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Envoy speaks out on North Korea aid
Sep 8 2005 10:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's newly appointed envoy on human rights abuses in North Korea suggested Thursday that U.S. food aid might be linked to liberating political prisoners.
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Chinese president visits Canada
Sep 8 2005 8:48PM (CT)
OTTAWA, Canada (AP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao lauded his country's joint role with Canada in promoting global peace and development Thursday, as he arrived arrived on his first state visit here with the goal of improving oil and energy ties.
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Blasts hit two Karachi restaurants
Sep 8 2005 4:43PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Bomb blasts minutes apart damaged a KFC and a crowded McDonald's restaurant in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi late Thursday, injuring at least three people, police and witnesses said.
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Pope invites Chinese clergy to Vatican
Sep 8 2005 3:50PM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI has named Chinese bishops from both China's state-controlled and unofficial Catholic churches to attend a meeting of the world's bishops _ yet another indication of his desire to bring all Chinese Catholics together under Rome's wing.
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12 arrested in international drug scheme
Sep 8 2005 2:32PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Eleven Chinese citizens and an American man have been arrested in a counterfeit medicine scheme that spanned 11 countries and involved millions of dollars worth of fake drugs, officials of both countries said Thursday.
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Nations to resume North Korea nuke talks
Sep 8 2005 1:48PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Thursday that six-nation talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear program will resume next week, even as Pyongyang raised a possible obstacle to progress by renewing calls for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean Peninsula.
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Bomb attack suspect nabbed in Pakistan
Sep 8 2005 1:26PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - An Islamic militant wanted in connection with a car bomb attack that killed 11 French engineers and four other people was arrested Thursday after a shootout, police said.
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Koizumi seeks to gain from Japan economy
Sep 8 2005 12:40PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Good times are usually a boon for incumbents and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi couldn't have wished for better as he heads into Sunday's elections: The stock market is rallying, the job market is the best in years, bad debts at banks have dwindled.
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Militant sentenced in Indonesia bombing
Sep 8 2005 9:59AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian militant received a seven-year prison sentence Thursday for his role in plotting last year's suicide bombing at the Australian Embassy, blamed on a regional terror group linked to al-Qaida.
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Travelers stampede off plane in Sri Lanka
Sep 8 2005 9:07AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Panicked travelers stampeded off a Saudi airliner during a bomb-scare evacuation Thursday at Sri Lanka's international airport, with one person killed and dozens injured.
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China paper assails U.S. response to storm
Sep 8 2005 4:48AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's main Communist Party newspaper, the People's Daily, assailed the U.S. response to Hurricane Katrina, saying Washington had been negligent and looters showed the dark side of American life.
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Thailand emerges as fake passport capital
Sep 8 2005 2:40AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand has emerged as one of the criminal world's main sources for fake and altered passports for frauds, fugitives and terrorists, including at least one al-Qaida-linked operative, Thai and foreign police say.
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