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Hong Kong lawmakers visit China
Sep 24 2005 9:26PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers, some banned from mainland China for years, crossed the border for an unprecedented visit Sunday _ a trip that may signal a new strategy by Beijing to stop snubbing the legislators, once branded traitors to the motherland.
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North Korea seeks less dependence on aid
Sep 24 2005 4:55PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's demand that food aid be terminated and changed into development assistance underlines the regime's desire for a long-term strategy for feeding its people and becoming less dependent on foreign help, according to experts on the country.
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Rape remarks stain Musharraf's reputation
Sep 24 2005 11:25AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Leader in the war on terror, survivor of al-Qaida assassination attempts, advocate of moderate Islam: Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has emerged as a darling of the West since the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Israel vows 'crushing' response to attacks
Sep 24 2005 7:56AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel ordered ground forces to the Gaza border Saturday and threatened a "crushing" response after Israeli towns were hit by the first major Hamas rocket barrage from the coastal territory since Israel's pullout two weeks earlier.
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