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Afghan Vote counting nears completion
Oct 4 2005 10:07PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Powerful warlords, a former Taliban commander and women's activists were among the frontrunners as vote counting drew to a close Tuesday in Afghanistan's first parliamentary elections in more than 30 years.
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Terror fears grip Asia after Bali attack
Oct 4 2005 9:57PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - New terror fears gripped Asia on Tuesday, sparking security scares at embassies and travel alerts, but Indonesia shrugged off calls to outlaw the militant group suspected in the deadly suicide bombings on Bali island.
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Philippine province sues Canada mining co.
Oct 4 2005 8:24PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Philippine provincial government filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Nevada accusing Canadian mining giant Placer Dome Inc. of damaging the environment and health of residents of an island about 100 miles south of Manila.
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Editor of Afghan women's magazine arrested
Oct 4 2005 7:59PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The editor of an Afghan women's rights magazine was jailed after a presidential adviser accused him of publishing un-Islamic material _ including an article critical of the practice of punishing adultery with 100 lashes, officials said Friday.
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U.K., France, U.S.: No Central Asia nukes
Oct 4 2005 7:44PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. ambassadors of Britain, France and the United States have sent a letter emphasizing their continued opposition to a proposal to create a nuclear-weapons free zone in Central Asia, according to a copy obtained Tuesday.
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Six convicted in Musharraf death attempt
Oct 4 2005 6:29PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A military court convicted six air force personnel in an assassination attempt against Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, sentencing four to death and two to life in prison, an air force spokesman said Wednesday.
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Bali residents see terror as fact of life
Oct 4 2005 2:31PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Tourists and residents alike say they are determined not to cave in to fear in the aftermath of last weekend's triple suicide bombings on this Indonesian resort island. They accept that terrorism has become a fact of life _ and so have local authorities.
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Son and embalmed mother buried together
Oct 4 2005 1:46PM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - A man who kept the embalmed body of his mother at home in a glass casket for 21 years was buried along with her after his death, a relative said Tuesday.
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Pakistan says Taliban spokesman arrested
Oct 4 2005 1:13PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan said Tuesday it had captured a spokesman for the Taliban, the militia that ruled Afghanistan until it was ousted in a U.S.-led invasion in 2001.
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Kim Jong Il could soon name his successor
Oct 4 2005 11:40AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il could soon name his successor to head the hard-line communist nation, a Russian news agency reported Tuesday.
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50 dead after China typhoon
Oct 4 2005 10:39AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Emergency workers found 50 bodies and were searching for dozens of people missing after Typhoon Longwang slammed into southeastern China and unleashed raging floods, state media reported Tuesday.
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Bomb explodes near Afghan-Pakistan border
Oct 4 2005 7:14AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb exploded Tuesday near a key crossing point on the Afghan-Pakistan border, killing three people and wounding 20, the latest in a series of recent attacks that authorities blamed on Taliban insurgents.
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S. Korea city grieves after fatal stampede
Oct 4 2005 5:04AM (CT)
SANGJU, South Korea (AP) - Kim Byung-sul was badly injured but all he could think of was his wife. She too had fallen under the crush of 20,000 people scrambling for seats at a free pop music concert _ and now she was no longer breathing.
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Suspects in Bangladesh bombings questioned
Oct 4 2005 1:48AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Ten suspects were interrogated Tuesday, a day after several bombs exploded at court buildings in three Bangladesh towns, killing two people and wounding at least 25, authorities said.
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