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U.S. envoy to focus on N. Korea assets
Oct 22 2006 4:07PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - The top U.S. nuclear negotiator arrived on Sunday for talks on frozen North Korean bank accounts in neighboring Macau, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Consulate General.
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12 die during clashes in Afghanistan
Oct 22 2006 4:04PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fighting between forces loyal to two pro-government warlords in western Afghanistan Sunday left at least 12 people dead, while NATO said its forces killed 15 suspected militants who launched an attack on an alliance convoy in the south.
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Analysis: China stance may aid U.S.
Oct 22 2006 2:50PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's tough-love attitude toward ally North Korea after its nuclear test may bode well for the United States, which is after Beijing's cooperation on Iran, Sudan and economic issues.
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S. Koreans protest U.S. free trade deal
Oct 22 2006 11:31AM (CT)
SEOGWIPO, South Korea (AP) - Hundreds of demonstrators blocked traffic in South Korea's capital on Sunday to protest a U.S. free-trade agreement and farmers on a resort island called for the deal to be scrapped, a day before the start of a new round of negotiations in the stalled talks.
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Report: 2nd nuke test not scheduled
Oct 22 2006 6:03AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told a Chinese envoy his regime has no immediate plans to carry out another nuclear test but whether it will do so in the future depends on U.S. policy toward his country, a news report said Sunday.
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Report: Japan may help with cargo probes
Oct 22 2006 5:38AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan may deploy naval destroyers and surveillance aircraft to cooperate with the United States and other countries in proposed inspections of cargo vessels moving to and from North Korea, a news report said Sunday.
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Afghanistan, U.N. appeal for drought aid
Oct 22 2006 4:43AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan government and the United Nations appealed Sunday for $43 million in aid to respond to a severe drought and help tens of thousands of families displaced by fighting in the country's south.
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Pakistan frees 9 held for terror links
Oct 22 2006 3:42AM (CT)
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani authorities have released nine tribesmen held for more than a year on suspicion of links with the Taliban and al-Qaida, a tribal elder and residents said Sunday.
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