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Envoy warns of continued Afghan violence
Sep 9 2005 9:44PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Rebel violence in Afghanistan may drag on for at least another two years unless the international community does more to stop it, the top U.N. envoy to the country warned on Friday.
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Musharraf praises Sharon on Gaza pullout
Sep 9 2005 2:10PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf issued a twin challenge to Islamic militants in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press on Friday, praising Israel's leader as "courageous" for withdrawing from Gaza and claiming to have crushed al-Qaida's ability to operate in Pakistan's cities and mountains.
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Detainee returns to S. Korea after 30 yrs.
Sep 9 2005 1:32PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean Ko Myung-sup was detained by the North after straying too close to the border and he spent the next 30 years doing forced labor on a chicken farm with so few birds the workers had to eat tree bark. But his return last month to the South came at a high price: he had to leave behind his wife and children.
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Koizumi leads opposition in Japan vote
Sep 9 2005 1:22PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - When Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi came to power four years ago, he boldly pledged to sacrifice his long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party for the sake of enacting reform. But with the approach of Sunday's elections for the powerful lower house of Parliament, it seems as if the silver-haired leader has only strengthened the LDP's grip on power.
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Musharraf: Blast suspect was in Pakistan
Sep 9 2005 12:40PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - A suspect in the July terror bombings in London briefly visited a school in Pakistan linked with Muslim militants, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf confirmed for the first time Friday.
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Bangladesh police seize bombs in raid
Sep 9 2005 11:47AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Police seized about 200 small bombs, some explosives, dozens of detonators and leaflets on jihad, or holy war, during a raid on a house in Bangladesh's capital, police said Friday.
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AP: Militants seek funds for new attacks
Sep 9 2005 8:34AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Muslim militants in the Abu Sayyaf group in the Philippines and their Indonesian allies have been trying to solicit money from unidentified Middle Eastern financiers to buy weapons and fund new terror attacks, according to government reports.
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Indonesia expels foreign terrorism expert
Sep 9 2005 7:07AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A Singapore-based terrorism expert was expelled from Indonesia for conducting research in the troubled province of Maluku without a proper visa, police and immigration officials said Friday.
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Japan to hold off pulling troops from Iraq
Sep 9 2005 5:22AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan will wait to decide whether to withdraw its 600 troops from U.S.-led reconstruction efforts in Iraq until after Iraq's constitutional referendum, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
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U.S.: Pakistani extremists aid terrorists
Sep 9 2005 4:23AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Al-Qaida leaders in hiding and foot-soldiers preparing for terrorist attacks are turning to outlawed Pakistani extremist groups for spiritual and military training, shelter and logistical support, say U.S. officials who see them as an emerging threat.
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Japan postal privatization in spotlight
Sep 9 2005 3:19AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - When Typhoon Nabi tore through southern Japan a few days ago, the Japanese government rushed to the scene with the basics: food, water, rescue workers _ and a mobile post office.
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N.Korea wants development help over food
Sep 9 2005 12:17AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea wants the World Food Program to shift the focus of its aid from food supplies to development projects that would help the communist nation feed itself, the U.N. aid agency said Friday.
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