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China denies hacking Pentagon computers
Sep 4 2007 10:15PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Tuesday denied a report that its military had hacked into Pentagon computers, saying the allegations were "groundless" and that Beijing was opposed to cybercrime.
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SKorea selects first astronaut
Sep 4 2007 9:47PM (CT)
GWACHEON, South Korea (AP) - South Korea announced Wednesday that a 30-year-old robotics expert will be the country's first person in space when he flies on a Russian Soyuz capsule to the International Space Station early next year.
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China takes media on tour of toy makers
Sep 4 2007 8:23PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Toy inspectors set fire to Elmo's bulging white eyes, tugged on Dora the Explorer's arms and scraped paint off a Barbie play set _ tests they called a routine part of efforts to make sure Chinese products are safe for American children.
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China takes media on tour of toy makers
Sep 4 2007 8:23PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Toy inspectors set fire to Elmo's bulging white eyes, tugged on Dora the Explorer's arms and scraped paint off a Barbie play set _ tests they called a routine part of efforts to make sure Chinese products are safe for American children.
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China takes media on tour of toy makers
Sep 4 2007 8:23PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Toy inspectors set fire to Elmo's bulging white eyes, tugged on Dora the Explorer's arms and scraped paint off a Barbie play set _ tests they called a routine part of efforts to make sure Chinese products are safe for American children.
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China takes media on tour of toy makers
Sep 4 2007 8:23PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Toy inspectors set fire to Elmo's bulging white eyes, tugged on Dora the Explorer's arms and scraped paint off a Barbie play set _ tests they called a routine part of efforts to make sure Chinese products are safe for American children.
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China takes media on tour of toy makers
Sep 4 2007 8:23PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Toy inspectors set fire to Elmo's bulging white eyes, tugged on Dora the Explorer's arms and scraped paint off a Barbie play set _ tests they called a routine part of efforts to make sure Chinese products are safe for American children.
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China takes media on tour of toy makers
Sep 4 2007 8:23PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Toy inspectors set fire to Elmo's bulging white eyes, tugged on Dora the Explorer's arms and scraped paint off a Barbie play set _ tests they called a routine part of efforts to make sure Chinese products are safe for American children.
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China takes media on tour of toy makers
Sep 4 2007 8:23PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Toy inspectors set fire to Elmo's bulging white eyes, tugged on Dora the Explorer's arms and scraped paint off a Barbie play set _ tests they called a routine part of efforts to make sure Chinese products are safe for American children.
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9 win architecture awards
Sep 4 2007 6:48PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A public square in Beirut, a Singapore skyscraper and a renovated ancient city in Yemen were among the nine winners Tuesday of an award aimed at recognizing architectural achievement in areas where Muslims live.
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Group: Muslims rounded up after bombings
Sep 4 2007 6:34PM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - Police have secretly detained at least 21 Muslim youths in the wake of bombings late last month in southern India, activists said Tuesday, calling for them to be produced in court or released.
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Russian mayor bans phrase 'I don't know'
Sep 4 2007 5:56PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - The mayor of a Siberian oil town has ordered his bureaucrats to stop using expressions such as "I don't know" and "I can't." Or look for another job.
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10 years later, Mother Teresa remembered
Sep 4 2007 2:28PM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - The destitute and the diseased still gather outside Mother Teresa's clinics in this sprawling city in eastern India, where the nun known simply as "Mother" dedicated her life to the poorest of the poor.
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Progress seen in Musharraf-Bhutto talks
Sep 4 2007 12:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and exiled rival Benazir Bhutto have moved closer to a deal that could see them share power and restore democracy to Pakistan, although key sticking points remain, Bhutto's party and the government said Tuesday.
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Progress seen in Musharraf-Bhutto talks
Sep 4 2007 12:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and exiled rival Benazir Bhutto have moved closer to a deal that could see them share power and restore democracy to Pakistan, although key sticking points remain, Bhutto's party and the government said Tuesday.
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Progress seen in Musharraf-Bhutto talks
Sep 4 2007 12:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and exiled rival Benazir Bhutto have moved closer to a deal that could see them share power and restore democracy to Pakistan, although key sticking points remain, Bhutto's party and the government said Tuesday.
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Afghan gov says Taliban kidnapper killed
Sep 4 2007 12:25PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan forces said Tuesday that they killed a Taliban commander behind the kidnapping of South Korean church workers, less than a week after the hostages were let go under a deal seen as a propaganda coup for the hard-line Islamic militia.
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Afghan gov says Taliban kidnapper killed
Sep 4 2007 12:25PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan forces said Tuesday that they killed a Taliban commander behind the kidnapping of South Korean church workers, less than a week after the hostages were let go under a deal seen as a propaganda coup for the hard-line Islamic militia.
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U.S. denies N. Korea off terror list
Sep 4 2007 8:07AM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - North Korea remains on a list of states that sponsor terrorism, a senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday, dismissing North Korean claims that Washington decided to remove the designation.
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U.S. denies N. Korea off terror list
Sep 4 2007 8:07AM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - North Korea remains on a list of states that sponsor terrorism, a senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday, dismissing North Korean claims that Washington decided to remove the designation.
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China asks leeway on greenhouse gases
Sep 4 2007 7:06AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Tuesday it was working hard to increase its use of renewable energy, but needs to be given some leeway in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Musharraf-Bhutto talks expected
Sep 4 2007 6:09AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Exiled former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has traveled to Dubai ahead of expected talks Tuesday on a political pact that could keep President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in office, officials and media reports said.
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China closes 400 companies for pollution
Sep 4 2007 3:46AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's environmental watchdog has closed down 400 factories since it started a national campaign in July to tackle water pollution, an official said Tuesday.
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Challenges mount in Afghanistan
Sep 4 2007 2:50AM (CT)
MAYMANA, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan police officer leaned over a tray laden with pistachios and cubes of chilled watermelon to make his point to NATO's supreme commander.
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Blasts near Pakistani capital kill 24
Sep 4 2007 2:38AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Two bombs ripped through a Pakistani army bus and a commercial district in a city near the capital on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people, the army said.
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