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Floods kill 13 in central Vietnam
Oct 31 2007 11:57PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Floods triggered by heavy rains have killed 13 people in central Vietnam and left five others missing over the past two days, disaster officials said Thursday.
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Police sentenced for mistreating judge
Oct 31 2007 11:50PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday handed down a 15-day suspended jail sentence to the former Islamabad police chief, his deputy and three other senior police officers for mistreating Pakistan's top judge in March.
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Suicide bomber kill 5 in Pakistan
Oct 31 2007 11:05PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Pakistan Air Force employees Thursday, killing at least five people and wounding about 40, the military and police said.
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Bhutto Cancels Trip, Fears Emergency
Oct 31 2007 4:34PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto abruptly canceled plans to travel abroad Wednesday, saying she had heard rumors the government could impose a state of emergency during her absence.
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Disney supplier accused of labor abuse
Oct 31 2007 2:10PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hundreds of people are making stuffed Walt Disney toys at a factory in southern China up to 16 hours a day with only a few days off a month, a Hong Kong-based labor activist group said Wednesday.
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Disney supplier accused of labor abuse
Oct 31 2007 2:10PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hundreds of people are making stuffed Walt Disney toys at a factory in southern China up to 16 hours a day with only a few days off a month, a Hong Kong-based labor activist group said Wednesday.
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NKorea building its global contacts
Oct 31 2007 1:21PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Buoyed by progress in its nuclear standoff, reclusive North Korea has begun reaching out to the world beyond its closed borders, forging formal relations with a series of countries and sending high-level delegations overseas.
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Defiant monks march again in Myanmar
Oct 31 2007 12:54PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - More than 100 Buddhist monks marched peacefully Wednesday in a northern Myanmar town noted for its defiance of the country's military rulers, the first large protest since the junta violently crushed a wave anti-government demonstrations.
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Defiant monks march again in Myanmar
Oct 31 2007 12:54PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - More than 100 Buddhist monks marched peacefully Wednesday in a northern Myanmar town noted for its defiance of the country's military rulers, the first large protest since the junta violently crushed a wave anti-government demonstrations.
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Defiant monks march again in Myanmar
Oct 31 2007 12:54PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - More than 100 Buddhist monks marched peacefully Wednesday in a northern Myanmar town noted for its defiance of the country's military rulers, the first large protest since the junta violently crushed a wave anti-government demonstrations.
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Defiant monks march again in Myanmar
Oct 31 2007 12:54PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - More than 100 Buddhist monks marched peacefully Wednesday in a northern Myanmar town noted for its defiance of the country's military rulers, the first large protest since the junta violently crushed a wave anti-government demonstrations.
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Woman jumps from Tokyo building onto man
Oct 31 2007 12:52PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A woman leaped from an 11-story Tokyo apartment Wednesday in an apparent suicide, striking and seriously injuring a passer-by, a news report said Wednesday.
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UN: Vietnamese prefer boys over girls
Oct 31 2007 12:26PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam's preference for boys over girls is further tipping the balance between the sexes in Asia, already skewed by a strong bias for boys among Chinese and Indians. The trend could lead to increased trafficking of women and social unrest, a U.N. report says.
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UN: Vietnamese prefer boys over girls
Oct 31 2007 12:26PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam's preference for boys over girls is further tipping the balance between the sexes in Asia, already skewed by a strong bias for boys among Chinese and Indians. The trend could lead to increased trafficking of women and social unrest, a U.N. report says.
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UN: Vietnamese prefer boys over girls
Oct 31 2007 12:26PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam's preference for boys over girls is further tipping the balance between the sexes in Asia, already skewed by a strong bias for boys among Chinese and Indians. The trend could lead to increased trafficking of women and social unrest, a U.N. report says.
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Troops surround Taliban, villagers flee
Oct 31 2007 11:53AM (CT)
ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan civilians piled belongings onto trucks Wednesday and fled two villages infiltrated by hundreds of Taliban militants outside Afghanistan's second-largest city. U.S., Canadian and Afghan troops had about 250 of the insurgents surrounded.
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Troops surround Taliban, villagers flee
Oct 31 2007 11:53AM (CT)
ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan civilians piled belongings onto trucks Wednesday and fled two villages infiltrated by hundreds of Taliban militants outside Afghanistan's second-largest city. U.S., Canadian and Afghan troops had about 250 of the insurgents surrounded.
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Troops surround Taliban, villagers flee
Oct 31 2007 11:53AM (CT)
ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan civilians piled belongings onto trucks Wednesday and fled two villages infiltrated by hundreds of Taliban militants outside Afghanistan's second-largest city. U.S., Canadian and Afghan troops had about 250 of the insurgents surrounded.
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Troops surround Taliban, villagers flee
Oct 31 2007 11:53AM (CT)
ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan civilians piled belongings onto trucks Wednesday and fled two villages infiltrated by hundreds of Taliban militants outside Afghanistan's second-largest city. U.S., Canadian and Afghan troops had about 250 of the insurgents surrounded.
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UN: Opium surge to hit Afghan neighbors
Oct 31 2007 11:43AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A "tsunami" of opium will hit Afghanistan's neighbors if border security remains weak and officials fail to intercept the drug, whose profits fund terrorism, the U.N. anti-drug chief said Wednesday.
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UN: Opium surge to hit Afghan neighbors
Oct 31 2007 11:43AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A "tsunami" of opium will hit Afghanistan's neighbors if border security remains weak and officials fail to intercept the drug, whose profits fund terrorism, the U.N. anti-drug chief said Wednesday.
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UN: Opium surge to hit Afghan neighbors
Oct 31 2007 11:43AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A "tsunami" of opium will hit Afghanistan's neighbors if border security remains weak and officials fail to intercept the drug, whose profits fund terrorism, the U.N. anti-drug chief said Wednesday.
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Disabling of NKorea reactor starts soon
Oct 31 2007 11:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A top U.S. official said Wednesday that work on disabling North Korea's main nuclear complex will probably begin this week, a step that would move the country one step closer to disarmament.
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Disabling of NKorea reactor starts soon
Oct 31 2007 11:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A top U.S. official said Wednesday that work on disabling North Korea's main nuclear complex will probably begin this week, a step that would move the country one step closer to disarmament.
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2,000 detained after strike in India
Oct 31 2007 10:44AM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - Authorities detained more than 2,000 people in eastern India on Wednesday after a strike protesting land seizures shut down schools, roads and businesses, officials said.
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Group: Tibetans fired upon by police
Oct 31 2007 1:17AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Tibetans trying to cross a mountain pass to exile in Nepal were fired upon by Chinese border police, an activist group said Wednesday.
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