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Chinese police raid human rights group
Aug 29 2005 11:52PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Police raided the office of a Chinese human rights group before a visit to Beijing by the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, the group's director said Tuesday.
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Japanese election campaign kicks off
Aug 29 2005 8:59PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The leading candidates in Japan's parliamentary election are clashing over everything from the economy to sending troops to Iraq, thrusting party platforms into a rare spotlight as the two-week campaign began Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka PM focuses on ending civil war
Aug 29 2005 6:09PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's prime minister, now a high-profile candidate in presidential elections to be held later this year, said Monday his top priority would be to end the civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Musharraf warns Pakistan Islamic schools
Aug 29 2005 2:40PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's president warned Islamic seminaries Monday against sheltering terrorists, and the government threatened to close religious schools unless they register with authorities by the end of the year.
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Afghan opium production down just 2 pct.
Aug 29 2005 2:38PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Bumper growing conditions meant that Afghanistan's opium production remained almost unchanged this year even though a crackdown on poppy farming cut the land under cultivation by 21 percent, the U.N. anti-drug chief said Monday.
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Official warns of attack in Philippines
Aug 29 2005 12:13PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Police installed more closed-circuit cameras in Manila malls, sent out guards with dogs and set up checkpoints on roads Monday as a senior official warned of a possible major attack in the capital following a ferry bombing that injured 30 people.
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1 dead in Sri Lanka newspaper office blast
Aug 29 2005 12:00PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Attackers on a bicycle hurled grenades at a Tamil-language newspaper office in the capital of Colombo, killing a security guard, police said Monday.
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Thai journalists protest editors' firings
Aug 29 2005 11:28AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Nearly 100 journalists of Thailand's oldest English-language newspaper wore black and demonstrated Monday in support of editors who they say were fired under pressure from the Thai government.
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China suspends search for trapped miners
Aug 29 2005 10:59AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China suspended a search Monday for 123 workers trapped after a flood swept through a coal mine in the country's south, declaring all of them dead.
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North Korea delays return to nuke talks
Aug 29 2005 9:56AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Monday it would delay by two weeks its return to nuclear talks, blaming the decision on U.S. military exercises and Washington's appointment of a special envoy on human rights.
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Taliban leader said killed in Afghanistan
Aug 29 2005 9:06AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces have killed a suspected Taliban commander and three of his fighters in the country's south, while six other rebels died in a clash with Afghan police, officials said Monday.
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