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North Korea vows to drop nuclear programs
Sep 18 2005 11:51PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - North Korea pledged to drop its nuclear weapons development and rejoin international arms treaties in a unanimous agreement Monday at six-party arms talks. The agreement was the first-ever joint statement after more than two years of negotiations.
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Afghans vote despite threats of attacks
Sep 18 2005 11:42PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghans chose a legislature for the first time in decades Sunday, embracing their newly recovered democratic rights and braving threats of Taliban attacks to cast votes in schools, tents and mosques.
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Indonesia pulls troops from Aceh province
Sep 18 2005 7:41PM (CT)
LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia withdrew 800 soldiers from tsunami-battered Aceh province on Sunday after rebels handed over a quarter of their guns, moving quickly to fulfill key obligations under a peace deal to end three decades of fighting.
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U.N. agency to end shipments to N. Korea
Sep 18 2005 3:41PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The United Nations will end a decade of emergency food shipments to North Korea by January at the request of the impoverished nation's government, which says it has enough food coming from other sources, a U.N. official said Sunday.
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Afghan elections give hope to one family
Sep 18 2005 12:55PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Mir Ahmad Sakhizada headed to a polling station Sunday with 11 relatives in tow and a single goal: a voice for his Hazara ethnic minority after a quarter-century of war that has hit his family hard.
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Iran: No plans for uranium enrichment
Sep 18 2005 9:34AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran said Sunday that it has no plans to resume uranium enrichment soon but warned that it might change its mind if the International Atomic Energy Agency asks the U.N. Security Council to consider sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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Indonesia shuts zoo; flu killed 19 birds
Sep 18 2005 9:27AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The main zoo in Indonesia's capital was shut down after 19 of its birds died of the avian influenza that has killed four people in the sprawling country, doctors and government officials said Sunday.
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New book: KGB infiltrated India in 1970s
Sep 18 2005 8:40AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's government was infiltrated in the 1970s by the Soviet Union's feared KGB intelligence agency, which bribed officials with millions of dollars in order to hold sway over its South Asian ally during the Cold War, according to a recently released book.
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Moderate earthquake hits India
Sep 18 2005 3:46AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A moderate earthquake hit India's southern Nicobar Islands on Sunday _ the fifth quake in the area this month _ but caused no damage or injuries, the Indian Meteorological Department said.
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