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Shanghai leader ousted for corruption
Sep 25 2006 10:43PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Shanghai's top leader was dismissed Monday for alleged corruption, the highest level official to be sacked in more than a decade as President Hu Jintao consolidates his power.
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Thai coup leaders finish draft charter
Sep 25 2006 10:42PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's military rulers said Tuesday they have completed a draft interim constitution and plan to name a new prime minister as soon as possible.
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Abe moves toward easy Japan PM victory
Sep 25 2006 10:08PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Nationalist Shinzo Abe moved toward an easy victory in Tuesday's parliamentary election for prime minister with a promise to create a more assertive Japan and give its military a larger international role.
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Koizumi ends 5-year term as Japanese PM
Sep 25 2006 10:01PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Five years after taking office for what many analysts had expected to be a short-lived term, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said good-bye to his followers Tuesday and prepared to turn over power to his protege and long-time spokesman, Shinzo Abe.
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Lawyer: 5 sentenced for Dhaka bombings
Sep 25 2006 3:36PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Five suspected Islamic militants were sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for bombings last year outside Dhaka's airport, a government prosecutor said.
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Army investigates Afghan prison deaths
Sep 25 2006 3:23PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. military said Monday it was investigating the deaths of two Afghan civilians in U.S. custody in 2003, following a newspaper's report that Army Green Berets tortured some prisoners.
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Pakistani president denies coup rumors
Sep 25 2006 2:27PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A nationwide power outage sparked wild rumors of a weekend coup in Pakistan that were flatly denied Monday by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf as he continued a headline-grabbing trip to the U.S.
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Abe's rise could increase China rivalry
Sep 25 2006 2:23PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Shinzo Abe is set to take over as Japan's prime minister Tuesday with a promise to create a more assertive nation and give its military a larger international role.
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Afghan women's rights activist slain
Sep 25 2006 2:21PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Gunmen on a motorbike Monday killed an Afghan women's rights activist who ran an underground school for girls during the Taliban's rule _ the latest victim of increasingly brazen militants targeting government officials and schools.
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2 Americans among dead in Nepal crash
Sep 25 2006 11:41AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Searchers on Monday found the wreckage of a helicopter that disappeared over the weekend while carrying 24 people on a flight chartered by the World Wildlife Fund. No one survived, officials said.
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Japan invests in trains despite crash
Sep 25 2006 8:15AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese railroad will invest $3.1 billion to develop high-speed magnetic trains over the next decade, the company said Monday, just days after a crash of an experimental magnetic train in Germany killed 23 people.
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Afghan director of women's affairs killed
Sep 25 2006 5:30AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two gunmen on a motorbike killed the provincial director of Afghanistan's Ministry of Women's Affairs outside her home in the southern city of Kandahar on Monday, officials said.
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Sri Lankan navy kills 70 Tamil rebels
Sep 25 2006 1:19AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The Sri Lankan navy said Monday it had sunk 11 Tamil Tiger rebel ships loaded with troops and weapons during a five-hour sea battle, killing around 70 separatists.
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