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Philippine House defeats impeachment bid
Aug 23 2006 10:59PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine lawmakers on Thursday overwhelmingly defeated the latest impeachment bid against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, but her opponents vowed not to abandon their effort to oust her.
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Hitler restaurant in Bombay irks Jews
Aug 23 2006 7:15PM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - When a restaurant called "Hitler's Cross" opened four days ago in a Bombay suburb, the city's small Jewish community was outraged, but there were few other objections.
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Afghan president under fire over poverty
Aug 23 2006 4:30PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The bloodiest fighting since the Taliban's fall, abject failure to control the drug trade and gaping disparities between rich and poor are shaking the credibility of Afghanistan's U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai.
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Bangkok a mecca for sex-change surgeries
Aug 23 2006 2:40PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - For people who believe they were born the wrong gender, the sex change they're yearning for can easily be found in this crowded capital. The surgery is so common that it's advertised in bold print in newspaper classifieds.
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Indonesians nab 2 on cyberterror charges
Aug 23 2006 11:19AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Police arrested two men accused of using computer technology to aid terrorists in Indonesia, including one man who smuggled a laptop to a jailed Bali bomber who used it to communicate with fellow militants, a police official said Wednesday.
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India said to retain right to hold tests
Aug 23 2006 11:04AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's prime minister said Wednesday the country would retain its right to carry out future nuclear tests despite a civilian nuclear deal with the United States, a news report said.
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Afghanis, Pakistan to conduct patrols
Aug 23 2006 9:19AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan and Pakistani armies agreed Wednesday to conduct coordinated and simultaneous patrols with the United States alongside their volatile border, a statement from the American-led coalition said.
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Thailand charges N. Korea asylum seekers
Aug 23 2006 7:51AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thai authorities arrested and charged nearly 200 North Korean asylum seekers with illegal entry after they were smuggled into the country but they will not be forcibly deported, officials said Wednesday.
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Airstrikes kill 11 Taliban fighters
Aug 23 2006 7:46AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO warplanes killed at least 11 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's violence-wracked south just hours after militant attacks left one NATO soldier dead and five others wounded, the alliance said Wednesday.
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S. Korea urges North against nuke test
Aug 23 2006 6:59AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea on Wednesday warned North Korea not to conduct a nuclear weapons test, saying it would further isolate the communist regime, while countries launched new efforts to persuade the North to resume stalled disarmament talks.
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China protests Dalai Lama's visit
Aug 23 2006 6:57AM (CT)
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AP) - China on Wednesday protested the Dalai Lama's visit to Mongolia, saying the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader used such trips abroad to further a drive for Tibetan independence.
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Myanmar energy production rising
Aug 23 2006 4:38AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Governments both East and West are often critical of Myanmar's human rights abuses, but the country's energy production is rising, and nations are quietly doing lucrative business with its junta leaders.
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Bus accident in India kills 16
Aug 23 2006 3:26AM (CT)
JAMMU, India (AP) - A crowded bus swerved off a steep mountain road and plunged into a gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 16 people and injuring 35, media reports said Wednesday.
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Nanjing Massacre survivor gets $200,000
Aug 23 2006 2:01AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - A Chinese court has awarded a Nanjing Massacre survivor $200,000 in compensation after ruling in her favor against two Japanese historians who claimed she fabricated her account of the atrocity, state media said Wednesday.
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