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Bomb explodes in southern Thailand town
Oct 6 2005 11:43PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A homemade bomb triggered by a cell phone exploded Friday in a town in southern Thailand shortly after the prime minister toured the restive area.
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Police say Bali bombers 'new generation'
Oct 6 2005 11:24PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - The suicide bombers who attacked three restaurants on Bali island were part of a "new generation" of terrorists, and were likely recruited only recently, the officer in charge of the investigation said Friday.
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N. Korea insists on atomic reactor
Oct 6 2005 7:50PM (CT)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - North Korea will not rejoin nuclear arms control treaties or allow international nuclear inspections until it receives an atomic reactor for power from the United States, a top diplomat told Associated Press Television News Thursday.
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Sri Lankan quintuplets turn a year old
Oct 6 2005 2:32PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Doctors and nurses clapped and lit candles on a 9-pound butter cake Thursday to celebrate the first birthday of the first quintuplets born in Sri Lanka.
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Defiant critic among first Afghan winners
Oct 6 2005 2:21PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A 27-year-old woman who is a defiant critic of Afghanistan's powerful warlords won one of the first seats declared Thursday in provisional results from landmark parliamentary elections, a key step in the nation's transition to democracy.
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India, Indonesia get tsunami center
Oct 6 2005 1:37PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India and Indonesia said Thursday they will set up tsunami early warning centers to try avoid a repetition of December's huge waves that killed tens of thousands of people.
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Report: Fujimori will run again in Peru
Oct 6 2005 11:29AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, living in Japan as a fugitive from criminal charges, announced he would run for president in Peru's upcoming election, Kyodo News agency reported Thursday.
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Afghanistan, NATO upbeat on alliance move
Oct 6 2005 11:01AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the chief diplomat of NATO on Thursday expressed optimism that the alliance could iron out problems over its planned expansion next year into the volatile south of the country.
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Japan seeks to amend pacifist constitution
Oct 6 2005 7:47AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese lawmakers on Thursday debated how to amend Japan's pacifist constitution, a troubling prospect for Asian neighbors wary of a revival of Japanese militarism in the region.
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China communist leaders to hold meeting
Oct 6 2005 4:36AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's communist leaders to attend a key meeting this weekend will address increasing levels of unrest, as sizzling economic growth widens the disparity between the cities and impoverished countryside, a report said Thursday.
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