traffic ban cleared the air
Aug 21 2007 8:08PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Despite a persistent gray haze, officials said Tuesday an exercise that removed more than 1 million private vehicles a day from Beijing's gridlocked streets was a success that could mean a clearer sky during next summer's Olympics.
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Beijing: Traffic ban cleared the air
Aug 21 2007 8:08PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Despite a persistent gray haze, officials said Tuesday an exercise that removed more than 1 million private vehicles a day from Beijing's gridlocked streets was a success that could mean a clearer sky during next summer's Olympics.
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China tries to silence angry families
Aug 21 2007 5:17PM (CT)
XINTAI, China (AP) - Officials increased the pressure on the distraught families of 181 trapped miners Tuesday, deploying riot police, threats and money to silence their angry demands for answers to what caused the disaster.
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China tries to silence angry families
Aug 21 2007 5:17PM (CT)
XINTAI, China (AP) - Officials increased the pressure on the distraught families of 181 trapped miners Tuesday, deploying riot police, threats and money to silence their angry demands for answers to what caused the disaster.
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China tries to silence angry families
Aug 21 2007 5:17PM (CT)
XINTAI, China (AP) - Officials increased the pressure on the distraught families of 181 trapped miners Tuesday, deploying riot police, threats and money to silence their angry demands for answers to what caused the disaster.
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China tries to silence angry families
Aug 21 2007 5:17PM (CT)
XINTAI, China (AP) - Officials increased the pressure on the distraught families of 181 trapped miners Tuesday, deploying riot police, threats and money to silence their angry demands for answers to what caused the disaster.
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Official: Chinese still ignore safety
Aug 21 2007 2:05PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An official in southern China criticized colleagues for skipping out on product safety conference as the country fights to clean up its recurring quality problems, a newspaper said Tuesday.
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Bangladesh students, police clash
Aug 21 2007 12:45PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The Bangladesh government ordered soldiers to leave a university campus Tuesday, after two days of clashes between student protesters and police left more than 150 injured, officials and news reports said.
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Bangladesh students, police clash
Aug 21 2007 12:45PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The Bangladesh government ordered soldiers to leave a university campus Tuesday, after two days of clashes between student protesters and police left more than 150 injured, officials and news reports said.
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Bangladesh students, police clash
Aug 21 2007 12:45PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The Bangladesh government ordered soldiers to leave a university campus Tuesday, after two days of clashes between student protesters and police left more than 150 injured, officials and news reports said.
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Bangladesh students, police clash
Aug 21 2007 12:45PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The Bangladesh government ordered soldiers to leave a university campus Tuesday, after two days of clashes between student protesters and police left more than 150 injured, officials and news reports said.
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Reclusive NKorea opens up to flood aid
Aug 21 2007 12:15PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Reclusive North Korea is opening up to widespread international aid to help recover from devastating floods, with the main U.N. food agency announcing Tuesday it would start emergency feedings for thousands of disaster victims.
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Bodies of 3 soldiers found in Himalayas
Aug 21 2007 11:19AM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - The soldier, barely 20 years old, was killed in a plane crash high in the northern Himalayas nearly 40 years ago. His snow-preserved body was finally brought home Tuesday, draped in the Indian flag and covered with fresh marigolds.
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Beijing car ban improves air quality
Aug 21 2007 9:28AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A test run of traffic controls to clear Beijing's smoggy skies for next year's Olympic Games successfully improved air quality, state media reported Tuesday, saying conditions were "fairly good" despite a constant gray haze.
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Officials probe charred Taiwanese jet
Aug 21 2007 8:01AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Aviation officials probing the charred wreckage of a Taiwanese jet said Tuesday they were investigating the possibility a fuel leak led to the fire that forced all 165 people aboard to flee the aircraft after it landed.
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Officials probe charred Taiwanese jet
Aug 21 2007 8:01AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Aviation officials probing the charred wreckage of a Taiwanese jet said Tuesday they were investigating the possibility a fuel leak led to the fire that forced all 165 people aboard to flee the aircraft after it landed.
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Officials probe charred Taiwanese jet
Aug 21 2007 8:01AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Aviation officials probing the charred wreckage of a Taiwanese jet said Tuesday they were investigating the possibility a fuel leak led to the fire that forced all 165 people aboard to flee the aircraft after it landed.
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Officials probe charred Taiwanese jet
Aug 21 2007 8:01AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Aviation officials probing the charred wreckage of a Taiwanese jet said Tuesday they were investigating the possibility a fuel leak led to the fire that forced all 165 people aboard to flee the aircraft after it landed.
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China: Death penalty for damage to grid
Aug 21 2007 6:18AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China says it will execute people who sabotage the electricity supply, reversing recent steps to rein in widespread use of the death penalty, the official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday.
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N. Korea criticizes US-SKorea drills
Aug 21 2007 5:12AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea renewed its vehement criticism of U.S.-South Korean military exercises, warning Tuesday it could respond with action outside the diplomacy it has recently pursued with Washington.
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Taiwan leader to visit Central America
Aug 21 2007 12:56AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian pledged to make an all-out effort to counter China's offensive to isolate the self-ruled island as he left Tuesday for a summit with Central American leaders.
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