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Indonesia, Russia to sign defense deals
Sep 5 2007 11:07PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia was set to sign a $1 billion defense deal with Russia on Thursday that will enable it to purchase dozens of helicopters, tanks and submarines over the next 15 years, a government spokesman said.
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NATO urged to fight Afghanistan drugs
Sep 5 2007 7:10PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - NATO troops should take on a greater role fighting the flourishing opium business in Afghanistan, which is helping to fuel the Taliban's insurgency, the head of the United Nations drugs agency said Wednesday.
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Mumbai cracks down on spitting at work
Sep 5 2007 5:47PM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - Mumbai's top civic agency is trying public shame in hopes of keeping its employees from spitting in the halls and stairways at work.
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Japan's Abe faces new Cabinet scandal
Sep 5 2007 5:34PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Just a week after naming a new Cabinet in an effort to regain public trust, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was hit Wednesday with another scandal _ calls for his environment minister to resign over misreported political funds.
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Militants free 6 Pakistani troops
Sep 5 2007 5:09PM (CT)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Militants on Wednesday freed six soldiers who were among more than 100 Pakistani troops abducted over the weekend near the Afghan border, an intelligence official said.
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2 British soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Sep 5 2007 1:56PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban attacks killed two British soldiers and two Afghan police officers Wednesday in restive southern Afghanistan, while nearly 30 militants were killed elsewhere, authorities said.
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Reports: Myanmar breaks up monk protest
Sep 5 2007 1:01PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Hundreds of Buddhist monks held an anti-government protest march Wednesday in a central Myanmar town, halting their demonstration only after soldiers fired warning shots and arrested several of them, media reports and a witness said.
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China denies computer spying accusations
Sep 5 2007 12:37PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - From the German chancellery to the Pentagon, government computer networks have been targeted by cyber spies that media reports say were directed by China's military.
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Bangkok hotel fire injures 16 guests
Sep 5 2007 12:24PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A fire in a popular hotel early Wednesday injured 16 people, and it took three hours to extinguish because the 30-year-old building had no sprinkler system, a police official said.
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10 years later, Mother Teresa remembered
Sep 5 2007 11:16AM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - Devotees held Roman Catholic Masses, candle processions and interfaith prayers Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to serving the poorest of the poor in this eastern Indian city.
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10 years later, Mother Teresa remembered
Sep 5 2007 11:16AM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - Devotees held Roman Catholic Masses, candle processions and interfaith prayers Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to serving the poorest of the poor in this eastern Indian city.
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10 years later, Mother Teresa remembered
Sep 5 2007 11:16AM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - Devotees held Roman Catholic Masses, candle processions and interfaith prayers Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to serving the poorest of the poor in this eastern Indian city.
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Exiled ex-PM plans return to Pakistan
Sep 5 2007 10:02AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will go back to Pakistan next week and 250 of his supporters have been arrested in anticipation of their exiled leader's return, his party said Wednesday.
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SKorea selects first astronaut
Sep 5 2007 7:57AM (CT)
GWACHEON, South Korea (AP) - South Korea announced Wednesday that a 30-year-old expert in artificial intelligence 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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Political purging in Bangladesh
Sep 5 2007 3:08AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - To the surprise of nearly everyone in Bangladesh, the mighty appear to be falling fast in a corner of Asia where power and impunity have long gone hand-in-hand.
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Political purging in Bangladesh
Sep 5 2007 3:08AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - To the surprise of nearly everyone in Bangladesh, the mighty appear to be falling fast in a corner of Asia where power and impunity have long gone hand-in-hand.
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Political purging in Bangladesh
Sep 5 2007 3:08AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - To the surprise of nearly everyone in Bangladesh, the mighty appear to be falling fast in a corner of Asia where power and impunity have long gone hand-in-hand.
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