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N. Korea demands reactor for disarmament
Sep 22 2005 9:52PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - North Korea's deputy foreign minister urged the United States Thursday to provide it with a nuclear reactor as a "simultaneous" step in its disarmament, and said his country would welcome a visit by the chief U.S. arms negotiator.
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King of Nepal greets subjects in Katmandu
Sep 22 2005 9:18PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - The king of Nepal walked the streets of Katmandu amid a cheering crowd of thousands, the first time he has mingled with his subjects in the capital since dismissing the previous government and seizing absolute power Feb. 1.
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India urged to quell tiger skin trade
Sep 22 2005 6:04PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's government should crack down on the illegal trade in tiger skins in order to save the country's endangered population of Bengal tigers, conservationists said Thursday.
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Kabul reports low voter turnout
Sep 22 2005 3:12PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Only about one-third of Kabul's registered voters cast ballots in legislative elections, an official said Thursday _ a turnout that suggests disillusionment with the U.S.-backed government and the pace of rebuilding after a quarter-century of war.
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U.S. general defends Afghanistan tactics
Sep 22 2005 1:55PM (CT)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - Responding to complaints by Afghanistan's president, a top U.S. general said Thursday that airstrikes have been decisive against insurgents and that American troops usually search homes jointly with Afghan soldiers.
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Bombings in eastern Pakistan kill six
Sep 22 2005 1:54PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Two bombs exploded about 90 minutes apart Thursday in this eastern Pakistan city, leaving six people dead and two dozen wounded, police said.
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U.S. envoy wants to visit North Korea
Sep 22 2005 12:42PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The chief U.S. envoy to North Korean disarmament talks wants to visit the communist country for further discussions after Pyongyang agreed in a landmark accord this week to abandon its nuclear program, a South Korean official said Thursday.
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Japan's ruling party OKs postal reform
Sep 22 2005 11:09AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's ruling party approved a package of bills Thursday to privatize the country's trillion-dollar postal service, the top item in the government's reform agenda after its decisive election victory last week.
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Six killed in twin Pakistan bombings
Sep 22 2005 10:32AM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Two bombings in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore killed six people and injured 26 on Thursday, police said. Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed condemned the "terrorist attacks" and blamed "enemies of Pakistan."
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China tells U.S. to respect its system
Sep 22 2005 9:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Thursday rejected a U.S. call to adopt democracy, telling Washington to respect its communist path and brushing off warnings of retaliation for its huge trade surplus with the United States.
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Indonesian sentenced for embassy attack
Sep 22 2005 8:40AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced the last of six Muslim militants accused in the 2004 suicide bombing at the Australian Embassy to 10 years in prison for helping the alleged masterminds carry out the attack.
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Cambodian villagers looting ancient graves
Sep 22 2005 7:16AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Poor villagers in northern Cambodia have pillaged about 100 historic sites for ancient artifacts to sell, discarding piles of human bones and worrying experts that the country's cultural heritage will disappear before it is studied, officials said Thursday.
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Bangladeshi fishermen rescued off India
Sep 22 2005 7:11AM (CT)
BHUBANESHWAR, India (AP) - Thirteen Bangladeshi fishermen were pulled from Indian waters after their fishing trawler capsized during a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal earlier this week, police said Thursday.
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Philippine spokesman criticizes Senate
Sep 22 2005 7:09AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's spokesman on Thursday criticized Philippine senators for humiliating her national security adviser and urged them to immediately withdraw an order that he be detained for contempt.
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China rejects U.S. call for democracy
Sep 22 2005 5:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Thursday rejected a U.S. call to adopt democracy, telling Washington to respect its communist path.
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2 more charged in prisoner abuse inquiry
Sep 22 2005 12:08AM (CT)
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) - Two more soldiers have been charged in an Afghanistan prisoner abuse investigation centered on two detainees who died in custody, the Army announced Wednesday.
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