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U.N. official to meet Myanmar leaders
Nov 7 2006 11:16PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A top U.N. official will meet Myanmar's military rulers and detained Nobel laureate and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a visit to the impoverished nation this week, the U.N. spokesman said Tuesday.
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Nepal's communist rebels sign agreement
Nov 7 2006 5:34PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's communist rebels have signed an agreement with the government to lock up their weapons and join an interim government, officials said Wednesday.
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Indonesia rebel sentenced for slayings
Nov 7 2006 3:31PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A separatist rebel who killed two American teachers at a U.S.-owned gold mine was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday and his accomplices up to seven years, a judge said.
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Tornado in Japan kills 9, injures 25
Nov 7 2006 1:01PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's deadliest tornado on record tore through a remote northern town on Tuesday, killing nine people and injuring 25, police said.
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China province said to close more mines
Nov 7 2006 12:47PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A northern Chinese province accounting for nearly one-third of China's coal output will shut down 900 more coal mines by mid-2008 due to safety, environmental and energy concerns, state media reported Tuesday.
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Coalition soldier killed in Afghanistan
Nov 7 2006 11:59AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban militants ambushed a U.S.-led coalition patrol in southern Afghanistan, killing one soldier, while an attack on police in the east left two insurgents and one police officer dead, officials said Tuesday.
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Storms left 7,300 homeless in N. Korea
Nov 7 2006 11:28AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Heavy weather that battered North Korea's eastern coast in late October left more than 7,300 people homeless, an international aid group said Tuesday, but no deaths were reported due to a successfully functioning early warning system.
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Taiwan president rips prosecutors
Nov 7 2006 9:39AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said Tuesday that prosecutors who have indicted his wife on embezzlement charges are unfairly making links between a secret diplomatic fund and corruption, saying none of the money "entered private pockets."
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U.S. won't accept N. Korean nuke status
Nov 7 2006 9:36AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The United States, South Korea and Japan on Tuesday reaffirmed their opposition to treating North Korea as a nuclear state, a position that could complicate upcoming disarmament talks with the reclusive communist nation.
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3 killed in eastern Afghanistan clash
Nov 7 2006 2:54AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan, leaving two militants and one police officer dead, an official said Tuesday.
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Vietnam puts 3 U.S. citizens on trial
Nov 7 2006 12:22AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Three U.S. citizens are among seven people who will go on trial in Vietnam this week over an alleged attempt to take over state radio stations to call for an uprising against the communist government, a judge said Tuesday.
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