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Another powerful quake shakes Indonesia
Sep 12 2007 11:48PM (CT)
PADANG, Indonesia (AP) - The second powerful earthquake in as many days shook western Indonesia Thursday, collapsing buildings in a coastal city and triggering tsunami alerts around the region. The latest quake was also felt in Malaysia and in Singapore where tall buildings swayed. It triggered at least one strong aftershock.
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Another powerful quake shakes Indonesia
Sep 12 2007 11:48PM (CT)
PADANG, Indonesia (AP) - The second powerful earthquake in as many days shook western Indonesia Thursday, collapsing buildings in a coastal city and triggering tsunami alerts around the region. The latest quake was also felt in Malaysia and in Singapore where tall buildings swayed. It triggered at least one strong aftershock.
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Japanese premier treated for exhaustion
Sep 12 2007 11:04PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister was treated at a hospital for exhaustion Thursday, a day after he announced he would quit amid failure at the ballot box and a political brawl over the country's aid to U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan.
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Japanese premier treated for exhaustion
Sep 12 2007 11:04PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister was treated at a hospital for exhaustion Thursday, a day after he announced he would quit amid failure at the ballot box and a political brawl over the country's aid to U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan.
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Japanese premier treated for exhaustion
Sep 12 2007 11:04PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister was treated at a hospital for exhaustion Thursday, a day after he announced he would quit amid failure at the ballot box and a political brawl over the country's aid to U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan.
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U.S. officials tour NKorean nuclear site
Sep 12 2007 3:20PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea showed visiting U.S. officials everything they asked to see at the communist nation's main nuclear complex during an inspection Wednesday to determine how to disable the facility so it cannot produce more bombs, the State Department said.
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Beijing shows off new airport terminal
Sep 12 2007 2:07PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Beijing showed off its new multibillion-dollar airport terminal Wednesday _ a mammoth structure of glass and steel with a gracefully sloping roof the owners said is meant to impress visitors to China's capital for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Beijing shows off new airport terminal
Sep 12 2007 2:07PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Beijing showed off its new multibillion-dollar airport terminal Wednesday _ a mammoth structure of glass and steel with a gracefully sloping roof the owners said is meant to impress visitors to China's capital for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Beijing shows off new airport terminal
Sep 12 2007 2:07PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Beijing showed off its new multibillion-dollar airport terminal Wednesday _ a mammoth structure of glass and steel with a gracefully sloping roof the owners said is meant to impress visitors to China's capital for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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U.S. lauds Musharraf, silent on Sharif
Sep 12 2007 12:11PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A top U.S. envoy praised President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's government Wednesday and skirted the issue of his expulsion of a top political rival, taking some heat off the military leader as he struggles for election to a new term.
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U.S. lauds Musharraf, silent on Sharif
Sep 12 2007 12:11PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A top U.S. envoy praised President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's government Wednesday and skirted the issue of his expulsion of a top political rival, taking some heat off the military leader as he struggles for election to a new term.
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U.S. lauds Musharraf, silent on Sharif
Sep 12 2007 12:11PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A top U.S. envoy praised President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's government Wednesday and skirted the issue of his expulsion of a top political rival, taking some heat off the military leader as he struggles for election to a new term.
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U.S. lauds Musharraf, silent on Sharif
Sep 12 2007 12:11PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A top U.S. envoy praised President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's government Wednesday and skirted the issue of his expulsion of a top political rival, taking some heat off the military leader as he struggles for election to a new term.
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Ex-president convicted in Philippines
Sep 12 2007 11:48AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Ousted President Joseph Estrada wanted the dialogue short, just like in his old action movies. No hours of legal mumbo jumbo with a recitation of the 211-page verdict. Just guilty or not.
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Taliban scales back talks offer
Sep 12 2007 10:13AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A Taliban spokesman said Wednesday that U.S. and other military forces must leave Afghanistan before the militant group would consider holding peace talks with the Afghan government, backtracking from an earlier statement.
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Pakistani militants attack Buddha statue
Sep 12 2007 8:47AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Islamic militants tried to blow up a statue of the Buddha carved into a mountainside in northwestern Pakistan but did not damage the structure, officials and a witness said Wednesday.
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Pakistani troops taken, militants slain
Sep 12 2007 7:41AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Army helicopter gunships pounded militant positions in a tribal region in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing an estimated 40 fighters, officials said.
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Former SKorean hostages recount ordeal
Sep 12 2007 5:57AM (CT)
ANYANG, South Korea (AP) - The 21 South Koreans held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan said Wednesday that the insurgents used bayonets and beatings to pressure some of them to convert to Islam, but that a few were relatively well treated by their captors.
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Former SKorean hostages recount ordeal
Sep 12 2007 5:57AM (CT)
ANYANG, South Korea (AP) - The 21 South Koreans held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan said Wednesday that the insurgents used bayonets and beatings to pressure some of them to convert to Islam, but that a few were relatively well treated by their captors.
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Former SKorean hostages recount ordeal
Sep 12 2007 5:57AM (CT)
ANYANG, South Korea (AP) - The 21 South Koreans held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan said Wednesday that the insurgents used bayonets and beatings to pressure some of them to convert to Islam, but that a few were relatively well treated by their captors.
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US: Provide access to detained Burmese
Sep 12 2007 5:35AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The United States has demanded that Myanmar provide access to scores of activists who were detained following the worst protests against the military government in a decade, citing reports that many of them have been beaten in custody.
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China promises safe toys for Christmas
Sep 12 2007 3:08AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese-made toys children receive for Christmas this year will be safe, the head of China's product safety agency said Wednesday, pledging that problems over the use of dangerous lead paint will be resolved in time for holiday exports.
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China promises safe toys for Christmas
Sep 12 2007 3:08AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese-made toys children receive for Christmas this year will be safe, the head of China's product safety agency said Wednesday, pledging that problems over the use of dangerous lead paint will be resolved in time for holiday exports.
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China promises safe toys for Christmas
Sep 12 2007 3:08AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese-made toys children receive for Christmas this year will be safe, the head of China's product safety agency said Wednesday, pledging that problems over the use of dangerous lead paint will be resolved in time for holiday exports.
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2 China pandas loaned to Australia zoo
Sep 12 2007 2:16AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has selected a pair of giant pandas _ Wangwang and Funi _ to send to the Adelaide Zoo, an official said Wednesday, in a goodwill gesture announced during a recent visit to Australia by President Hu Jintao.
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Panel to probe U.N.'s N. Korea operation
Sep 12 2007 12:09AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. anti-poverty agency announced the appointment Tuesday of a three-member panel to investigate its North Korea operation following allegations about its financial transactions in the reclusive communist nation.
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