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Japanese minister reveals al-Qaida link
Oct 29 2007 11:07PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's justice minister said Monday a "friend of a friend" who belonged to al-Qaida had entered the country repeatedly with false passports and disguises, a disconcerting revelation in a nation that fears its support of the United States makes it vulnerable to a terror attack.
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Japan's refueling mission to be halted
Oct 29 2007 10:47PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister and the main opposition party leader failed to agree Tuesday on extending Japan's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean, meaning the operation will be halted this week when its authorization expires.
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Birth defects on rise in China province
Oct 29 2007 3:54PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Coal mining regions of northern China are reporting soaring levels of defects in newborns, an apparent result of heavy pollution, state media said Monday.
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US Embassy targeted by Azerbaijan terror
Oct 29 2007 3:22PM (CT)
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) - A group of militant Islamists planned to attack the U.S. Embassy and other government buildings in Azerbaijan with stolen military grenades and assault rifles but were thwarted by security forces, officials said Monday.
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Landless poor protest in Indian capital
Oct 29 2007 3:12PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Some 27,000 landless people gathered in New Delhi, hoping to march to Parliament with a single demand _ give us land. But police locked them up Monday, chaining the gates to the vast Ramlila fairgrounds and barricading the demonstrators inside.
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Landless poor protest in Indian capital
Oct 29 2007 3:12PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Some 27,000 landless people gathered in New Delhi, hoping to march to Parliament with a single demand _ give us land. But police locked them up Monday, chaining the gates to the vast Ramlila fairgrounds and barricading the demonstrators inside.
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Landless poor protest in Indian capital
Oct 29 2007 3:12PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Some 27,000 landless people gathered in New Delhi, hoping to march to Parliament with a single demand _ give us land. But police locked them up Monday, chaining the gates to the vast Ramlila fairgrounds and barricading the demonstrators inside.
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Landless poor protest in Indian capital
Oct 29 2007 3:12PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Some 27,000 landless people gathered in New Delhi, hoping to march to Parliament with a single demand _ give us land. But police locked them up Monday, chaining the gates to the vast Ramlila fairgrounds and barricading the demonstrators inside.
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China arrests 774 in product crackdown
Oct 29 2007 1:38PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Monday that it had arrested 774 people in a crackdown on substandard goods, part of ongoing efforts to calm international worries over the quality of the country's products.
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UN decries Taliban raids on aid workers
Oct 29 2007 1:37PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.N. on Monday accused militants and criminals of killing 34 aid workers in Afghanistan this year and urged armed groups to stop attacking humanitarian convoys so food can reach millions of poor Afghans.
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Cease-fire after 100 die in Pakistan
Oct 29 2007 12:36PM (CT)
SWAT, Pakistan (AP) - Hundreds of civilians used a cease-fire Monday between government forces and militant supporters of a pro-Taliban cleric to flee a scenic valley where violence has killed more than 100 people.
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Cease-fire after 100 die in Pakistan
Oct 29 2007 12:36PM (CT)
SWAT, Pakistan (AP) - Hundreds of civilians used a cease-fire Monday between government forces and militant supporters of a pro-Taliban cleric to flee a scenic valley where violence has killed more than 100 people.
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Cease-fire after 100 die in Pakistan
Oct 29 2007 12:36PM (CT)
SWAT, Pakistan (AP) - Hundreds of civilians used a cease-fire Monday between government forces and militant supporters of a pro-Taliban cleric to flee a scenic valley where violence has killed more than 100 people.
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France suggests incentives for Myanmar
Oct 29 2007 10:53AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Sanctions against Myanmar's junta for cracking down on democracy protesters should be coupled with incentives to encourage a better response from the regime, France's foreign minister said Monday, suggesting an international fund for development.
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UN: 34 aid workers killed in Afghanistan
Oct 29 2007 5:10AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The United Nations on Monday said 34 aid workers have been killed in Afghanistan this year and called on Taliban fighters and criminal gangs to stop attacking humanitarian convoys so food can reach millions of needy Afghans before winter.
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India activists decry Gap child labor
Oct 29 2007 4:15AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian children reportedly found making clothes for Gap Inc. should be reunited with their families and compensated by the government, activists said Monday amid a spreading scandal about the use of child labor by the international clothing chain.
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Family feuds scar Bhutto dynasty
Oct 29 2007 2:41AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto likes to list Osama bin Laden and schemers in Pakistan's shadowy intelligence services among her deadly enemies _ yet some of the former premier's most implacable foes are members of her family.
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Family feuds scar Bhutto dynasty
Oct 29 2007 2:41AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto likes to list Osama bin Laden and schemers in Pakistan's shadowy intelligence services among her deadly enemies _ yet some of the former premier's most implacable foes are members of her family.
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