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Bhutto starts trip to ancestral home
Oct 26 2007 11:40PM (CT)
SUKKUR, Pakistan (AP) - Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in a town near her ancestral home Saturday, her first trip outside Pakistan's biggest city since an assassination attempt against her killed 143 people nine days ago.
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Bhutto starts trip to ancestral home
Oct 26 2007 11:40PM (CT)
SUKKUR, Pakistan (AP) - Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in a town near her ancestral home Saturday, her first trip outside Pakistan's biggest city since an assassination attempt against her killed 143 people nine days ago.
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Bhutto starts trip to ancestral home
Oct 26 2007 11:40PM (CT)
SUKKUR, Pakistan (AP) - Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in a town near her ancestral home Saturday, her first trip outside Pakistan's biggest city since an assassination attempt against her killed 143 people nine days ago.
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Bhutto starts trip to ancestral home
Oct 26 2007 11:40PM (CT)
SUKKUR, Pakistan (AP) - Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in a town near her ancestral home Saturday, her first trip outside Pakistan's biggest city since an assassination attempt against her killed 143 people nine days ago.
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Myanmar's monks, 1988 activists linked
Oct 26 2007 9:54PM (CT)
THAI-MYANMAR BORDER (AP) - It fell to Buddhist monks, normally nonpolitical advocates of loving kindness, to lead Myanmar's recent uprising, taking over from veteran activists who had secretly organized and planned to confront the ruling military.
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Myanmar's monks, 1988 activists linked
Oct 26 2007 9:54PM (CT)
THAI-MYANMAR BORDER (AP) - It fell to Buddhist monks, normally nonpolitical advocates of loving kindness, to lead Myanmar's recent uprising, taking over from veteran activists who had secretly organized and planned to confront the ruling military.
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Myanmar's monks, 1988 activists linked
Oct 26 2007 9:54PM (CT)
THAI-MYANMAR BORDER (AP) - It fell to Buddhist monks, normally nonpolitical advocates of loving kindness, to lead Myanmar's recent uprising, taking over from veteran activists who had secretly organized and planned to confront the ruling military.
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Myanmar's monks, 1988 activists linked
Oct 26 2007 9:54PM (CT)
THAI-MYANMAR BORDER (AP) - It fell to Buddhist monks, normally nonpolitical advocates of loving kindness, to lead Myanmar's recent uprising, taking over from veteran activists who had secretly organized and planned to confront the ruling military.
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Myanmar's monks, 1988 activists linked
Oct 26 2007 9:54PM (CT)
THAI-MYANMAR BORDER (AP) - It fell to Buddhist monks, normally nonpolitical advocates of loving kindness, to lead Myanmar's recent uprising, taking over from veteran activists who had secretly organized and planned to confront the ruling military.
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Poor health care system plagues Myanmar
Oct 26 2007 8:05PM (CT)
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - They travel for days though checkpoints, across dangerous roads and past Myanmar's bribe-hungry soldiers to make it to the Thai border. They're not refugees fleeing the junta _ they simply want to see a doctor.
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Bank pushes Mumbai's prostitutes to save
Oct 26 2007 5:14PM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - In the heart of Mumbai's red light district, several prostitutes sit on brown plastic chairs in a narrow room waiting to do something many have never been able to do before: deposit their savings in a bank.
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Bank pushes Mumbai's prostitutes to save
Oct 26 2007 5:14PM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - In the heart of Mumbai's red light district, several prostitutes sit on brown plastic chairs in a narrow room waiting to do something many have never been able to do before: deposit their savings in a bank.
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Bank pushes Mumbai's prostitutes to save
Oct 26 2007 5:14PM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - In the heart of Mumbai's red light district, several prostitutes sit on brown plastic chairs in a narrow room waiting to do something many have never been able to do before: deposit their savings in a bank.
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Bank pushes Mumbai's prostitutes to save
Oct 26 2007 5:14PM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - In the heart of Mumbai's red light district, several prostitutes sit on brown plastic chairs in a narrow room waiting to do something many have never been able to do before: deposit their savings in a bank.
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Bank pushes Mumbai's prostitutes to save
Oct 26 2007 5:14PM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - In the heart of Mumbai's red light district, several prostitutes sit on brown plastic chairs in a narrow room waiting to do something many have never been able to do before: deposit their savings in a bank.
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Some detainees reported freed in Myanmar
Oct 26 2007 4:52PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The military government released 50 members of Myanmar's pro-democracy party on the same day it met with their leader in a response to international pressure over the crushing of peaceful demonstrations, a party spokesman said Friday.
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Some detainees reported freed in Myanmar
Oct 26 2007 4:52PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The military government released 50 members of Myanmar's pro-democracy party on the same day it met with their leader in a response to international pressure over the crushing of peaceful demonstrations, a party spokesman said Friday.
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Some detainees reported freed in Myanmar
Oct 26 2007 4:52PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The military government released 50 members of Myanmar's pro-democracy party on the same day it met with their leader in a response to international pressure over the crushing of peaceful demonstrations, a party spokesman said Friday.
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Some detainees reported freed in Myanmar
Oct 26 2007 4:52PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The military government released 50 members of Myanmar's pro-democracy party on the same day it met with their leader in a response to international pressure over the crushing of peaceful demonstrations, a party spokesman said Friday.
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Some detainees reported freed in Myanmar
Oct 26 2007 4:52PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The military government released 50 members of Myanmar's pro-democracy party on the same day it met with their leader in a response to international pressure over the crushing of peaceful demonstrations, a party spokesman said Friday.
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Philippine ex-President Estrada freed
Oct 26 2007 2:02PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Free for the first time in 6 1/2 years, ousted President Joseph Estrada thanked his successor for pardoning him and vowed Friday to stay out of "dirty politics" while dedicating the rest of his life to helping the poor.
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Philippine ex-President Estrada freed
Oct 26 2007 2:02PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Free for the first time in 6 1/2 years, ousted President Joseph Estrada thanked his successor for pardoning him and vowed Friday to stay out of "dirty politics" while dedicating the rest of his life to helping the poor.
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Philippine ex-President Estrada freed
Oct 26 2007 2:02PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Free for the first time in 6 1/2 years, ousted President Joseph Estrada thanked his successor for pardoning him and vowed Friday to stay out of "dirty politics" while dedicating the rest of his life to helping the poor.
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Philippine ex-President Estrada freed
Oct 26 2007 2:02PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Free for the first time in 6 1/2 years, ousted President Joseph Estrada thanked his successor for pardoning him and vowed Friday to stay out of "dirty politics" while dedicating the rest of his life to helping the poor.
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Japan court nixes nuke plant suspension
Oct 26 2007 1:52PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A court Friday refused to suspend the operations of a nuclear power plant, ruling against a group of citizens who said the facility would pose a danger if a major earthquake strikes, officials said.
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Afghan leader: Cut back on airstrikes
Oct 26 2007 12:10PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is calling for the U.S. and NATO to cut back on airstrikes in the battle against Taliban and al-Qaida militants, saying too many civilians have been killed.
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Philippine Air jet overshoots runway
Oct 26 2007 6:49AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Philippine Airlines plane overshot a runway and plowed into a tropical forest while landing in a southern city early Friday, injuring 19 passengers and crew members, officials said.
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Indian police warn of suicide bombers
Oct 26 2007 5:24AM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - Police warned Friday that three suicide bombers are roaming Mumbai and looking for targets more than a year after a series of bombs ripped through the city's commuter rail network.
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2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Oct 26 2007 4:47AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Insurgents ambushed NATO-led forces in eastern Afghanistan, leaving two alliance troops dead and three others wounded, while a coalition airstrike in the south killed 18 suspected militants, officials said Friday.
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Man sentenced to life in acid attack
Oct 26 2007 2:28AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A court has sentenced a jilted lover to life in prison for throwing acid on a 21-year-old woman that blinded and disfigured her, a news report said Friday, a rare penalty for a case other than murder in India.
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Japan to fingerprint foreign visitors
Oct 26 2007 1:57AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan hopes to thwart potential terrorists from entering the country by fingerprinting and photographing all foreigners aged 16 or over on entry starting next month, an official said Friday.
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