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Japan warns North Korea on nuclear tests
Oct 7 2006 11:52PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Tensions mounted over North Korea's threat to test its first atomic bomb, with shots ringing out Saturday along the border with South Korea and Japan warning of harsh sanctions if Pyongyang goes nuclear.
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Pakistani quake survivors still fearful
Oct 7 2006 11:35PM (CT)
CHIKAR, Pakistan (AP) - Dozens of girls have been skipping school in this Pakistani Kashmir mountain town, but neither bullies nor boredom is to blame. Teachers say pupils fear being crushed in an earthquake like the one that killed 80,000 people one year ago Sunday.
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New Cabinet list submitted to Thai king
Oct 7 2006 11:15PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's new interim prime minister has submitted his post-coup Cabinet lineup to King Bhumibol Adulyadej and is waiting for a royal endorsement before unveiling it to the public, a spokesman said Sunday.
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25 missing from 2 vessels in Japan
Oct 7 2006 10:26PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Rescuers searched Saturday for 25 missing crewmen from a freighter and fishing boat that both ran aground in choppy waters, officials said.
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Indian army: Militants killed in Kashmir
Oct 7 2006 6:02PM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - India's army said Saturday it killed three militants as they tried to sneak into the Indian portion of Kashmir from Pakistan.
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German journalists killed in Afghanistan
Oct 7 2006 2:00PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two German journalists who had pitched a tent on the side of a road outside a northern Afghan village were killed by gunmen early Saturday, the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan.
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Chinese elite watching leader closely
Oct 7 2006 12:59PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - President Hu Jintao will be watched closely by China's political elite for signs that he plans to further consolidate his power at an annual policy-making meeting following the ouster of a prominent Communist Party leader for corruption, analysts said.
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Doubts cast on Korean reconciliation bid
Oct 7 2006 12:45PM (CT)
DIAMOND MOUNTAIN, North Korea (AP) - A hollow building frame, idle cranes and no construction workers in sight at this North Korean mountain resort are bitter reminders of dashed hopes for building a permanent reunion center for families separated by the Korean border.
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Pakistan quake victim gets high-tech arm
Oct 7 2006 12:23PM (CT)
NOORASERI, Pakistan (AP) - A year ago, in the chaos of a makeshift field hospital, with helicopters bringing dead and injured to a soccer field, I didn't expect to see Zeeshan Shah again.
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German journalists killed in Afghanistan
Oct 7 2006 11:15AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two German journalists working for the country's national broadcaster and traveling on their own through northern Afghanistan were killed by gunmen Saturday, the first foreign journalists murdered here since late 2001.
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Quake didn't destroy militant networks
Oct 7 2006 8:58AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - After the earthquake hit South Asia a year ago, Indian officials were hopeful that nature had done what their army could not: destroy safe houses, weapons caches and training camps used by Islamic militants fighting for control of Kashmir.
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Taliban back, using Iraq-style violence
Oct 7 2006 8:08AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A sweating man wanders into a crowd and blows himself up, leaving a dozen bodies lifeless on the street. A few blocks away, a car bomb pulverizes an armored Humvee, killing two U.S. soldiers and 14 civilians. The kind of anonymous insurgent violence that is convulsing Iraq has migrated 1,500 miles east to plague Afghanistan five years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled the Taliban regime.
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48 suspected Taliban caught in Pakistan
Oct 7 2006 6:55AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Police acting on a tip raided several militant hide-outs in southwestern Pakistan and arrested 48 suspected Taliban who had arrived in small groups from Afghanistan, police said Saturday.
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Ex-President Bush seeks more quake aid
Oct 7 2006 6:14AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Former President George H.W. Bush has appealed for nearly $100 million in aid for survivors of last year's South Asia earthquake, saying tens of thousands face another winter living in tents.
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Bomb kills NATO soldier in Afghanistan
Oct 7 2006 4:36AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A NATO soldier was killed in an attack by militants who exploded a roadside bomb and fired on a military patrol in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan.
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S.Korea fires 40 warning shots near DMZ
Oct 7 2006 4:24AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean troops fired warning shots Saturday after five North Korean soldiers crossed a boundary in the Demilitarized Zone separating the two countries, South Korean military officials said.
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