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Report: N. Korean leader regrets test
Oct 19 2006 11:52PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il expressed regret about his country's nuclear test to a Chinese delegation and said Pyongyang would return to international nuclear talks if Washington backs off a campaign to financially isolate the country, a South Korean newspaper reported Friday.
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China steps up diplomacy with N. Korea
Oct 19 2006 10:46PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China stepped up its diplomatic efforts with North Korea on Thursday, sending a personal message and a gift from the Chinese president to the North's leader Kim Jong Il as Washington appealed for cooperation by Asian powers on U.N. sanctions for Pyongyang's nuclear test.
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U.N.: North Korea puts disabled in camps
Oct 19 2006 9:44PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The North Korean government rounds up disabled people and sends them away from the capital Pyongyang to special camps, where they are sorted by their handicap and subjected to "subhuman conditions," a U.N. report released Thursday said.
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Rice: Won't coerce allies on N. Korea
Oct 19 2006 8:09PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she would not try to dictate how U.S. allies enforce sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear program, and there were signs South Korea wouldn't quickly embrace Washington's approach.
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3 Sri Lankan soldiers killed in attacks
Oct 19 2006 4:56PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Three government soldiers were killed Thursday in attacks blamed on the Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka, a day after a rebel suicide ambush at a naval base killed a sailor and wounded 15.
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Condemned Briton seeks Pakistan reprieve
Oct 19 2006 3:21PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - A British death row inmate who has languished in Pakistani prisons for half his life appealed to the country's president Thursday to commute his sentence.
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North Korea's 'Mr. Bomb' remains mystery
Oct 19 2006 1:11PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The scientists who have propelled North Korea's decades-long nuclear program are, like much else in the tightly controlled communist country, shrouded in a deep veil of secrecy.
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Suicide bombings in Afghanistan kill 4
Oct 19 2006 12:30PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Suicide bombings in the south and east killed a British soldier, two children and a policeman Thursday, as President Hamid Karzai called on NATO forces to use caution during military operations a day after 20 civilians died.
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Taliban targeting Afghanistan leaders
Oct 19 2006 12:09PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - First a Taliban suicide bomber killed a provincial governor. Then a gunman murdered a Women's Ministry director. A police chief, intelligence director and top administrator from the same eastern district were killed.
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Chinese panda cub bites U.S. visitor
Oct 19 2006 10:47AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A panda cub bit off part of the thumb of an American visitor who was feeding the animal at a reserve in southwest China, state media reported Thursday.
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Elephant rampage kills 5 in Bangladesh
Oct 19 2006 8:26AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A herd of wild elephants rampaged through a village in southeastern Bangladesh early Thursday, killing five members of one family, including two children, police said.
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Elephant rampage kills 5 in Bangladesh
Oct 19 2006 8:20AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A herd of wild elephants rampaged through a village in southeastern Bangladesh early Thursday, killing five members of one family, including two children, police said.
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Suicide bomber kills Afghan police officer
Oct 19 2006 5:50AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber hurled himself in front of a police car in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing one policeman and wounding four others, a police official said.
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Peruvian nationalist Humala's star falls
Oct 19 2006 4:32AM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Once seemingly unstoppable in his quest for Peru's presidency, retired army officer Ollanta Humala has seen his star plummet over human rights charges and dissatisfaction with his leftist politics.
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Afghan suicide bomber kills 2 children
Oct 19 2006 3:14AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber killed two children and wounded seven civilians and several British soldiers in southern Afghanistan Thursday, officials said.
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Stopping mud flow at Indonesia well costly
Oct 19 2006 1:59AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Stopping and clearing up a massive mud flow at an Indonesian gas well will cost at least $180 million and the final bill may well rise higher, the company operating the well said Thursday.
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Ex-China statistics chief facing probe
Oct 19 2006 1:02AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A corruption investigation that led to the dismissal of Shanghai's top leader widened further Thursday, with an official confirming that the head of China's National Statistic Bureau was involved.
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