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Indonesia fuel-price hikes spark strikes
Sep 30 2005 11:43PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia more than doubled the average cost of fuel on Saturday to try to stave off an economic crisis despite protests by thousands of people, some of whom burned tires and threw rocks at police.
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U.K. defense secretary visits Afghanistan
Sep 30 2005 9:19PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Britain's defense secretary arrived Friday on a four-day visit to Afghanistan to meet with President Hamid Karzai and prepare for the planned deployment of British troops to the volatile south of the country next year.
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U.S. nuke views on N. Korea upheld at U.N.
Sep 30 2005 6:46PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The U.N. atomic watchdog agency took North Korea to task Friday for breaching the nuclear arms control treaty but welcomed its pledge to give up atomic weapons in a resolution that highlights U.S. priorities for future talks with Pyongyang.
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American accused in Afghan worker's death
Sep 30 2005 3:43PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Guards for a U.S. security firm obstructed an investigation into whether one of its supervisors fatally shot his Afghan interpreter, an Afghan police chief said Friday.
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Police kill 12 protesting Indian students
Sep 30 2005 3:32PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Police opened fire on stone-throwing students in two towns Friday in northeastern India, killing 12 of them protesting a government decision to shift a state education board to an area dominated by a different tribe, authorities said.
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4 Pakistani soldiers killed in shootout
Sep 30 2005 11:35AM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Clashes between Pakistani troops with militants suspected of links with al-Qaida in remote tribal regions near the Afghan border have left at least four soldiers dead, officials said Friday.
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North Korean workers speak about nukes
Sep 30 2005 11:27AM (CT)
DIAMOND MOUNTAIN, North Korea (AP) - Parroting the official stance of their government, North Korean workers at this tourist resort insist their country should not give up its nuclear weapons until after it gets something from the United States.
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Four U.S. troops wounded in Afghanistan
Sep 30 2005 10:31AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb exploded near a U.S. military vehicle in Afghanistan on Friday, wounding four American troops, the U.S. military said.
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Vietnamese search for typhoon survivors
Sep 30 2005 9:58AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Thousands of soldiers scoured northern Vietnam on Friday searching for survivors after Typhoon Damrey triggered flash floods and landslides that left at least 60 people dead or missing.
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North Koreans helping with annual harvest
Sep 30 2005 9:33AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - More than a million North Koreans are being sent each day on trains around the country to help with the annual harvest that is expected to be sufficient this year, Pyongyang's official media said Friday.
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Chinese activists call for day of mourning
Sep 30 2005 4:51AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Exiled activists seeking more freedom for China's mostly-Muslim northwest warned Friday that Beijing's hard-line control could lead to increased separatist violence, as the Communist Party prepared to mark 50 years of rule over the area.
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Court: Koizumi shrine visits unconstitutional
Sep 30 2005 1:21AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese court Friday ruled that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a Tokyo war shrine violated the constitution, but rejected a group of Taiwanese plaintiffs' demands for compensation.
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Indian center handles Hurricane Rita calls
Sep 30 2005 12:33AM (CT)
GANDHINAGAR, India (AP) - Until last week, Madhavi Patel came to work each evening at a western India call center, put on her headset and American accent and spent the night taking calls from Americans about their banking needs. Then, Hurricane Rita happened.
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Kashmir bus accident leaves 44 dead
Sep 30 2005 12:08AM (CT)
JAMMU, India (AP) - A bus accident in India's portion of Kashmir has left 44 people dead and 42 others injured, police said Friday.
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