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Indonesian volcano blast expected
Oct 18 2007 11:49PM (CT)
MOUNT KELUD, Indonesia (AP) - Armed police forced tens of thousands of reluctant residents to leave the slopes of one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanos Friday amid warnings that an eruption was imminent.
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Canadian pedophile suspect arrested
Oct 18 2007 11:44PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A Canadian schoolteacher who has become the world's most wanted suspected pedophile was arrested by police Friday in northeastern Thailand, officials said.
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Blasts near Bhutto kill 126 in Pakistan
Oct 18 2007 11:29PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed up to 126 people Thursday night, shattering her celebratory procession through Pakistan's biggest city after eight years in exile.
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Blasts near Bhutto kill 126 in Pakistan
Oct 18 2007 11:29PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed up to 126 people Thursday night, shattering her celebratory procession through Pakistan's biggest city after eight years in exile.
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Blasts near Bhutto kill 126 in Pakistan
Oct 18 2007 11:29PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed up to 126 people Thursday night, shattering her celebratory procession through Pakistan's biggest city after eight years in exile.
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Blasts near Bhutto kill 126 in Pakistan
Oct 18 2007 11:29PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed up to 126 people Thursday night, shattering her celebratory procession through Pakistan's biggest city after eight years in exile.
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Blasts near Bhutto kill 126 in Pakistan
Oct 18 2007 11:29PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed up to 126 people Thursday night, shattering her celebratory procession through Pakistan's biggest city after eight years in exile.
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Blasts near Bhutto kill 126 in Pakistan
Oct 18 2007 11:29PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed up to 126 people Thursday night, shattering her celebratory procession through Pakistan's biggest city after eight years in exile.
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Blasts near Bhutto kill 126 in Pakistan
Oct 18 2007 11:29PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed up to 126 people Thursday night, shattering her celebratory procession through Pakistan's biggest city after eight years in exile.
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Blasts near Bhutto kill 126 in Pakistan
Oct 18 2007 11:29PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed up to 126 people Thursday night, shattering her celebratory procession through Pakistan's biggest city after eight years in exile.
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Thai police hunt fugitive crocodiles
Oct 18 2007 11:15PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Police with assault rifles hunted Friday for 36 crocodiles that escaped from a farm in northeastern Thailand when their pens were flooded after heavy rains, an official said.
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Bombing turns Bhutto's triumph to horror
Oct 18 2007 11:02PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto's triumphant return to Pakistan ended in horrific scenes of carnage beneath a mural declaring, "Long live Bhutto." AP Photographer B.K. Bangash was there. Here is his account.
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15 killed in Indonesian boat accident
Oct 18 2007 10:58PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A crowded passenger boat capsized in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 15 people, with several others possibly missing, an official said.
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Militants had vowed attacks on Bhutto
Oct 18 2007 6:21PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - No one quickly claimed responsibility for the bombings that devastated Benazir Bhutto's festive return to the southern city of Karachi on Thursday, but militants linked to al-Qaida and the Taliban had threatened to meet her with attacks.
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SKorean's ex-aide held on graft charges
Oct 18 2007 1:51PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Prosecutors arrested a former aide of President Roh Moo-hyun Thursday on bribery and influence-peddling charges, a prosecution official said, a week after the arrest of another ex-aide on similar charges.
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China: Dalai Lama award undermines ties
Oct 18 2007 12:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China warned the United States on Thursday that its honoring of the Dalai Lama "gravely undermined" relations between the two countries, demanding Washington stop supporting the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader and take steps to repair ties.
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China: Dalai Lama award undermines ties
Oct 18 2007 12:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China warned the United States on Thursday that its honoring of the Dalai Lama "gravely undermined" relations between the two countries, demanding Washington stop supporting the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader and take steps to repair ties.
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Hu? Many Chinese ignore party congress
Oct 18 2007 12:39PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - While China's Communist Party leaders gathered for a major conclave this week, April Wen was too busy to notice. The accountant was searching for a job and polishing her English by watching "Desperate Housewives" on pirated DVD.
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China mulls communist branch for space
Oct 18 2007 11:54AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China might not have a permanent presence in space yet, but the country's rocket men are already thinking about setting up a Communist Party branch in the outer reaches.
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UN envoy suggests incentives for Myanmar
Oct 18 2007 10:22AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The U.N. envoy to Myanmar said Thursday the country's military rulers could be offered incentives to move toward democratic reforms, as the junta released three prominent detainees arrested amid recent pro-democracy protests.
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UN envoy suggests incentives for Myanmar
Oct 18 2007 10:22AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The U.N. envoy to Myanmar said Thursday the country's military rulers could be offered incentives to move toward democratic reforms, as the junta released three prominent detainees arrested amid recent pro-democracy protests.
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UN envoy suggests incentives for Myanmar
Oct 18 2007 10:22AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The U.N. envoy to Myanmar said Thursday the country's military rulers could be offered incentives to move toward democratic reforms, as the junta released three prominent detainees arrested amid recent pro-democracy protests.
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UN envoy suggests incentives for Myanmar
Oct 18 2007 10:22AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The U.N. envoy to Myanmar said Thursday the country's military rulers could be offered incentives to move toward democratic reforms, as the junta released three prominent detainees arrested amid recent pro-democracy protests.
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China officials silent on leadership
Oct 18 2007 7:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Communist Party delegates on Thursday reviewed candidates for committees that will determine China's leadership and influence policy-making for the next five years.
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China officials silent on leadership
Oct 18 2007 7:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Communist Party delegates on Thursday reviewed candidates for committees that will determine China's leadership and influence policy-making for the next five years.
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China officials silent on leadership
Oct 18 2007 7:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Communist Party delegates on Thursday reviewed candidates for committees that will determine China's leadership and influence policy-making for the next five years.
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China officials silent on leadership
Oct 18 2007 7:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Communist Party delegates on Thursday reviewed candidates for committees that will determine China's leadership and influence policy-making for the next five years.
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Dutch lawyer to defend Cambodian suspect
Oct 18 2007 7:11AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - A Dutch war crimes lawyer has joined the defense team of a former Khmer Rouge ideologist who has been detained pending trial by Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal, a statement said Thursday.
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9 troops wounded in Afghanistan
Oct 18 2007 5:58AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban used heavy machine guns and rocket propelled grenades to ambush a U.S.-led coalition patrol in southern Afghanistan that wounded nine troops, a coalition statement said Thursday.
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US general: Afghan bombs came from Iran
Oct 18 2007 5:07AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The top NATO commander in Afghanistan alleged Thursday that the Iranian military was involved in a shipment of sophisticated explosive devices intercepted by his troops in western Afghanistan last month.
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Report: Indian rebel killings unpunished
Oct 18 2007 2:48AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's government has failed to fully investigate and prosecute officials who allegedly took part in thousands of killings and disappearances during a counterinsurgency campaign against separatists in northern India, rights groups said Thursday.
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Defiant Bhutto returning to Pakistan
Oct 18 2007 2:04AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto's return is the latest chapter of a rollercoaster life that saw her become the Muslim world's first woman prime minister, only for her two governments to fail amid allegations of corruption.
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