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Vietnam's typhoon death toll hits 41
Oct 2 2006 10:23PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A powerful typhoon that slammed into Vietnam's central coast over the weekend killed at least 41 people and forced tens of thousands from their homes, disaster officials said Tuesday.
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Norwegian meets Sri Lankan officials
Oct 2 2006 10:08PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A Norwegian envoy met top Sri Lankan officials Monday in a fresh attempt to end a seven-month deadlock in peace talks, while the government reported new fighting between troops and separatist rebels.
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North Korea complains about propaganda
Oct 2 2006 9:09PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea complained to its neighbor about anti-North propaganda during military talks Monday, a meeting that appeared to make little progress in thawing the chill in inter-Korean relations since the communist state's recent missile tests.
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Diplomats: Ban suited for top U.N. post
Oct 2 2006 8:13PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The South Korean foreign minister who is front-runner to become U.N. secretary-general first dreamed of becoming a diplomat when he met President Kennedy at the White House in 1962.
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Frist: Taliban should be in Afghan gov't
Oct 2 2006 6:56PM (CT)
QALAT, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Monday that the Afghan war against Taliban guerrillas can never be won militarily and urged support for efforts to bring "people who call themselves Taliban" and their allies into the government.
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Ban Ki-Moon cements hold on U.N. post
Oct 2 2006 5:38PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - South Korea's foreign minister cemented his position as the near-certain successor to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday, the only one of six candidates to escape a veto in an informal Security Council ballot.
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Japan freezes North Korean bank account
Oct 2 2006 3:51PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan has frozen an account held by a North Korean bank under a new set of financial sanctions against the communist regime, the Finance Ministry announced Monday.
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Thai Central Bank chief joins Cabinet
Oct 2 2006 1:34PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's respected Central Bank chief agreed to join the interim prime minister's Cabinet on Monday, as the international community called for a swift return to democratic rule some two weeks after a military coup.
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Taiwan's first lady cleared in scandal
Oct 2 2006 10:26AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The wife of Taiwan's leader was cleared Monday of involvement in a scandal surrounding the takeover of an upscale department store, as protesters maintained pressure on President Chen Shui-bian to resign amid corruption allegations.
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Smoke from Indonesian fires spreads
Oct 2 2006 9:11AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Smoke and ash from land-clearing fires in Indonesia blanketed a large swath of the country's west on Monday, sending air quality levels plummeting there and in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia, officials said.
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New Japanese PM focuses on South Korea
Oct 2 2006 7:18AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - New Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is moving quickly to mend Japan's tattered relations with its Asian neighbors, preparing to travel to China and South Korea as early as this weekend _ less than two weeks after he assumed the nation's highest office.
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3 NATO troops hurt in Afghan bombing
Oct 2 2006 7:04AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a NATO convoy in Kabul on Monday, wounding three soldiers and three civilians, officials said.
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China Three Gorges dam to displace 1.4M
Oct 2 2006 2:43AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The total number of people who will be displaced by China's massive Three Gorges dam has been raised by 270,000, to 1.4 million people, state media said.
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Suicide bomber hits NATO convoy in Kabul
Oct 2 2006 1:32AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber detonated himself next to a NATO convoy in Kabul on Monday, wounding three soldiers and three civilians, officials said.
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