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UN: Myanmar allows visit by rights chief
Oct 22 2007 6:20PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Myanmar's government has agreed to a visit by the U.N.'s human rights investigator, who has been barred from entering the military-ruled country since 2003, the United Nations said Monday.
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UN condemns terrorist attack in Pakistan
Oct 22 2007 5:47PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Monday strongly condemned last week's suicide attack on Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's homecoming procession as a "heinous act of terrorism" and urged all countries to cooperate in bringing the perpetrators to justice.
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Hu stronger as China communists regroup
Oct 22 2007 2:34PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - In his characteristically low-key fashion, President Hu Jintao has put his stamp on China's direction, sidelined key rivals, taken over as head of the military and emerged as pre-eminent leader after months of infighting.
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Hu stronger as China communists regroup
Oct 22 2007 2:34PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - In his characteristically low-key fashion, President Hu Jintao has put his stamp on China's direction, sidelined key rivals, taken over as head of the military and emerged as pre-eminent leader after months of infighting.
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Hu stronger as China communists regroup
Oct 22 2007 2:34PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - In his characteristically low-key fashion, President Hu Jintao has put his stamp on China's direction, sidelined key rivals, taken over as head of the military and emerged as pre-eminent leader after months of infighting.
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Fire at Chinese shoe factory kills 37
Oct 22 2007 1:51PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A fire at an unlicensed shoe factory killed 37 people and injured more than a dozen, Chinese authorities said Monday, one of the deadliest industrial accidents this year in a country plagued with dangerous workplaces.
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Sharp exchanges over Pakistan bombing
Oct 22 2007 1:45PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Venomous exchanges erupted Monday between Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan's miltary-led government, straining their emerging alliance, as politicians debated whether to restrict campaign rallies after the bombing that shattered Bhutto's homecoming.
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Sharp exchanges over Pakistan bombing
Oct 22 2007 1:45PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Venomous exchanges erupted Monday between Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan's miltary-led government, straining their emerging alliance, as politicians debated whether to restrict campaign rallies after the bombing that shattered Bhutto's homecoming.
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Sharp exchanges over Pakistan bombing
Oct 22 2007 1:45PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Venomous exchanges erupted Monday between Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan's miltary-led government, straining their emerging alliance, as politicians debated whether to restrict campaign rallies after the bombing that shattered Bhutto's homecoming.
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Sharp exchanges over Pakistan bombing
Oct 22 2007 1:45PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Venomous exchanges erupted Monday between Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan's miltary-led government, straining their emerging alliance, as politicians debated whether to restrict campaign rallies after the bombing that shattered Bhutto's homecoming.
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China to launch lunar probe this week
Oct 22 2007 12:40PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China will launch its first lunar probe this week, an official said Monday _ weeks after regional rival Japan put one in high orbit over the moon in a big leap forward in Asia's undeclared space race.
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Parliament dissolved in Kyrgyzstan
Oct 22 2007 12:35PM (CT)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - The president of Kyrgyzstan dissolved parliament Monday, moving to strengthen his control after voters overwhelmingly approved constitutional changes that his critics called a grab for power.
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Karachi mixes business and bombings
Oct 22 2007 11:37AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Despite its status as Pakistan's hub for commerce, violence has routinely visited Karachi's seething streets: from political and ethnic bloodletting to its emergence as a hub of Islamic militants and scene of repeated terror attacks post-9/11.
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More delays for India-US nuclear deal
Oct 22 2007 11:19AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's government said it would hold off on finalizing a landmark civilian nuclear energy deal with the United States for at least a month after inconclusive talks with its communist political allies, who oppose the accord.
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Indian actor Sanjay Dutt back in prison
Oct 22 2007 9:04AM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - The Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt returned to prison Monday, two months after he was released on bail, to resume serving a six-year sentence for illegal weapons possession in a case linked to a 1993 bombing that killed 257 people.
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NKorea may be disabling nuke next week
Oct 22 2007 8:06AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea could start disabling its nuclear facilities as early as next week, a South Korean news agency reported Monday.
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Evacuees await Indonesian volcano blast
Oct 22 2007 7:26AM (CT)
MOUNT KELUD, Indonesia (AP) - The threat of eruption at Mount Kelud, one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanos, remains high despite a slowdown in activity in the past 24 hours, a government scientist said Monday.
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Tamil Tigers bomb Sri Lankan base
Oct 22 2007 4:27AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A group of Tamil Tiger fighters, backed by the rebel group's tiny air force, carried out a surprise pre-dawn attack on a Sri Lankan air force base Monday, setting off a huge battle that killed five airmen and 20 guerrillas, the military said.
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