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Militant gets 8 years for Bali bombings
Sep 6 2006 11:32PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Judges sentenced an Islamic militant to eight years in prison Thursday for his involvement in the 2005 Bali bombings that killed 20 people _ the second verdict in the terrorist attack in as many days.
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Prosecutors question Taiwan president
Sep 6 2006 9:18PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Prosecutors have questioned Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian about the use of secret diplomatic funds at the heart of a continuing corruption probe, the president's office said Thursday.
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Banned Chinese director to defy orders
Sep 6 2006 4:14PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Chinese director Lou Ye said Wednesday he plans to defy a government order banning him from making films for five years, a ruling prompted by his decision to screen a movie at the Cannes Film Festival before it cleared censors in China.
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Pakistan president defends cease-fire
Sep 6 2006 4:00PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - At a key summit Wednesday of U.S. allies fighting al-Qaida, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf defended a cease-fire with militants in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai gave cautious approval, saying he'll wait to see if the deal works.
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New Delhi to ban some bicycle rickshaws
Sep 6 2006 3:37PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Bicycle rickshaws will be banned to clear traffic congestion in the heart of New Delhi's old city, authorities said Wednesday.
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Pakistan: No safe harbor for bin Laden
Sep 6 2006 1:34PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan said Wednesday that a peace deal with Islamic militants in a border province would not give safe harbor to Osama bin Laden if he is found in the country.
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Musharraf speaks of a 'common enemy'
Sep 6 2006 1:25PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Key U.S. allies Afghanistan and Pakistan must join forces to fight the "common enemy" of terrorism and extremism being fanned by al-Qaida and Taliban militants, Pakistan's president said Wednesday.
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U.S. launches attack in east Afghanistan
Sep 6 2006 1:25PM (CT)
KANDAGAL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. troops on Wednesday launched a fearsome barrage of artillery and rockets into a mountainous militant stronghold in eastern Afghanistan where they suffered their deadliest combat loss more than a year ago.
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Japan celebrates male heir to the throne
Sep 6 2006 12:00PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - With shouts of "Banzai," Japanese celebrated the birth Wednesday of the imperial family's first male heir since the 1960s, a development that squelched hopes of reform to allow women on the throne.
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Pollution hospitalizes hundreds in China
Sep 6 2006 9:36AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Hundreds of people in northwestern China have been hospitalized with lead poisoning that was likely caused by pollution from a nearby smelter, state media and local officials said Wednesday.
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Pakistani nuke scientist to have surgery
Sep 6 2006 6:38AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's top nuclear scientist will undergo prostate cancer surgery, the government announced Wednesday, about two years after he confessed to leaking weapons technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya.
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Indonesia sentences 4 Aussies to death
Sep 6 2006 6:34AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian appeals court has sentenced four Australian members of a drug smuggling ring to death, prompting a protest from the Australian government, officials said Wednesday.
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China, U.S. discuss N.Korea nuke program
Sep 6 2006 4:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China and the United States discussed warning North Korea against conducting a nuclear test, a top American envoy said Wednesday. He also blamed Pyongyang for holding up international talks on the isolated regime's nuclear program.
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Comedians in Myanmar face bans
Sep 6 2006 3:12AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - In Myanmar, there's not much to laugh about these days. Ask some of its most famous comedians.
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