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Taliban to free 19 S. Korean hostages
Aug 28 2007 11:46PM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants agreed Tuesday to release 19 South Korean church volunteers held hostage for six weeks after Seoul reaffirmed a pledge to withdraw its troops by year's end and prevent Christian missionaries from working in Afghanistan.
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Over 100 Taliban killed in Afghan battle
Aug 28 2007 11:25PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led and Afghan troops battled suspected Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday in ground clashes and airstrikes that left over 100 militants dead, the coalition said.
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Indian suspect on trial despite knife
Aug 28 2007 10:21PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian businessman spent years evading authorities around the world, fleeing accusations that he'd run elaborate bank scams, investigators allege. When he lost an appeal in Germany against extradition to India, he came up with a novel scheme: He swallowed a knife.
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Chinese girl runs 2,212 miles to Beijing
Aug 28 2007 10:08PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An 8-year-old girl ran more than a marathon and a half a day for nearly two months, jogging 2,212 miles to Beijing followed by her bicycle-riding father, who denied Tuesday that he had forced her.
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Chinese girl runs 2,212 miles to Beijing
Aug 28 2007 10:08PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An 8-year-old girl ran more than a marathon and a half a day for nearly two months, jogging 2,212 miles to Beijing followed by her bicycle-riding father, who denied Tuesday that he had forced her.
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Chinese girl runs 2,212 miles to Beijing
Aug 28 2007 10:08PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An 8-year-old girl ran more than a marathon and a half a day for nearly two months, jogging 2,212 miles to Beijing followed by her bicycle-riding father, who denied Tuesday that he had forced her.
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Trapped miners ate coal, drank urine
Aug 28 2007 9:09PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Meng brothers felt pretty good about their chances of making it out of the collapsed coal mine, until the sound of digging from outside stopped.
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New Myanmar protest quashed in minutes
Aug 28 2007 5:04PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Demonstrators on Tuesday tried to mount a new protest against rising prices, but marched only 30 yards before being beaten and wrestled into waiting trucks by civilians who back Myanmar's military government, witnesses said.
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Diploma scandal rocks South Korea
Aug 28 2007 3:11PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - She was an up-and-coming South Korean curator nicknamed the "art world's Cinderella" with a doctorate from Yale on her resume.
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Diploma scandal rocks South Korea
Aug 28 2007 3:11PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - She was an up-and-coming South Korean curator nicknamed the "art world's Cinderella" with a doctorate from Yale on her resume.
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Power struggle heats up in Pakistan
Aug 28 2007 1:45PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The power struggle that could unseat President Gen. Pervez Musharraf heated up Tuesday, as his main rivals dug in against his re-election plan and the government defended a ban on two exiled opposition leaders serving again as prime minister.
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Chinese Communist Party to meet Oct. 15
Aug 28 2007 12:55PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's ruling Communist Party will hold a major meeting in October that will set the national agenda for the next five years amid the challenge of staging the Olympics and renew the tenure of President Hu Jintao as party leader.
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China targets unqualified toy makers
Aug 28 2007 12:17PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China needs to effectively address its product safety problems, an American lawmaker said Tuesday as the country launched a campaign to weed out unqualified manufacturers amid a global recall of Chinese-made toys.
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China targets unqualified toy makers
Aug 28 2007 12:17PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China needs to effectively address its product safety problems, an American lawmaker said Tuesday as the country launched a campaign to weed out unqualified manufacturers amid a global recall of Chinese-made toys.
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China targets unqualified toy makers
Aug 28 2007 12:17PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China needs to effectively address its product safety problems, an American lawmaker said Tuesday as the country launched a campaign to weed out unqualified manufacturers amid a global recall of Chinese-made toys.
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Turkey's new president vows modern path
Aug 28 2007 12:00PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - He's a devout Muslim whose wife wears an Islamic headscarf in a nation where religious attire is banned from government buildings. He is also a champion of reforms needed for Turkey to qualify for European Union membership.
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Beijing police launch virtual Web patrol
Aug 28 2007 9:55AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Police in China's capital said Tuesday they will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user's browser and walk, bike or drive across the screen warning them to stay away from illegal Internet content.
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Islamic-rooted president wins in Turkey
Aug 28 2007 9:42AM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A devout Muslim with a background in political Islam won the Turkish presidency on Tuesday, in a major triumph for the Islamic-rooted government after months of confrontation with the secular establishment.
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Pro-Beijing party chooses new leader
Aug 28 2007 9:15AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A veteran unionist was chosen Tuesday to head Hong Kong's leading pro-Beijing party, inheriting the task of polishing the party's image, which was tarnished by his predecessor's comments that the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown was not a massacre.
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Dalai Lama supporter charged in China
Aug 28 2007 6:07AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Authorities in western China have charged a Tibetan man with subversion for calling for the Dalai Lama's return, a rights monitoring group reported Tuesday.
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Merkel: Doubts on China rights record
Aug 28 2007 4:17AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - With the Beijing Olympics a year away, China can expect its human rights record to come under increasing scrutiny, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.
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Hyderabad back to normal after bombings
Aug 28 2007 3:42AM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - Stores reopened and traffic resumed on the streets of Hyderabad on Tuesday, signs that life in the south Indian city was returning to normal after weekend bombings killed at least 42 people and injured dozens.
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Militants free 19 Pakistani hostages
Aug 28 2007 3:08AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Militants on Tuesday released 18 soldiers and a Pakistani government official kidnapped near the Afghan border earlier this month, the army and the militants said.
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Venetian aims to make Macau resort city
Aug 28 2007 1:04AM (CT)
MACAU (AP) - Casinos like the Wynn and Sands have already helped this southern coastal Chinese city surpass the Las Vegas Strip as the world's most lucrative gambling center.
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