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NATO takes on bigger role in Afghanistan
Sep 3 2005 10:56PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - As the NATO armored car inches through a crowded Kabul market, its machine gun sweeping over the heads of shoppers, the Portuguese officer on board banters with street kids and traders, exchanging waves and smiles.
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China's Hu postpones visit to U.S.
Sep 3 2005 9:47PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday postponed his official visit to the United States next week due to Hurricane Katrina, but he and President Bush agreed to meet on the sidelines of a U.N. assembly in New York later this month.
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China raises typhoon death toll to 53
Sep 3 2005 7:56PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Flooding and landslides triggered by Typhoon Talim has killed at least 53 people on China's mainland and left 21 missing, the government said Saturday.
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U.S.: N. Korea ready to restart nuke talks
Sep 3 2005 6:26PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Two U.S. lawmakers who visited North Korea said Saturday that Pyongyang appears ready to return to disarmament talks as promised the week of Sept. 12, but still wants a nuclear reactor _ a key sticking point.
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Briton's body may be found in Afghanistan
Sep 3 2005 1:18PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A kidnapped British engineer was found dead Saturday and two bodies discovered in Afghanistan's southern desert were identified as missing Japanese tourists, raising fears that elections later this month may be disrupted by militant violence.
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New Hong Kong leader shows political savvy
Sep 3 2005 10:38AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - He kneels down to listen to an elderly woman standing in line outside a medical clinic. He goes on television to condemn the stabbing of a 7-year-old boy. He jokes about his trademark bow ties in a speech to foreign reporters.
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Chinese president Hu postpones U.S. trip
Sep 3 2005 10:34AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday postponed his official visit to Washington next week due to Hurricane Katrina, but he and President Bush planned to meet on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly later this month.
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Briton's body may be found in Afghanistan
Sep 3 2005 9:14AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Coalition troops in Afghanistan searching for a kidnapped British engineer found a body Saturday that they believed to be his, a government minister said.
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Bodies of missing teachers found in desert
Sep 3 2005 4:01AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Autopsies on two bodies found in southern Afghanistan show they are those of two Japanese teachers missing in the region, a hospital chief said Saturday.
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Gunmen abduct Afghan official, candidate
Sep 3 2005 1:54AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban gunmen have kidnapped a district government chief, a candidate for legislature and three other people after ambushing their vehicle in southern Afghanistan, police said Saturday.
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