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Japan OKs more sanctions on N. Korea
Sep 18 2006 9:43PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Cabinet approved a new set of financial sanctions against North Korea on Tuesday in response to the communist nation's missile tests in July, the government's top spokesman said.
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4 Canadian troops among 19 Afghan dead
Sep 18 2006 7:44PM (CT)
KAFIR BAND, Afghanistan (AP) - Three bombings killed at least 19 people across Afghanistan on Monday, including four Canadian soldiers in an attack that tested NATO's claim of success in driving insurgents from this volatile southern region.
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U.S. beef makes tempered return in Asia
Sep 18 2006 6:39PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. ambassador was among customers thronging a major Japanese fast-food chain Monday to savor the return of a popular rice dish topped with American beef that was off the menu for more than two years due to mad cow disease fears.
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Indian court finds 2 guilty of '93 blast
Sep 18 2006 12:59PM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - An Indian court on Monday found two more men guilty of playing a part in India's deadliest terror attack, a string of bombings that killed 257 people in Mumbai in 1993.
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Japan Cabinet to OK N. Korea sanctions
Sep 18 2006 12:34PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Cabinet will approve a new set of financial sanctions against North Korea on Tuesday in response to the communist nation's missile firing in July, a top government official said.
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4 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
Sep 18 2006 5:23AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber on a bicycle attacked Canadian troops handing out candy to children in southern Afghanistan on Monday, an Afghan official said. A NATO spokesman said the blast killed four soldiers.
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Thousands rally in Bangladesh capital
Sep 18 2006 4:06AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Thousands of opposition activists gathered in Bangladesh's capital Monday to demand reforms ahead of January's general election.
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China to up Lebanon peacekeeping force
Sep 18 2006 3:57AM (CT)
1 BEIJING (AP) - China will increase its peacekeeping force in Lebanon to 1,000 and double the humanitarian aid it has pledged, Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday.
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Nigeria leader heads home after jet crash
Sep 18 2006 3:14AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Twelve people died in the crash of a Nigerian Air Force jet, most of them senior military personnel, the country's finance minister said Monday.
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