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Pakistan explains stance on Israel
Sep 26 2006 11:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Pakistan's government will eventually have to recognize Israel, but it would be political suicide to do so today, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Tuesday.
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Abe, Japan's new leader, gets assertive
Sep 26 2006 10:58PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's new nationalist prime minister Shinzo Abe pledged to repair tattered relations with China, bolster his country's long-standing alliance with the United States and overhaul the pacifist constitution after cruising to an easy victory Tuesday in a parliamentary vote.
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Clinton: Afghanistan needs more troops
Sep 26 2006 9:17PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton said Tuesday the resurgence of the Taliban and growth of the poppy harvest in Afghanistan are signs there are insufficient coalition troops in the country.
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Thai rulers weigh interim PM candidates
Sep 26 2006 6:37PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's military rulers, having successfully held power for more than a week, are now grappling with how to give it up, hinting Tuesday that a former army commander might be named the provisional prime minister.
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N. Korea nixes talks on nuclear program
Sep 26 2006 6:35PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - North Korea rejected further talks on its nuclear program and blamed the breakdown in negotiations directly on the United States Tuesday, claiming that Washington wants to rule the world.
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Taliban bombs Afghan official's compound
Sep 26 2006 5:44PM (CT)
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (AP) - A Taliban suicide bomber killed 18 people outside a provincial governor's compound Tuesday, including several Muslim pilgrims set to travel to Mecca _ another in a series of attacks directed at senior figures in President Hamid Karzai's U.S.-backed government.
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Myanmar on U.N. Security Council agenda
Sep 26 2006 5:29PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Myanmar's military government criticized the United States Tuesday for putting it on the Security Council's agenda, and claimed the Southeast Asian nation is steadfastly implementing a seven-step road map to democracy.
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Bangkok's new airport opens after coup
Sep 26 2006 4:34PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Fate hurled an array of obstacles to block the completion of Bangkok's new international airport _ corruption scandals, a deadly fire, and even a coup _ but the sleek new hub is finally opening.
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Report: Bishop freed from police custody
Sep 26 2006 4:31PM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - An elderly bishop belonging to China's underground Roman Catholic Church has been released after spending more than 10 months in police custody, a Vatican-affiliated news agency reported Tuesday.
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North Korea rejects talks, blames U.S.
Sep 26 2006 2:10PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - North Korea on Tuesday rejected further talks on its nuclear program and blamed the breakdown in negotiations directly on the United States, claiming Washington wants to rule the world.
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U.S. gen. to command Afghanistan forces
Sep 26 2006 10:40AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An American four-star general will take charge of both U.S. and NATO forces here, boosting the stature of the military mission in Afghanistan and unifying an international operation struggling to contain a resurgent Taliban militia.
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Musharraf: Mohammed hatched other plots
Sep 26 2006 10:15AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks helped lay the groundwork for the London subway bombings and a plot to strike Heathrow Airport, Pakistan's president says in his memoir.
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Corruption probe in Shanghai expands
Sep 26 2006 7:59AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A corruption probe that brought down Shanghai's top leader is progressing further, and others might be implicated, a Communist Party anti-graft official said Tuesday.
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Thailand ruling military uses beauty queen
Sep 26 2006 4:00AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's new junta is trying to soften its image, using a former beauty queen to make announcements, assigning female troops to help keep the peace in Bangkok and telling its soldiers to smile.
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Pakistan urged to shut extremist schools
Sep 26 2006 2:57AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Afghanistan's president is calling on Pakistan to close extremist schools and looking for support from President Bush in his campaign against "places that teach terror."
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Abe comes from long line of politicians
Sep 26 2006 1:38AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Shinzo Abe, chosen by Parliament on Tuesday as Japan's next prime minister, comes from a line of high-profile politicians _ and it shows in his ambitions and policies.
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Musharraf: Pakistan being made scapegoat
Sep 26 2006 1:36AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Pakistan is being made a scapegoat for the resurgence in Taliban attacks in neighboring Afghanistan, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Monday.
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Afghan Bomb attack kills Italy soldier
Sep 26 2006 1:23AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb attack Tuesday on a NATO patrol south of the Afghan capital killed one Italian soldier and wounded seven other people, including five civilians, officials said.
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12 killed in Afghan suicide bombing
Sep 26 2006 1:21AM (CT)
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber struck outside the home of a southern Afghan provincial governor on Tuesday, killing or wounding more than a dozen people, officials said.
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East Timor PM, dismissed soldiers meet
Sep 26 2006 1:20AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor's prime minister met Tuesday with hundreds of soldiers whose dismissal earlier this year sparked fierce gunbattles in the capital, and the eventual installation of a new government.
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No survivors in wreckage of Nepal crash
Sep 26 2006 12:47AM (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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