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North, South Korea Red Crosses meet
Aug 23 2005 7:51PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Red Cross societies from the divided Koreas on Tuesday began three days of talks expected to focus on hundreds of South Korean prisoners of war and abductees believed held in North Korea.
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Attempts to disrupt Afghan vote condemned
Aug 23 2005 7:21PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday condemned the recent upsurge in attacks by al-Qaida, the Taliban and other extremist groups in Afghanistan aimed at disrupting the country's upcoming legislative elections.
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Thousands of Marxists protest in Sri Lanka
Aug 23 2005 7:19PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Thousands of supporters of a Sri Lankan Marxist political party Tuesday demanded increased international pressure against Tamil Tiger rebels, accused of killing scores of rivals including the country's foreign minister.
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Commander: Taliban recruiting at schools
Aug 23 2005 6:52PM (CT)
SHARAN BASE, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban rebels are emptying Islamic boarding schools of students in a desperate drive to recruit fighters, including teenage boys, before next month's legislative elections, the U.S. military's operational commander in Afghanistan told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Tuesday.
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Japan's U.N. Security Council hopes fade
Aug 23 2005 2:03PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Just a few months ago, Japan was optimistic about achieving its long-standing dream of a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.
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Indonesia seeks death sentence for bomber
Aug 23 2005 12:00PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Prosecutors on Tuesday demanded the death sentence for one of the Australian Embassy bombers, saying he was a key planner in the attack, which killed 11 Indonesians.
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Building collapse in India kills 11
Aug 23 2005 10:59AM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - An apartment building collapse in downtown Bombay on Tuesday, killed 11 people, injured 17 and left more than a dozen trapped under the rubble, a top city administrator said.
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'Hugging saint' escapes attack in India
Aug 23 2005 8:22AM (CT)
COCHIN, India (AP) - A religious leader known as the "hugging saint" escaped an attack by an unidentified man during a prayer meeting in southern India when three of her followers overpowered the assailant, a state official said.
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Indonesians detain more Aussies for drugs
Aug 23 2005 7:51AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A lingerie model and an English teacher are the latest Australians detained in Indonesia in drug investigations, but the country's top law enforcement officer said Tuesday that Australians are not being targeted in a crackdown.
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Pakistani leader accepts Jewish invitation
Aug 23 2005 2:02AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has accepted an invitation from a leading Jewish organization to speak about his campaign to promote moderate Islam among Muslims around the world, the Council for World Jewry said.
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Chinese, Russian troops join war games
Aug 23 2005 1:22AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Nearly 9,000 Russian and Chinese troops began a mock assault on the beaches of northern China Tuesday in the final stage of unprecedented joint war games between the two former Cold War rivals.
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