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Koizumi triumphs in projected landslide
Sep 11 2005 8:24PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi scored a political triumph Sunday as the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party headed for a landslide win in an election touted as a referendum on his push to privatize Japan's cash-swollen postal system.
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U.S. envoy to meet South Korea officials
Sep 11 2005 8:19PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The top U.S. negotiator to talks on North Korea's nuclear program will meet with South Korean officials Monday before the six-nation negotiations resume, a Foreign Ministry official said Sunday.
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Pope's invitation to bishops angers China
Sep 11 2005 3:26PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has accused Pope Benedict XVI of showing "no respect" after the pontiff invited the country's rival Catholic bishops to a meeting at the Vatican next month.
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Traditional Japan PM touts radical reform
Sep 11 2005 2:22PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Junichiro Koizumi took office vowing to tear his ruling party apart and remake it, and for four years as prime minister he has touted radical government reform.
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Gov't.: Shots not aimed at Afghan minister
Sep 11 2005 12:14PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Soldiers who fired at the defense minister's convoy were not trying to assassinate him as initially believed, but were shooting at other troops they were angry with, a government spokesman said Sunday.
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Iran warns on U.N. sanctions for nukes
Sep 11 2005 10:35AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran warned Sunday there will be "certain consequences" if it is referred to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions over its nuclear activities.
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Clinton: China must tolerate more dissent
Sep 11 2005 4:16AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China will have to tolerate more dissent as its economy grows and opens up to the rest of the world, former President Clinton said Sunday.
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Strong quake hits Aceh; no damage reported
Sep 11 2005 4:06AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A strong earthquake rocked Indonesia's tsunami-battered Aceh province on Saturday, causing residents to flee their homes in panic.
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