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2 soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan
Aug 25 2006 11:27PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two U.S.-led coalition soldiers were killed and another two were wounded in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, the U.S. military said.
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Chinese researcher for NY Times jailed
Aug 25 2006 9:32PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese court sentenced a New York Times researcher to three years in prison on a fraud conviction Friday, but acquitted him of the more serious charge of revealing state secrets.
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S.Korea, China aim to block N.Korea test
Aug 25 2006 8:59PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea and China have agreed to cooperate to prevent a possible nuclear test by North Korea amid increasing reports citing suspicious activity in the communist nation, Seoul's presidential security adviser said Friday.
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U.N. authorizes 1,600 police in E. Timor
Aug 25 2006 6:45PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to authorize 1,600 international police and 34 military liaison officers for a follow-on mission in East Timor _ but no troops.
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Afghan leader orders probe of killings
Aug 25 2006 1:31PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - President Hamid Karzai on Friday ordered an investigation into the killings of eight people in a raid that U.S. forces said had targeted al-Qaida members but police said were civilians _ the second time in a week his government has questioned the military's tactics.
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200,000 forced from homes in Sri Lanka
Aug 25 2006 11:47AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Fighting between Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels and security forces has forced at least 204,000 people from their homes in the eastern and northern parts of the country, the U.N. food agency said Friday.
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Dalai Lama initiates Mongolian monks
Aug 25 2006 9:20AM (CT)
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AP) - The Dalai Lama elevated a group of Mongolian monks into the Buddhist priesthood's higher ranks Friday, bolstering the country's traditional faith as it struggles to re-establish itself following decades of communist persecution.
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Thai leader accused of fabricating plot
Aug 25 2006 8:52AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - An army general who was fired after an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was discovered accused the Thai leader Friday of fabricating the scheme.
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India protests Dutch handling of flight
Aug 25 2006 8:25AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India on Friday lodged a strong protest with the Netherlands at the way it handled Indian passengers from a Bombay-bound flight that returned to Amsterdam shortly after takeoff, a foreign ministry spokesman said.
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Chinese storms leave 15 million homeless
Aug 25 2006 7:04AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Communities in southeastern China are straining to resettle more than 15 million people left homeless by four devastating typhoons in recent months, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.
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Moderate quake strikes China; 2 dead
Aug 25 2006 5:43AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A moderate earthquake jolted southwest China on Friday, killing two people and destroying homes in an area still recovering from damage caused by a temblor last month, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
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Pakistan withholds terror suspects' info
Aug 25 2006 3:45AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Two weeks after an alleged plot to blow up U.S.-bound airliners was thwarted in Britain, Pakistani authorities have screwed tight the faucet that had trickled intriguing details from their investigation.
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Japanese police arrest Mitutoyo chief
Aug 25 2006 2:44AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The president of precision instrument maker Mitutoyo Corp. was arrested in the alleged export to Malaysia of equipment that can be used in making nuclear weapons, officials said Friday.
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Ferry on rescue mission in Sri Lanka
Aug 25 2006 1:01AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A passenger ferry set out for northern Sri Lanka on Friday to help evacuate hundreds of foreign nationals cut off by fighting between government forces and ethnic Tamil rebels.
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NYT researcher gets 3 years in prison
Aug 25 2006 12:21AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese researcher for The New York Times was acquitted Friday of state secrets charges but was convicted of fraud and sentenced to three years in prison, one of his defense lawyers said.
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