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Korean nuke negotiator's remarks clarified
Oct 31 2005 9:43PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The U.S. Embassy in Seoul clarified Monday that Washington's chief nuclear negotiator was referring to a North Korean diplomat's quarrel with anti-communist activists when he commented the envoy's remarks on the nuclear issue were "inexcusable."
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India sees foreign tie to deadly bombings
Oct 31 2005 8:05PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh claimed Monday there was a foreign link to bombings that bloodied two New Delhi markets, a veiled reference to Pakistan-based militants. But both nations sought to preserve the fragile detente that grew out of the recent quake disaster.
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Quake survivors brace for Himalayan winter
Oct 31 2005 2:28PM (CT)
BALAKOT, Pakistan (AP) - After the call to evening prayer rings out in this ruined town, three families huddle around a small fire, eating rice from a single large plate. Then they quickly retreat to their shared tent to brace for the long night.
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India's Malankara church gets new leader
Oct 31 2005 11:04AM (CT)
BANGALORE, India (AP) - A new spiritual leader of India's main orthodox church was named Monday after the resignation of the previous church head, a spokesman said.
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U.N. agency says N. Korea could lose aid
Oct 31 2005 10:44AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - North Korea risks losing critical food aid by insisting that foreign agencies shift from humanitarian to development work, a U.N. World Food Program official said Monday.
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Musharraf condemns India bombings
Oct 31 2005 9:22AM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Monday condemned this weekend's deadly bombings in India as "a dastardly terrorist attack," and said Pakistan would fully cooperate in any investigation.
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Indonesian security forces on high alert
Oct 31 2005 9:01AM (CT)
POSO, Indonesia (AP) - Hundreds of security forces patrolled a tense Indonesian province Monday to prevent revenge attacks after assailants wearing black veils beheaded three Christian schoolgirls and seriously wounded a fourth.
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Pakistani army sets up quake relief camps
Oct 31 2005 6:49AM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's army has set up two relief camps and a field hospital for quake victims along its disputed Kashmiri border with India, an army spokesman said Monday, a day after the rivals agreed to open the heavily guarded frontier to ease the delivery of aid.
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Japanese leader names new Cabinet
Oct 31 2005 6:18AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi named a new Cabinet on Monday, putting outspoken conservatives _ and potential successors _ in top positions and retaining his economic team.
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Okinawa governor opposes U.S. base plan
Oct 31 2005 5:55AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Okinawa's governor told Japan's central government on Monday that a plan to build a U.S. heliport on the southern island as part of a realignment of the American military presence there was unacceptable.
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U.S. general sees evolving Japan alliance
Oct 31 2005 3:31AM (CT)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (AP) - Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright is the top U.S. military representative in Japan, Washington's most important Asian ally. He's also a seasoned combat pilot, just back from an afternoon in his F-16 fighter flying maneuvers over the Japan Sea, taking in a tense region from 11,000 feet up.
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Two U.S. soldiers charged in Afghanistan
Oct 31 2005 3:18AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two U.S. soldiers have been charged with assault for allegedly punching two detainees in the chest, shoulders and stomach at a military base in Afghanistan, the military said Monday.
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China president Hu Jintao visits Vietnam
Oct 31 2005 1:42AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - China's president arrived Monday in Vietnam on a mission to expand booming trade ties between the communist nations.
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Japanese panel rules U.S. beef safe enough
Oct 31 2005 12:09AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The risk of mad cow infection in U.S. beef is nearly as low as Japanese beef if proper precautions are taken, a government panel ruled Monday, a decision expected to lead to an easing of an import ban that has caused tensions with Washington.
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