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Koreas agree to work toward peace
Sep 15 2005 11:24PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North and South Korea pledged Friday to work to ensure peace and reduce military tensions on their divided peninsula.
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U.S. urges China to intercede on N. Korea
Sep 15 2005 10:59PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The United States tried Friday to salvage stalled talks over North Korea's nuclear ambitions, urging China to persuade its communist ally to give up its weapons program without receiving a reactor for generating power.
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Japanese inmate first of year to be hanged
Sep 15 2005 10:41PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A man convicted of robbing, raping and killing two women in the 1980s was executed Friday, Japan's first hanging of the year, officials and news reports said.
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Indonesian rebels hand over first weapons
Sep 15 2005 8:33PM (CT)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - Separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province started handing over weapons to international monitors Thursday, a crucial element in a peace deal that has brought hope to the tsunami-ravaged region.
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U.S. blamed for not ending Afghan attacks
Sep 15 2005 5:40PM (CT)
KUNDIGAR, Pakistan (AP) - Ten thousand feet up on the border, Pakistani army positions dot the peaks and slopes of a steep mountain ridge to prevent al-Qaida and Taliban militants from sneaking into Afghanistan to stage attacks on Sunday's elections.
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Afghans candidates campaign amid violence
Sep 15 2005 2:28PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Candidates in minivans with bullhorns wove through Kabul's chaotic traffic Thursday making final pitches for legislative elections seen as a key move toward stability after a quarter-century of war.
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Appraisal of Imelda Marcos' jewelry begins
Sep 15 2005 1:55PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Representatives of Christie's auction house on Thursday began appraising jewelry seized from the widow of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos for auction in Europe as early as November.
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Japan wants to pay less in U.N. dues
Sep 15 2005 12:59PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Japan, which currently funds about 20 percent of the U.N. budget of $1.2 billion, said Thursday it wants to open talks next year on paying less _ a move that could spur a drawn-out battle with fellow member states.
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Fire at India fireworks factories kills 32
Sep 15 2005 11:49AM (CT)
PATNA, India (AP) - Fire engulfed three illegal fireworks factories in a village in eastern India on Thursday, killing 32 people, an official said.
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Fighting before Afghan elections kills six
Sep 15 2005 11:33AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fighting across Afghanistan ahead of crucial legislative elections killed six people and wounded a female candidate as she campaigned, officials said Thursday.
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Koreas to search for hero's remains
Sep 15 2005 9:02AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The two Koreas agreed Thursday to jointly search for the remains of a national hero who assassinated a high-level Japanese official in an attempt to resist Japan's early-20th century colonization of the Korean Peninsula.
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Fire breaks out at oil well in India
Sep 15 2005 8:14AM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - A fire broke out in a damaged oil well in northeastern India on Thursday, and Russian experts were summoned to inspect the site.
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Candidates in Afghanistan election meet
Sep 15 2005 4:19AM (CT)
GULBAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - As a teen, Abdul Qodos fought Soviet forces in this town on the sun-baked plains northeast of Kabul. Now he's here for an experiment in democracy, one of hundreds of elders and community leaders who came to hear candidates running in Afghanistan's landmark legislative elections.
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Pakistan falters in madrassa reform
Sep 15 2005 3:38AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - In a posh district of Pakistan's capital, down a leafy street from the homes of officials and foreign diplomats, hundreds of bearded Islamic students donning prayer caps scurry barefoot to their next Quran lesson at the Red Mosque madrassa.
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