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Former South Korean President Choi dies
Oct 21 2006 10:10PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Choi Kyu-hah, who was South Korean president for a short term in 1979-80, died Sunday of heart failure, hospital officials said. He was 88.
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Seoul hesitant to end N. Korea projects
Oct 21 2006 2:19PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea is still sending tourists to a mountain resort in the North and maintaining a joint economic zone, despite pressure to cancel the projects after Pyongyang's nuclear test.
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Ex-S. Korean leader: North may use force
Oct 21 2006 12:12PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's former president, who won a Nobel Peace Prize as the architect of Seoul's engagement policy with North Korea in the 1990s, warned Saturday the communist nation could react to U.N. sanctions over its nuclear test with force.
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Sri Lanka assures rebels' security
Oct 21 2006 8:39AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's government said Saturday it will provide safe passage for rebels traveling to Geneva for peace talks, as the navy destroyed two insurgent boats approaching a naval base, killing six on board.
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Russia minister: No punishment for Iran
Oct 21 2006 7:36AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia will not allow the U.N. Security Council to be used to punish Iran over its nuclear program, the foreign minister said. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia was ready to discuss ways to pressure Iran into accepting a broader international oversight of its nuclear program, but added that "any measures of influence should encourage creating conditions for talks."
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N.Korea may be backing off from showdown
Oct 21 2006 6:50AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea showed signs Friday it could be backing away from its nuclear showdown with the world, even as it staged a show of domestic support in Pyongyang, where tens of thousands gathered to laud the country's first atomic test.
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Pakistan protests driver's detainment
Oct 21 2006 6:00AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan lodged a strong protest with neighboring India on Saturday for detaining a driver for the Pakistan embassy in New Delhi.
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Reports: 8 dead in Bangladesh stampedes
Oct 21 2006 3:16AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Donations of clothing set off stampedes in impoverished Bangladesh on Saturday that left at least eight people dead. All were women except for one child.
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PM emerges as winner in Cambodia dispute
Oct 21 2006 2:56AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The head of Cambodia's royalist party, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, was ousted this past week in favor of his less regal brother-in-law. But the dispute's real winner is the country's now undisputed strongman, Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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Chinese court frees convicted journalist
Oct 21 2006 1:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese court has freed a journalist convicted of extortion for exposing local corruption but has refused to overturn his guilty verdict, his wife said Saturday.
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