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Official: Japan prime minister to resign
Sep 11 2007 11:40PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat, has told ruling party leaders he intends to resign, an official said Wednesday.
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Sept. 11 anniversary marked overseas
Sep 11 2007 10:30PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The main U.S. base in Afghanistan fell silent Tuesday at the moment the first hijacked jetliner struck the World Trade Center. Soldiers bowed their heads in prayer.
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Sept. 11 anniversary marked overseas
Sep 11 2007 10:30PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The main U.S. base in Afghanistan fell silent Tuesday at the moment the first hijacked jetliner struck the World Trade Center. Soldiers bowed their heads in prayer.
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Sept. 11 anniversary marked overseas
Sep 11 2007 10:30PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The main U.S. base in Afghanistan fell silent Tuesday at the moment the first hijacked jetliner struck the World Trade Center. Soldiers bowed their heads in prayer.
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Sept. 11 anniversary marked overseas
Sep 11 2007 10:30PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The main U.S. base in Afghanistan fell silent Tuesday at the moment the first hijacked jetliner struck the World Trade Center. Soldiers bowed their heads in prayer.
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Pakistan ruler faces off with high court
Sep 11 2007 10:26PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's expulsion of a former premier has sidelined a political enemy, but now he heads onto a fresh collision course with the Supreme Court as it considers expected legal challenges to his bid for a new term.
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Pakistan ruler faces off with high court
Sep 11 2007 10:26PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's expulsion of a former premier has sidelined a political enemy, but now he heads onto a fresh collision course with the Supreme Court as it considers expected legal challenges to his bid for a new term.
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Pakistan ruler faces off with high court
Sep 11 2007 10:26PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's expulsion of a former premier has sidelined a political enemy, but now he heads onto a fresh collision course with the Supreme Court as it considers expected legal challenges to his bid for a new term.
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Philippines' ex-leader convicted
Sep 11 2007 9:55PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Deposed President Joseph Estrada was convicted and sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after a landmark six-year trial on charges that he took bribes and kickbacks in office.
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Philippines' ex-leader convicted
Sep 11 2007 9:55PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Deposed President Joseph Estrada was convicted and sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after a landmark six-year trial on charges that he took bribes and kickbacks in office.
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Turkish police thwart major bomb attack
Sep 11 2007 1:55PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Police found and defused more than 1,300 pounds of explosives packed into a minibus parked near a marketplace on Tuesday, thwarting what one official described as "a possible disaster."
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Turkish police thwart major bomb attack
Sep 11 2007 1:55PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Police found and defused more than 1,300 pounds of explosives packed into a minibus parked near a marketplace on Tuesday, thwarting what one official described as "a possible disaster."
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Turkish police thwart major bomb attack
Sep 11 2007 1:55PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Police found and defused more than 1,300 pounds of explosives packed into a minibus parked near a marketplace on Tuesday, thwarting what one official described as "a possible disaster."
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Turkish police thwart major bomb attack
Sep 11 2007 1:55PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Police found and defused more than 1,300 pounds of explosives packed into a minibus parked near a marketplace on Tuesday, thwarting what one official described as "a possible disaster."
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Beijing Olympics 'face terrorism threat'
Sep 11 2007 1:04PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's top cop said terrorism is the biggest threat at its Olympic Games, and a leading terror expert warned Tuesday that Beijing faces a long-term threat from an Islamic separatist group in its far west.
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Chinese Catholic bishop dies in custody
Sep 11 2007 10:53AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A bishop who led an underground congregation of Roman Catholics and was repeatedly detained in China for his loyalty to the Vatican died in police custody, a monitoring group said Tuesday.
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Time contests Suharto defamation ruling
Sep 11 2007 10:41AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Time magazine will fight an Indonesia court order to pay $106 million for defaming Suharto by alleging the former dictator's family amassed billions of dollars during his 32-year rule, a lawyer said Tuesday.
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Thousands of ex-soldiers riot in China
Sep 11 2007 8:41AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Thousands of demobilized Chinese soldiers rioted last week at training centers in at least three cities in an extremely rare series of coordinated demonstrations, a human rights group said Tuesday.
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U.S. nuclear experts visit North Korea
Sep 11 2007 7:48AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - American, Russian and Chinese nuclear experts began a rare visit to North Korea on Tuesday to examine ways of disabling the country's main nuclear facilities so they can no longer produce bombs.
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China's trade surplus jumps 33 percent
Sep 11 2007 2:28AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's trade surplus jumped nearly 33 percent in August to its second-highest monthly level, according to data released Tuesday, adding to pressure on Beijing to ease currency controls and narrow its yawning trade gap.
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