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Earthquake hits western Indonesia
Oct 1 2007 11:46PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A powerful earthquake hit the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island Tuesday, prompting authorities to temporarily issue a tsunami alert.
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U.N. envoy meets Myanmar leader
Oct 1 2007 11:44PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A U.N. envoy met with Myanmar's military leader Tuesday in a bid to end the country's political crisis, as the junta's foreign minister defended a deadly crackdown on democracy advocates that has provoked global revulsion.
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U.N. envoy meets Myanmar leader
Oct 1 2007 11:44PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A U.N. envoy met with Myanmar's military leader Tuesday in a bid to end the country's political crisis, as the junta's foreign minister defended a deadly crackdown on democracy advocates that has provoked global revulsion.
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Leaders of North, South Korea meet
Oct 1 2007 11:21PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il greeted South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in Pyongyang on Tuesday to begin the second summit between the two countries since the peninsula's division after World War II.
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Leaders of North, South Korea meet
Oct 1 2007 11:21PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il greeted South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in Pyongyang on Tuesday to begin the second summit between the two countries since the peninsula's division after World War II.
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Leaders of North, South Korea meet
Oct 1 2007 11:21PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il greeted South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in Pyongyang on Tuesday to begin the second summit between the two countries since the peninsula's division after World War II.
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Leaders of North, South Korea meet
Oct 1 2007 11:21PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il greeted South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in Pyongyang on Tuesday to begin the second summit between the two countries since the peninsula's division after World War II.
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Suicide bomber targets Kabul bus
Oct 1 2007 11:09PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber set off a blast in a bus carrying police officers in Kabul on Tuesday, killing or wounding at least 10 people in the second such attack in four days, police said.
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Suicide bomber targets Kabul bus
Oct 1 2007 11:09PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber set off a blast in a bus carrying police officers in Kabul on Tuesday, killing or wounding at least 10 people in the second such attack in four days, police said.
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Suicide bomber targets Kabul bus
Oct 1 2007 11:09PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber set off a blast in a bus carrying police officers in Kabul on Tuesday, killing or wounding at least 10 people in the second such attack in four days, police said.
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Myanmar defends action against protests
Oct 1 2007 8:38PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Myanmar's foreign minister on Monday accused elements inside and outside the country of trying to derail its move toward democracy and defended the crackdown on an "unruly and provocative" mob as essential to restore order.
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Groups struggle to tally Myanmar's dead
Oct 1 2007 1:57PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - One hundred shot dead outside a Myanmar school. Activists burned alive at government crematoriums. A Buddhist monk floating face down in a river.
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Groups struggle to tally Myanmar's dead
Oct 1 2007 1:57PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - One hundred shot dead outside a Myanmar school. Activists burned alive at government crematoriums. A Buddhist monk floating face down in a river.
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Groups struggle to tally Myanmar's dead
Oct 1 2007 1:57PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - One hundred shot dead outside a Myanmar school. Activists burned alive at government crematoriums. A Buddhist monk floating face down in a river.
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Woman kills 14 in Pakistan suicide bomb
Oct 1 2007 1:00PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A woman detonated explosives hidden under her burqa at a police checkpoint Monday, killing herself and 14 others in what appeared to be Pakistan's first female suicide attack, officials said.
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Afghan teenager with US dollars hanged
Oct 1 2007 11:04AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants hanged a teenager in southern Afghanistan because he had U.S. money in his pocket, and they stuffed five $1 bills in his mouth as a warning to others not to use dollars, police said Monday. Taliban militants elsewhere killed eight police.
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Israel releasing Palestinian prisoners
Oct 1 2007 6:24AM (CT)
KETZIOT PRISON, Israel (AP) - Dozens of Palestinian prisoners at this desert jail removed their brown prison jumpsuits, donned civilian clothes and left for home Monday as Israel freed them in a move meant to bolster moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israel releasing Palestinian prisoners
Oct 1 2007 6:24AM (CT)
KETZIOT PRISON, Israel (AP) - Dozens of Palestinian prisoners at this desert jail removed their brown prison jumpsuits, donned civilian clothes and left for home Monday as Israel freed them in a move meant to bolster moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israel releasing Palestinian prisoners
Oct 1 2007 6:24AM (CT)
KETZIOT PRISON, Israel (AP) - Dozens of Palestinian prisoners at this desert jail removed their brown prison jumpsuits, donned civilian clothes and left for home Monday as Israel freed them in a move meant to bolster moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israel releasing Palestinian prisoners
Oct 1 2007 6:24AM (CT)
KETZIOT PRISON, Israel (AP) - Dozens of Palestinian prisoners at this desert jail removed their brown prison jumpsuits, donned civilian clothes and left for home Monday as Israel freed them in a move meant to bolster moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israel releasing Palestinian prisoners
Oct 1 2007 6:24AM (CT)
KETZIOT PRISON, Israel (AP) - Dozens of Palestinian prisoners at this desert jail removed their brown prison jumpsuits, donned civilian clothes and left for home Monday as Israel freed them in a move meant to bolster moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Suicide bombing in Pakistan kills 15
Oct 1 2007 5:33AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A burqa-clad woman blew herself up and killed at least 15 people Monday at a crowded police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, police said. It was believed to be the first time a female suicide bomber has struck inside the country.
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Suicide bombing in Pakistan kills 15
Oct 1 2007 5:33AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A burqa-clad woman blew herself up and killed at least 15 people Monday at a crowded police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, police said. It was believed to be the first time a female suicide bomber has struck inside the country.
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Suicide bombing in Pakistan kills 15
Oct 1 2007 5:33AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A burqa-clad woman blew herself up and killed at least 15 people Monday at a crowded police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, police said. It was believed to be the first time a female suicide bomber has struck inside the country.
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China: Product safety still needs work
Oct 1 2007 4:26AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Officials must try harder to resolve China's product safety problems, especially at lower levels that oversee manufacturing, the chief of a special panel says.
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FBI assists with Maldives blast probe
Oct 1 2007 3:52AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - U.S. authorities have sent FBI agents to the Maldives to aid with the investigation into a weekend bombing that injured 12 foreign tourists, U.S. officials said Monday.
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FBI assists with Maldives blast probe
Oct 1 2007 3:52AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - U.S. authorities have sent FBI agents to the Maldives to aid with the investigation into a weekend bombing that injured 12 foreign tourists, U.S. officials said Monday.
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China writer faces subversion charge
Oct 1 2007 3:50AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese dissident writer has been arrested for allegedly subverting state power, a watchdog organization said Monday.
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Nepal's largest newspaper attacked
Oct 1 2007 3:30AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A trade union affiliated with former communist rebels attacked Nepal's largest newspaper office, destroying property and forcing a halt to publication, officials with the newspaper alleged Monday.
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Tokyo eyes readiness for big quake
Oct 1 2007 2:13AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Scientifically, it's almost a sure thing _ Tokyo is awaiting a catastrophic earthquake. In fact, it's long overdue.
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Tokyo eyes readiness for big quake
Oct 1 2007 2:13AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Scientifically, it's almost a sure thing _ Tokyo is awaiting a catastrophic earthquake. In fact, it's long overdue.
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Tokyo eyes readiness for big quake
Oct 1 2007 2:13AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Scientifically, it's almost a sure thing _ Tokyo is awaiting a catastrophic earthquake. In fact, it's long overdue.
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Summit highlights Korean economic gap
Oct 1 2007 2:12AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea dreams of forging an economic community with North Korea, using trade and investment to foster closer ties and help smooth the way toward eventual unification of the divided peninsula.
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Summit highlights Korean economic gap
Oct 1 2007 2:12AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea dreams of forging an economic community with North Korea, using trade and investment to foster closer ties and help smooth the way toward eventual unification of the divided peninsula.
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Summit highlights Korean economic gap
Oct 1 2007 2:12AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea dreams of forging an economic community with North Korea, using trade and investment to foster closer ties and help smooth the way toward eventual unification of the divided peninsula.
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