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Pakistan offers Afghanistan border fence
Sep 12 2005 10:19PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Chafing under criticism that Pakistan is not doing enough to counter terrorism, President Pervez Musharraf offered Monday to construct a security fence to deter incursion of militants and drug merchants from Afghanistan.
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North Korea nuclear talks to resume
Sep 12 2005 9:41PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The United States and North Korea were at odds over the communist nation's demands for peaceful atomic power, as officials gathered in Beijing on Tuesday for talks on ending the North's nuclear weapons program.
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Koizumi win in Japan hurts 2-party system
Sep 12 2005 1:37PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - When the opposition Democrats made strong gains in parliamentary elections in 2003 and 2004, Japan looked on the verge of something new: a competitive two-party system. But the ruling coalition's landslide victory in lower house elections on Sunday has dealt a major setback to such hopes, putting the Liberal Democratic Party firmly in charge.
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Warlords in Afghan vote concerns groups
Sep 12 2005 1:07PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Human rights groups accuse his fighters of killing civilians, raping women and plundering at will during Afghanistan's civil war, yet Abdul Rasul Sayyaf will be among several reputed warlords running in Sunday's parliamentary elections.
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Report: Ex-Taliban ambassador released
Sep 12 2005 12:58PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban's former ambassador to Pakistan was released from the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Afghan state TV reported Monday as it showed him meeting with an official in Kabul.
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21 Afghan election candidates disqualified
Sep 12 2005 8:49AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan election officials said Monday they disqualified 21 candidates in next weekend's historic legislative elections for allegedly having links with armed militias.
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China's love affair with pork undimmed
Sep 12 2005 5:26AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - It's dinnertime at the Northeast Black Earth Restaurant, and customers are smoking, drinking beer and tucking into sweet-and-sour pork chops, pork with mushrooms and the house specialty _ braised pig face.
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Typhoon Khanun hits China, killing 14
Sep 12 2005 4:59AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Typhoon Khanun killed at least 14 people when it plowed into China's east coast, leveling thousands of homes and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people, state media said Monday.
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China: Natural disaster info not secret
Sep 12 2005 2:04AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China will no longer consider death tolls and other relevant information about natural disasters to be state secrets, an official said Monday, saying the move was aimed at boosting government transparency.
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