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Report: China seeks air marshal training
Aug 29 2006 10:21PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is sending 18 air marshals to the United States for anti-terror training as the two governments prepare to station marshals on flights linking the two countries, a news report said Wednesday.
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Bomb kills 4 at restaurant in Pakistan
Aug 29 2006 3:38PM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A memorial service for a tribal chief killed in a raid by Pakistani army troops descended into violence Tuesday as mourners hurled grenades at police and burned dozens of shops.
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18 insurgents killed in Afghanistan
Aug 29 2006 2:05PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bomber struck a NATO-Afghan military convoy Tuesday, killing two civilians and wounding one in the violence-wracked south, and a remote-controlled bomb killed two police officers on patrol.
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South Korea on watch for nuclear test
Aug 29 2006 1:31PM (CT)
DAEJEON, South Korea (AP) - A serene South Korean earthquake center has become the front line of the world's vigil for North Korea's first nuclear test, monitoring the peninsula's geological pulse with seismic sensors and sound detectors.
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U.S.-led troops kill 18 in Afghanistan
Aug 29 2006 1:07PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led coalition troops foiled an insurgent ambush in southern Afghanistan, killing 18 suspected militants, a military statement said Tuesday.
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Hitler restaurant renamed The Cross Cafe
Aug 29 2006 12:34PM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - A restaurant named Hitler's Cross Cafe that enraged India's small Jewish community has been renamed The Cross Cafe, its owner said Tuesday.
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U.S. missile defense ship sails to Japan
Aug 29 2006 10:54AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A U.S. cruiser equipped with an advanced missile defense system docked in Japan on Tuesday, as concerns linger over North Korea's missile program.
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Mudslides, floods kill 22 in Nepal
Aug 29 2006 10:48AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Mudslides and flooding caused by monsoons across western Nepal killed at least 22 people, left scores missing and displaced thousands of villagers, officials said Tuesday.
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Vietnamese farmers protest confiscation
Aug 29 2006 10:43AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Hundreds of farmers camped out in front of a National Assembly building in the capital Tuesday in a rare protest of the seizure of their land for development, saying it threatens their livelihood.
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Quake hits Indonesia; no tsunami risk
Aug 29 2006 10:39AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A moderate earthquake rocked parts of southeastern Indonesia on Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, and experts said there was no risk of a tsunami.
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Icon of Nepalese democracy protests dies
Aug 29 2006 10:30AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Chhaya Devi Parajuli, an icon of the struggle to restore democracy in Nepal who attended countless anti-monarchy protests despite her advanced years and was even beaten and tear-gassed by police, has died. She was 88.
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ILO: Rapid growth reducing Asia poverty
Aug 29 2006 8:33AM (CT)
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) - Economic growth in China and India has dramatically reduced the number of people in Asia subsisting below the poverty level of $1 a day, but the total remains in the hundreds of millions, the International Labor Organization said Tuesday.
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Pakistan, U.K. target forced marriages
Aug 29 2006 6:47AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Her father said it would be a two-week holiday to learn about her Pakistani heritage. But the British woman soon found herself captive in a remote tribal village for over a year and promised in marriage to a first cousin she'd never met.
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Aid workers targeted in Sri Lanka
Aug 29 2006 6:28AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Seventeen Sri Lankan aid workers are killed execution style. Ambulances are blown off the road. Relief groups are cut off from tens of thousands of displaced villagers.
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Japan police probe possible nuke exports
Aug 29 2006 12:41AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Police are investigating the possibility that a Japanese manufacturer exported equipment to Iran that can be used to make nuclear weapons, an official said Tuesday.
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