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Olympics tickets will be sold by lottery
Nov 4 2007 11:44PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Ticket sales for the Beijing Olympics will revert to a lottery system, organizers said Monday after a first-come, first served process last week attracted so many buyers that the computer system crashed.
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Pakistani police detain 500 activists
Nov 4 2007 10:04PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Police and soldiers emboldened by state of emergency powers swept up hundreds of activists and opposition members on Sunday, dragged away protesters shouting "Shame on you!", and turned government buildings into barbed-wire compounds.
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Pakistani police detain 500 activists
Nov 4 2007 10:04PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Police and soldiers emboldened by state of emergency powers swept up hundreds of activists and opposition members on Sunday, dragged away protesters shouting "Shame on you!", and turned government buildings into barbed-wire compounds.
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Pakistani police detain 500 activists
Nov 4 2007 10:04PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Police and soldiers emboldened by state of emergency powers swept up hundreds of activists and opposition members on Sunday, dragged away protesters shouting "Shame on you!", and turned government buildings into barbed-wire compounds.
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Pakistani police detain 500 activists
Nov 4 2007 10:04PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Police and soldiers emboldened by state of emergency powers swept up hundreds of activists and opposition members on Sunday, dragged away protesters shouting "Shame on you!", and turned government buildings into barbed-wire compounds.
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Pakistani police detain 500 activists
Nov 4 2007 10:04PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Police and soldiers emboldened by state of emergency powers swept up hundreds of activists and opposition members on Sunday, dragged away protesters shouting "Shame on you!", and turned government buildings into barbed-wire compounds.
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Emergency could backfire on Musharraf
Nov 4 2007 2:11PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Suspending basic rights and firing independent-minded judges may buy President Gen. Pervez Musharraf more time in power, but his assumption of emergency powers could ultimately destabilize Pakistan further and embolden Islamic militants.
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Death rate for Afghan kids drops
Nov 4 2007 1:22PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Six years after the Taliban's ouster, medical care in Afghanistan has improved such that nearly 90,000 children who would have died before age 5 in 2001 will survive this year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday.
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Thousands defy Indonesia volcano warning
Nov 4 2007 9:52AM (CT)
MOUNT KELUD, Indonesia (AP) - A deadly Indonesian volcano spewed clouds of white smoke Sunday as the temperature of its crater lake soared. Thousands of residents defied warnings of a major eruption, choosing to tend sugar cane crops and livestock on its slopes.
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Thousands defy Indonesia volcano warning
Nov 4 2007 9:52AM (CT)
MOUNT KELUD, Indonesia (AP) - A deadly Indonesian volcano spewed clouds of white smoke Sunday as the temperature of its crater lake soared. Thousands of residents defied warnings of a major eruption, choosing to tend sugar cane crops and livestock on its slopes.
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UN envoy seeks Myanmar reconciliation
Nov 4 2007 6:35AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A U.N. envoy hoping to broker talks on political reform in Myanmar met with two Cabinet ministers Sunday but was unlikely to see the top leader of the military government because of its rift with the United Nations, diplomats said.
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Olympics push Chinese kids to the max
Nov 4 2007 3:31AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An 8-year-old girl runs 2,212 miles to Beijing in 55 days. A 10-year-old swims in a river with her hands and feet bound. And then there's 4-year-old Yang Yang, riding a 1,000-pound beluga whale.
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Olympics push Chinese kids to the max
Nov 4 2007 3:31AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An 8-year-old girl runs 2,212 miles to Beijing in 55 days. A 10-year-old swims in a river with her hands and feet bound. And then there's 4-year-old Yang Yang, riding a 1,000-pound beluga whale.
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Olympics push Chinese kids to the max
Nov 4 2007 3:31AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An 8-year-old girl runs 2,212 miles to Beijing in 55 days. A 10-year-old swims in a river with her hands and feet bound. And then there's 4-year-old Yang Yang, riding a 1,000-pound beluga whale.
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Olympics push Chinese kids to the max
Nov 4 2007 3:31AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An 8-year-old girl runs 2,212 miles to Beijing in 55 days. A 10-year-old swims in a river with her hands and feet bound. And then there's 4-year-old Yang Yang, riding a 1,000-pound beluga whale.
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Nearly 3,500 Chinese named 'Olympics'
Nov 4 2007 2:00AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The upcoming Beijing Olympics is more than just a point of pride for China _ it's such an important part of the national consciousness that nearly 3,500 children have been named for the event, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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