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Suu Kyi's iconic status increases
Oct 4 2007 11:24PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Locked inside her walled home and not seen in public for four years, democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi has been like a ghost to the people of Myanmar. But she can cause a sensation just peeking out from behind her iron gate.
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Suu Kyi's iconic status increases
Oct 4 2007 11:24PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Locked inside her walled home and not seen in public for four years, democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi has been like a ghost to the people of Myanmar. But she can cause a sensation just peeking out from behind her iron gate.
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Suu Kyi's iconic status increases
Oct 4 2007 11:24PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Locked inside her walled home and not seen in public for four years, democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi has been like a ghost to the people of Myanmar. But she can cause a sensation just peeking out from behind her iron gate.
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Japan lunar probe reaches orbit
Oct 4 2007 10:57PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan put its first satellite into orbit around the moon Friday, placing the country a step ahead of China and India in an increasingly heated space race in Asia.
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Myanmar leader willing to meet Suu Kyi
Oct 4 2007 10:23PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Hoping to deflect outrage over images of soldiers gunning down protesters, Myanmar's hard-line leader announced Thursday he is willing to talk with detained democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi _ but only if she stops calling for international sanctions.
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Myanmar leader willing to meet Suu Kyi
Oct 4 2007 10:23PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Hoping to deflect outrage over images of soldiers gunning down protesters, Myanmar's hard-line leader announced Thursday he is willing to talk with detained democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi _ but only if she stops calling for international sanctions.
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Myanmar leader willing to meet Suu Kyi
Oct 4 2007 10:23PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Hoping to deflect outrage over images of soldiers gunning down protesters, Myanmar's hard-line leader announced Thursday he is willing to talk with detained democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi _ but only if she stops calling for international sanctions.
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Myanmar leader willing to meet Suu Kyi
Oct 4 2007 10:23PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Hoping to deflect outrage over images of soldiers gunning down protesters, Myanmar's hard-line leader announced Thursday he is willing to talk with detained democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi _ but only if she stops calling for international sanctions.
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U.N. chief meets Myanmar envoy
Oct 4 2007 8:57PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - China and Russia ruled out any Security Council action on Myanmar Thursday as a special envoy briefed the U.N. chief on his mission to the strife-torn nation.
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SKorea confident NKorea will disarm
Oct 4 2007 2:12PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's president expressed confidence North Korea will abandon its nuclear weapons after a summit with Kim Jong Il, where the two countries pledged Thursday to pursue a peace treaty and end their decades-long standoff across the world's last Cold War frontier.
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SKorea confident NKorea will disarm
Oct 4 2007 2:12PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's president expressed confidence North Korea will abandon its nuclear weapons after a summit with Kim Jong Il, where the two countries pledged Thursday to pursue a peace treaty and end their decades-long standoff across the world's last Cold War frontier.
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SKorea confident NKorea will disarm
Oct 4 2007 2:12PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's president expressed confidence North Korea will abandon its nuclear weapons after a summit with Kim Jong Il, where the two countries pledged Thursday to pursue a peace treaty and end their decades-long standoff across the world's last Cold War frontier.
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SKorea confident NKorea will disarm
Oct 4 2007 2:12PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's president expressed confidence North Korea will abandon its nuclear weapons after a summit with Kim Jong Il, where the two countries pledged Thursday to pursue a peace treaty and end their decades-long standoff across the world's last Cold War frontier.
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SKorea confident NKorea will disarm
Oct 4 2007 2:12PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's president expressed confidence North Korea will abandon its nuclear weapons after a summit with Kim Jong Il, where the two countries pledged Thursday to pursue a peace treaty and end their decades-long standoff across the world's last Cold War frontier.
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Bhutto: Amnesty deal close in Pakistan
Oct 4 2007 1:41PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto said Thursday she was close to an agreement with President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on an amnesty deal she hoped would secure a peaceful transition from military to democratic rule.
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Strong quake rattles Indonesia
Oct 4 2007 8:29AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A strong undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia's Aceh province Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.
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Militants kill 3 Pakistani soldiers
Oct 4 2007 4:54AM (CT)
DERA ISMIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Militants holding some 230 Pakistani troops killed three of the captive soldiers before dawn Thursday in apparent retaliation for army raids on guerrilla hide-outs near the Afghan border, officials said.
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N.Korea's Kim denies health problems
Oct 4 2007 4:37AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il denied Thursday that he has any problems with his health, dismissing media reports that claimed the reclusive leader was suffering from a range of ailments.
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Girl swims river with hands, feet tied
Oct 4 2007 4:24AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A father tied his 10-year-old daughter's hands and feet and watched her swim in a chilly southern China river for three hours in a task he said Thursday would help the girl achieve her dream of swimming across the English Channel.
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Girl swims river with hands, feet tied
Oct 4 2007 4:24AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A father tied his 10-year-old daughter's hands and feet and watched her swim in a chilly southern China river for three hours in a task he said Thursday would help the girl achieve her dream of swimming across the English Channel.
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20 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
Oct 4 2007 4:18AM (CT)
KANDAHAR Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan troops backed by NATO-led forces clashed with suspected Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, leaving 20 militants dead, a provincial police chief said Thursday.
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Aging Japan eyes cutting-edge technology
Oct 4 2007 3:53AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - If you grow old in Japan, expect to be served food by a robot, ride a voice-recognition wheelchair or even possibly hire a nurse in a robotic suit _ all examples of cutting-edge technology to care for the country's rapidly graying population.
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A peek inside Myanmar's new capital
Oct 4 2007 3:15AM (CT)
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - This may be the world's only national capital without mobile phone service or international flight connections. It certainly doesn't have traffic problems. And you won't find any food carts clogging the streets.
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A peek inside Myanmar's new capital
Oct 4 2007 3:15AM (CT)
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - This may be the world's only national capital without mobile phone service or international flight connections. It certainly doesn't have traffic problems. And you won't find any food carts clogging the streets.
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A peek inside Myanmar's new capital
Oct 4 2007 3:15AM (CT)
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - This may be the world's only national capital without mobile phone service or international flight connections. It certainly doesn't have traffic problems. And you won't find any food carts clogging the streets.
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A peek inside Myanmar's new capital
Oct 4 2007 3:15AM (CT)
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - This may be the world's only national capital without mobile phone service or international flight connections. It certainly doesn't have traffic problems. And you won't find any food carts clogging the streets.
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A peek inside Myanmar's new capital
Oct 4 2007 3:15AM (CT)
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - This may be the world's only national capital without mobile phone service or international flight connections. It certainly doesn't have traffic problems. And you won't find any food carts clogging the streets.
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A peek inside Myanmar's new capital
Oct 4 2007 3:15AM (CT)
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - This may be the world's only national capital without mobile phone service or international flight connections. It certainly doesn't have traffic problems. And you won't find any food carts clogging the streets.
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