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U.S., allies nix North Korea nuke demand
Sep 14 2005 10:00PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - North Korea insisted Wednesday it should get a nuclear reactor to generate electricity in exchange for abandoning atomic weapons development, but the main U.S. envoy at disarmament talks said Washington and its partners have no intention of meeting the demand.
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Peace deal put to test in Indonesia's Aceh
Sep 14 2005 5:06PM (CT)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian police pulled out of Aceh province in a goodwill gesture Wednesday as rebels prepared to hand over hundreds of weapons _ the most delicate phase in a landmark accord to end one of Asia's longest-running wars.
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Militants kill Afghans carrying voter IDs
Sep 14 2005 4:40PM (CT)
SHOMALI PLAINS, Afghanistan (AP) - Militants killed seven Afghans carrying voter ID cards, while hundreds of rockets and other weapons were found Wednesday buried in the desert near Kabul, raising fears of attacks on the capital with landmark elections just days away.
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Police beat Nepal protesters with batons
Sep 14 2005 2:49PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Police fired tear gas and beat protesters with batons Wednesday as 7,000 people poured into the center of the Nepalese capital in continuing pro-democracy rallies.
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Gunmen kill Shiite Muslim in Pakistan
Sep 14 2005 11:11AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Gunmen on a motorcycle murdered a minority Shiite Muslim in this southwestern city Wednesday before fleeing, violence that police said was apparently part of a wave of sectarian killings blamed on Sunni militants.
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Pakistan questions suspects on al-Qaida
Sep 14 2005 9:22AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani counterterrorism experts are questioning 21 suspects captured at an al-Qaida hide-out for clues about remnants of the terror network and the Taliban, an intelligence official said Wednesday.
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Afghan elections gives refugees hope
Sep 14 2005 5:39AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Up a dank stairway lit only by a shaft of sunlight poking through a hole in the roof is the single room where Mohammad Khan has lived with his wife and eight children since they returned from Pakistan nearly four years ago.
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