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Thailand hunts for pedophile suspect
Oct 17 2007 11:13PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Three Thai youths told police suspected Canadian pedophile Christopher Paul Neil paid them for sex when they were aged 9 to 14, coming forward this week when he was identified in a global manhunt, police said Thursday.
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Thailand hunts for pedophile suspect
Oct 17 2007 11:13PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Three Thai youths told police suspected Canadian pedophile Christopher Paul Neil paid them for sex when they were aged 9 to 14, coming forward this week when he was identified in a global manhunt, police said Thursday.
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Thailand hunts for pedophile suspect
Oct 17 2007 11:13PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Three Thai youths told police suspected Canadian pedophile Christopher Paul Neil paid them for sex when they were aged 9 to 14, coming forward this week when he was identified in a global manhunt, police said Thursday.
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Loyalists turn out to welcome Bhutto
Oct 17 2007 11:09PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Thousands of supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto gathered in Pakistan's biggest city Thursday to welcome her home from eight years of exile to the center stage of the country's volatile politics.
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Loyalists turn out to welcome Bhutto
Oct 17 2007 11:09PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Thousands of supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto gathered in Pakistan's biggest city Thursday to welcome her home from eight years of exile to the center stage of the country's volatile politics.
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Loyalists turn out to welcome Bhutto
Oct 17 2007 11:09PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Thousands of supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto gathered in Pakistan's biggest city Thursday to welcome her home from eight years of exile to the center stage of the country's volatile politics.
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Loyalists turn out to welcome Bhutto
Oct 17 2007 11:09PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Thousands of supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto gathered in Pakistan's biggest city Thursday to welcome her home from eight years of exile to the center stage of the country's volatile politics.
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Worldwide anti-poverty campaign
Oct 17 2007 9:37PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Schoolchildren in a Kenyan slum belted out a Bob Marley ballad Wednesday as they joined a continent-spanning effort to draw attention to the crushing poverty that campaigners say contributes to tens of thousands of needless deaths each day.
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8 killed in tribal clashes in Indonesia
Oct 17 2007 8:47PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Rival tribes armed with bows and arrows clashed Wednesday close to a U.S.-owned gold mine in Indonesia's Papua region, killing eight people, a company official and media reports said.
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Arroyo orders probe of bribe allegation
Oct 17 2007 8:35PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has ordered an investigation into allegations that bags of cash were handed to officials to block an impeachment bid against her, a government spokesman said Wednesday.
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Cargo plane crash lands in Cambodia
Oct 17 2007 6:55PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - A cargo plane crash-landed in a rice field Wednesday night outside Phnom Penh International Airport, Cambodian officials said.
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Runaway economy is real star in China
Oct 17 2007 12:20PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - President Hu Jintao gave the longest public speech of his political life this week, dwelling at length on the Communist Party's social goals but spending little time on the economy. Hours later, the Shanghai stock market's key index hit a new high.
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Chinese communists adopt leadership list
Oct 17 2007 12:10PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's senior leadership agreed Wednesday on a list of candidates for top posts in the ruling Communist Party, then forwarded it to a national congress that will have a modicum of choice in determining the future lineup for running the country.
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Chinese communists adopt leadership list
Oct 17 2007 12:10PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's senior leadership agreed Wednesday on a list of candidates for top posts in the ruling Communist Party, then forwarded it to a national congress that will have a modicum of choice in determining the future lineup for running the country.
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Chinese communists adopt leadership list
Oct 17 2007 12:10PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's senior leadership agreed Wednesday on a list of candidates for top posts in the ruling Communist Party, then forwarded it to a national congress that will have a modicum of choice in determining the future lineup for running the country.
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Chinese activist beaten amid crackdown
Oct 17 2007 11:49AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A housing activist and member of Beijing's underground Christian church was beaten again Wednesday while under house arrest, his wife said, amid a police crackdown on dissent during a politically sensitive Communist Party congress.
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Taliban kills 1 policeman, wounds 4
Oct 17 2007 8:59AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A Taliban ambush on a police patrol in southern Afghanistan left one officer dead and four others wounded, a police chief said Wednesday.
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Myanmar junta: 3,000 detained in protest
Oct 17 2007 5:28AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military junta acknowledged Wednesday that it detained nearly 3,000 people during a crackdown on recent pro-democracy protests, with hundreds still remaining in custody.
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Myanmar junta: 3,000 detained in protest
Oct 17 2007 5:28AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military junta acknowledged Wednesday that it detained nearly 3,000 people during a crackdown on recent pro-democracy protests, with hundreds still remaining in custody.
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China defends quality of products
Oct 17 2007 5:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is enforcing strict standards for its exports and will continue to work to regain consumer confidence in its products a top quality official said Wednesday.
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Indonesians return to volcano's slopes
Oct 17 2007 3:53AM (CT)
MOUNT KELUD, Indonesia (AP) - Thousands of villagers rode crammed trucks and motorcycles back to the slopes of one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanos Wednesday, leaving refugee centers to tend to crops and animals despite warnings of a major eruption.
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Indonesians return to volcano's slopes
Oct 17 2007 3:53AM (CT)
MOUNT KELUD, Indonesia (AP) - Thousands of villagers rode crammed trucks and motorcycles back to the slopes of one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanos Wednesday, leaving refugee centers to tend to crops and animals despite warnings of a major eruption.
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Indonesians return to volcano's slopes
Oct 17 2007 3:53AM (CT)
MOUNT KELUD, Indonesia (AP) - Thousands of villagers rode crammed trucks and motorcycles back to the slopes of one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanos Wednesday, leaving refugee centers to tend to crops and animals despite warnings of a major eruption.
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