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Report: S.Korea to ban entry from North
Oct 25 2006 10:35PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea said Thursday it will ban the entry of North Korean officials who fall under a U.N. travel restriction _ Seoul's first concrete move to enforce sanctions imposed after the North's nuclear test.
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Japanese group appeals for AIDS orphans
Oct 25 2006 9:06PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A Japanese organization that fights AIDS unveiled a new program Wednesday aimed at engaging the 12 million African children orphaned by the deadly disease by getting them to play soccer.
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Turkmen leader promises free gas, power
Oct 25 2006 9:05PM (CT)
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) - Turkmenistan's eccentric leader announced Wednesday that his energy-rich Central Asian nation would provide citizens with natural gas and power free of charge through 2030.
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Tokyo denies report it wants nuke meet
Oct 25 2006 9:03PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's foreign ministry Thursday denied a news report that the government is planning a meeting with the U.S. and South Korea as early as next month to solidify a common stance on the North Korean nuclear standoff.
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Report of troops with skull irks Germans
Oct 25 2006 5:51PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed disgust Wednesday at photos that appeared to show German troops in Afghanistan posing with a human skull and pledged that any soldiers found to be involved would be punished severely.
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5 killed in Indonesia bridge collapse
Oct 25 2006 3:35PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A footbridge packed with local tourists broke at a mountain resort on Java island Wednesday, killing five people and injuring 29 others who plunged more than 60 feet to a rocky riverbed, police and tourist officials said.
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48 militants said killed in Afghanistan
Oct 25 2006 2:36PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO-led troops backed by artillery and airstrikes battled insurgents in southern Afghanistan, killing 48 suspected militants in three separate confrontations, the alliance said Wednesday.
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Philippine constitution changes nixed
Oct 25 2006 12:30PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a petition to change the Philippine constitution, dealing a blow to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's effort to overhaul the Southeast Asian nation's legislature, officials said.
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Japanese official warns of nuke debate
Oct 25 2006 11:20AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan should not engage in "careless debate" on whether it should posses nuclear weapons, the country's defense chief said Wednesday, becoming the latest Japanese leader to address an issue with sensitivities dating back to World War II.
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French leader in China for trade talks
Oct 25 2006 11:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - French President Jacques Chirac and a delegation of French executives traveled to China on Wednesday in hopes of expanding trade with one of the world's largest economies.
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Hong Kong budget airline flight canceled
Oct 25 2006 9:23AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A budget airline's highly publicized inaugural flight from Hong Kong to London was scrapped Wednesday because it wasn't cleared to fly in Russian airspace.
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Chinese court sentences dissident
Oct 25 2006 7:27AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A veteran of China's 1989 pro-democracy movement was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison after writing Internet essays critical of the communist government, a monitoring center said.
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United flight lands safely in Japan
Oct 25 2006 7:17AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A United Airlines flight from Chicago with 174 people aboard landed safely at an airport in western Japan on Wednesday after developing radio trouble, officials said.
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Putin says he won't run for third term
Oct 25 2006 6:38AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed Wednesday that he would not try to run for another term, but said he would retain influence over Russia even after leaving office in 2008.
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SKorea officially confirms North nuke test
Oct 25 2006 5:19AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea officially confirmed Wednesday that North Korea conducted a nuclear test earlier this month, saying abnormal radiation has been detected in the country.
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NATO, Afghan police seize pot, opium
Oct 25 2006 5:06AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO-led troops and Afghan police seized over nine tons of marijuana from a truck in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Wednesday.
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Weather, pilot blamed for Nepal crash
Oct 25 2006 1:15AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Bad weather and pilot error both contributed to a helicopter crash in eastern Nepal that killed a Cabinet minister and 23 other people on a WWF-chartered flight, an official said Wednesday.
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