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Chemical spill pollutes China reservoir
Aug 26 2006 11:49PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A chemical spill in a northwestern Chinese river polluted a reservoir serving at least 100,000 residents for two days until water quality returned to normal Sunday, local officials said.
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Renegade tribal head killed in Pakistan
Aug 26 2006 11:30PM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Security forces Saturday killed an anti-government Baluch tribal leader and at least 24 suspected rebel supporters in a blow to a long-running ethnic resistance movement, government and security officials said. At least five security forces also died.
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Sri Lanka ferry rescue foreign nationals
Aug 26 2006 10:49PM (CT)
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka (AP) - A ferry carrying about 150 foreign nationals trapped by fighting in fighting in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna Peninsula arrived at a port in the east on Sunday.
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Report: Auxiliary bishop in China freed
Aug 26 2006 10:05PM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - An auxiliary bishop in China's underground Catholic church has been released after a decade in prison, the Vatican-affiliated Asia News agency reported Saturday.
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Dozens wounded in East Timor clashes
Aug 26 2006 2:13PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Fresh fighting between rival gangs left dozens of people wounded in East Timor on Saturday, authorities said, and the government hailed a U.N. Security Council decision to authorize 1,600 international police to help restore stability.
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Abizaid: Pakistan not aiding Taliban
Aug 26 2006 1:39PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A coalition air strike in southern Afghanistan killed a Taliban commander and 15 other militants, the U.S. military said Saturday. A top American general, meanwhile, said insurgents are still using neighboring Pakistan as a base for infiltration.
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China reduces oil shipment to N. Korea
Aug 26 2006 11:26AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea will not rule out a nuclear test as long as Washington is hostile toward Pyongyang, a newspaper linked to the communist nation said Saturday.
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Chinese, Kazakh forces stage exercise
Aug 26 2006 10:01AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Border forces from China and Kazakhstan held an anti-terrorism drill Saturday with armed helicopters and anti-riot vehicles, state media reported.
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Landslide in western Nepal kills 10
Aug 26 2006 8:13AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A landslide in a mountainous western Nepal village killed at least 10 people and injured three others, an official said Saturday.
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Sri Lanka police thwart capital attack
Aug 26 2006 6:55AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Police on Saturday found a large weapons cache hidden in a house on the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital, and arrested 17 people suspected of planning a major attack.
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6 U.N. peacekeepers die in Ivory Coast
Aug 26 2006 6:09AM (CT)
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - A military truck carrying U.N. peacekeepers crashed in Ivory Coast, killing six Bangladeshi troops and injuring 11 others, U.N. officials confirmed Saturday.
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Religious leaders gather for peace talks
Aug 26 2006 2:49AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Religious leaders from around the world gathered Saturday for a conference in western Japan on promoting peace and preventing war.
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2 soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan
Aug 26 2006 12:16AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two U.S.-led coalition soldiers were killed and two were wounded in fighting in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, the U.S. military said.
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