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Pakistan may let Kashmiris enter for aid
Oct 18 2005 11:09PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan on Tuesday proposed allowing Kashmiris to cross the frontier dividing the territory with India to help earthquake victims _ the latest sign of cooperation between the nuclear rivals since this month's disaster.
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Sri Lankan PM vows peace process overhaul
Oct 18 2005 9:31PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's prime minister pledged Tuesday to revise a peace agreement with Tamil Tiger rebels and reject their demand for self-rule if he is elected president.
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China focuses on easing rural poverty
Oct 18 2005 9:11PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's communist leaders have issued an economic plan that calls for developing the poor countryside in an effort to narrow the growing and politically explosive gap between rich and poor, state media said Wednesday.
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Report: Satellite quake zone images axed
Oct 18 2005 6:22PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - International agencies and relief organizations pulled high-resolution satellite images of earthquake-stricken areas in Kashmir from their Web sites under pressure from Pakistan, citing security concerns, a magazine reported Tuesday.
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Militants kill state official in Kashmir
Oct 18 2005 5:03PM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Islamic militants killed the education minister of Indian-controlled Kashmir in a brazen daylight raid Tuesday, a possible attempt by the insurgents to show their ability to strike despite losses sustained in South Asia's quake.
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Thai government extends state of emergency
Oct 18 2005 3:44PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's Cabinet announced Tuesday it was extending a state of emergency in three southern provinces to cope with an escalating Muslim insurgency.
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Children orphaned in quake face new perils
Oct 18 2005 3:37PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Before Mohamed Sajid was bundled onto a rescue helicopter from earthquake-ravaged Muzaffarabad, his father scrawled his son's name _ and his own _ on a piece of paper and stuffed it into the boy's shirt pocket. Five days later, 13-year-old Mohamed clung to that piece of paper at Rawalpindi General Hospital _ a small slip of security in his unsettled life.
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Quake orphans face peril of trafficking
Oct 18 2005 12:17PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Before Mohamed Sajid was bundled onto a rescue helicopter from earthquake-ravaged Muzaffarabad, his father scrawled his son's name _ and his own _ on a piece of paper and stuffed it into the boy's shirt pocket.
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Shanghai mega-building swaps design
Oct 18 2005 11:00AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - The Japanese builders of a Shanghai skyscraper that is to be one of the world's tallest have scrapped plans for a round hole through its upper floors after Chinese complaints that it looked like Japan's "rising sun" flag.
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Ex-governor elected to Afghan parliament
Oct 18 2005 10:58AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A former regional governor who oversaw the destruction of two massive 1,500-year-old Buddha statues during the Taliban's reign was elected to the Afghan parliament last month, officials said Tuesday as results from two provinces were finalized.
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U.S. commitment to nuke accord questioned
Oct 18 2005 8:16AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Tuesday it doubted Washington's commitment to a landmark accord reached at the last nuclear talks, criticizing a recent U.S. allegation that the communist nation was involved in money laundering activities.
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China cancels foreign minister Japan trip
Oct 18 2005 5:52AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - China on Tuesday canceled a scheduled visit by Japan's foreign minister hours after Tokyo's top diplomat pledged to try using the talks to ease tensions inflamed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to a controversial war shrine.
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Coalition forces kill 4 Afghan policemen
Oct 18 2005 5:11AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led coalition forces killed four police officers after mistaking them for militants during an operation in southern Afghanistan, a provincial spokesman said Tuesday. The coalition said it could not confirm the incident and was investigating.
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Logging cos. said fleecing Myanmar forests
Oct 18 2005 2:12AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Chinese logging companies in Myanmar have illegally exported huge amounts of timber in collusion with the military government and ethnic guerrillas, destroying ecologically unique forest areas, an environmental watchdog alleged Tuesday.
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Japan to extend afghan anti-terror mission
Oct 18 2005 12:25AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's powerful lower house on Tuesday approved a one-year extension of the country's naval mission to support U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan.
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