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Ex-Bangladeshi PM Zia is jailed
Sep 2 2007 11:48PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Police arrested former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and one of her sons Monday on charges of corruption and misuse of power during her last term in office, a police official said.
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Malaysian cabbies told to wear socks
Sep 2 2007 11:46PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Authorities are warning taxi drivers of hefty fines if they are caught without socks, shoes and the other proper attire prescribed by a licensing board, an official said Monday.
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Japan farm minister quits
Sep 2 2007 11:30PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's agriculture minister resigned Monday only a week after his appointment because of a scandal involving misuse of farm subsidies, the fourth Cabinet minister to step down in the past year.
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4 boats at China pier catch fire
Sep 2 2007 8:52PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Four boats carrying the toxic chemical methanol caught fire in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, causing one boat to sink and prompting fears of drinking water contamination, state media said.
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Beijing launches food safety crackdown
Sep 2 2007 8:49PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Beijing is targeting unlicensed restaurants and checking the quality of many foods in a crackdown on unsafe products less than a year before the city welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Summer Olympics, state media said Sunday.
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Tibetans opposes China on reincarnations
Sep 2 2007 8:46PM (CT)
DHARMSALA, India (AP) - A Chinese order claiming Beijing must approve all of Tibet's spiritual leaders is an attempt to further repress and undermine the religious culture of the Himalayan region, the Tibetan government-in-exile said Sunday.
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China to report military spending to UN
Sep 2 2007 5:45PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Sunday it will provide the United Nations with information on its military spending and arms deals for the first time in more than a decade, taking a step to address international concerns about the secrecy surrounding its defense spending and operations.
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U.S.: NKorea to declare nuclear programs
Sep 2 2007 5:20PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - North Korea agreed Sunday to account for and disable its atomic programs by the end of the year, offering its first timeline for a process long sought by nuclear negotiators, the chief U.S. envoy said.
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U.S.: NKorea to declare nuclear programs
Sep 2 2007 5:20PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - North Korea agreed Sunday to account for and disable its atomic programs by the end of the year, offering its first timeline for a process long sought by nuclear negotiators, the chief U.S. envoy said.
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25 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
Sep 2 2007 4:13PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan security forces aided by airstrikes killed about 25 suspected militants during raids on a Taliban command center in southern Afghanistan, the coalition said Sunday.
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Social security scandal shakes Japan
Sep 2 2007 1:25PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - After reading a book this year about serious flaws in Japan's pension system, retired deliveryman Yoshikazu Hirano thought he'd check his own records just to be safe.
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Social security scandal shakes Japan
Sep 2 2007 1:25PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - After reading a book this year about serious flaws in Japan's pension system, retired deliveryman Yoshikazu Hirano thought he'd check his own records just to be safe.
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Social security scandal shakes Japan
Sep 2 2007 1:25PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - After reading a book this year about serious flaws in Japan's pension system, retired deliveryman Yoshikazu Hirano thought he'd check his own records just to be safe.
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Bomb blasts kill 2, injure 13 in Nepal
Sep 2 2007 1:14PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Three bombs exploded almost simultaneously in and around Nepal's capital Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring 13 in the first attack on Katmandu since a communist insurgency ended last year, authorities said.
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Bomb blasts kill 2, injure 13 in Nepal
Sep 2 2007 1:14PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Three bombs exploded almost simultaneously in and around Nepal's capital Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring 13 in the first attack on Katmandu since a communist insurgency ended last year, authorities said.
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Chinese mark on Africa means commerce
Sep 2 2007 9:39AM (CT)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Selling shoes in the sweaty afternoon air of a West African market, Ousman Ka owes his job to China _ or, more precisely, to Lu Hui, the wrinkle-faced Chinese man in the blue sweater vest sitting behind him.
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Toll in Pakistan collapse rises to 6
Sep 2 2007 5:05AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Rescue workers pulled out two more bodies Sunday from the rubble of collapsed overpass in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi, increasing the death toll to six, an official said.
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Toll in Pakistan collapse rises to 6
Sep 2 2007 5:05AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Rescue workers pulled out two more bodies Sunday from the rubble of collapsed overpass in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi, increasing the death toll to six, an official said.
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Pakistan gov't seeks deal with Bhutto
Sep 2 2007 3:47AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's government is still interested in seeking a power-sharing deal with former prime minister and key opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, an official said Sunday, after Bhutto said months of talks were at a standstill.
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Pakistan gov't seeks deal with Bhutto
Sep 2 2007 3:47AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's government is still interested in seeking a power-sharing deal with former prime minister and key opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, an official said Sunday, after Bhutto said months of talks were at a standstill.
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Pakistan gov't seeks deal with Bhutto
Sep 2 2007 3:47AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's government is still interested in seeking a power-sharing deal with former prime minister and key opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, an official said Sunday, after Bhutto said months of talks were at a standstill.
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Freed Taliban captives return to SKorea
Sep 2 2007 2:56AM (CT)
ANYANG, South Korea (AP) - Nineteen South Koreans freed by Taliban insurgents after six weeks in captivity returned home to tearful embraces from loved ones Sunday, expressing sorrow for two in their group who were killed in Afghanistan and apologizing to the nation.
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Freed Taliban captives return to SKorea
Sep 2 2007 2:56AM (CT)
ANYANG, South Korea (AP) - Nineteen South Koreans freed by Taliban insurgents after six weeks in captivity returned home to tearful embraces from loved ones Sunday, expressing sorrow for two in their group who were killed in Afghanistan and apologizing to the nation.
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Freed Taliban captives return to SKorea
Sep 2 2007 2:56AM (CT)
ANYANG, South Korea (AP) - Nineteen South Koreans freed by Taliban insurgents after six weeks in captivity returned home to tearful embraces from loved ones Sunday, expressing sorrow for two in their group who were killed in Afghanistan and apologizing to the nation.
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Myanmar activists plan protest march
Sep 2 2007 2:15AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Defiant anti-government protesters in Myanmar plan to stage a 100-mile protest march Monday as the country's military government wraps up its work on guidelines for a new constitution.
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