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Pakistan says Mullah Omar not in country
Sep 9 2006 11:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan insisted again Saturday that Taliban leader Mullah Omar, who is on the U.S. most wanted list, is not living in Pakistan.
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Major tells officials of mystery kidnap
Sep 9 2006 11:09PM (CT)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - A U.S. Air Force officer who went missing for three days says someone stuffed an object in her jeans pocket with a note saying it was bomb and telling her to go to a site in Bishkek, where kidnappers grabbed her, Kyrgyz authorities said Saturday.
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Ex-Taliban chief details Massood killing
Sep 9 2006 10:38PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The beat-up video camera was delivered to Afghanistan in a box, and picked up by two clean-shaven Arabs posing as journalists. They met with Osama bin Laden before leaving on their mission _ to kill mujahedeen hero Ahmad Shah Massood.
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China urges EU to end ban on arms sales
Sep 9 2006 10:08PM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged the European Union Saturday to lift its ban on arms sales to Beijing imposed after the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square.
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Myanmar to restart constitution drafting
Sep 9 2006 10:02PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military government will reopen the convention to draft the country's new constitution next month, a top member of the ruling junta said Saturday.
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Japan candidates debate over policy
Sep 9 2006 8:20PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The three candidates seeking to become Japan's next leader began all-out campaigning with a policy debate Saturday, and the hawkish front-runner Shinzo Abe won Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's endorsement.
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Gandhi calls on Indians to maintain calm
Sep 9 2006 6:24PM (CT)
MALEGAON, India (AP) - Politicians called for calm on Saturday, a day after coordinated bombings killed dozens of Muslim worshippers and sparked renewed fears of violence across India's fragile religious divides.
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NATO forces kill more than 40 Taliban
Sep 9 2006 6:04PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO and Afghan forces killed more than 40 militants Saturday on the fifth anniversary of the death of a legendary mujahedeen commander killed by al-Qaida days before the Sept. 11 attacks.
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NATO commanders to meet on Afghan troops
Sep 9 2006 5:02PM (CT)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - NATO will hold two more conferences aimed at pushing member states to commit more troops to the alliance's mission in Afghanistan as it faces tough resistance from insurgents there, a spokesman said Saturday.
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Coalition focusing on east Afghanistan
Sep 9 2006 11:09AM (CT)
PECH RIVER VALLEY, Afghanistan (AP) - There was a sudden whoosh overhead, then a blast shattered the night calm at this U.S. military outpost.
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Thousands protest Taiwan president
Sep 9 2006 6:44AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Tens of thousands of red-clad protesters thronged Taiwan's capital Saturday, demanding that President Chen Shui-bian resign over a series of alleged corruption scandals involving his family and inner circle.
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30 Taliban killed in south Afghanistan
Sep 9 2006 2:44AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO and Afghan forces using airstrikes, artillery and mortars killed at least 30 Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the alliance said.
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