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N. Korea television reports on U.S. vote
Nov 10 2006 10:14PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean television Friday carried a report on the U.S. midterm election, saying the Republican Party suffered a "crushing defeat" and claiming that President Bush fired his defense secretary in its wake.
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Typhoon Chebi slams into Philippines
Nov 10 2006 9:09PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A powerful typhoon intensified Saturday as it slammed the northeastern Philippines, ripping roofs off buildings and downing power lines, officials said.
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Russia negotiating Korean energy deals
Nov 10 2006 4:05PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Russia has been negotiating deals to provide electricity to North and South Korea, a Russian official said, although the talks are now in jeopardy because of U.N. Security Council sanctions against the communist nation.
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Envoy: U.S. eager for India nuke deal
Nov 10 2006 4:01PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A top U.S. official said Friday that Washington is eager to finalize a civilian nuclear pact with India, and urged it to work with neighboring Pakistan in the fight against terrorism when they resume peace talks next week.
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Vietnam sentences 3 convicted terrorists
Nov 10 2006 1:57PM (CT)
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam defused a political storm Friday by issuing light sentences to three Vietnamese-Americans convicted of terrorism, preventing the closely watched case from clouding President Bush's visit next week.
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Activists challenge communism in China
Nov 10 2006 1:01PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Cai Aimin says he was busily handing out homemade leaflets on the streets, campaigning for a seat in his city's legislature, when police officers swooped in and dragged him into an unmarked car. The platform outlined in his handbills called for exposing corrupt officials and protecting citizens from seizures of their property. The police, he said, did not agree.
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5 killed in Kashmir mosque grenade blast
Nov 10 2006 11:40AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Suspected militants hurled a grenade into a crowd outside a mosque Friday in a village in Indian Kashmir, killing at least five people and wounding nearly 30, police officials and a doctor said.
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Prominent Tamil politician assassinated
Nov 10 2006 11:06AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A prominent Tamil legislator was assassinated in the Sri Lankan capital Friday, while the navy said it killed six rebels in an attack on Tamil Tiger boats.
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Communist rebels rally in Nepal
Nov 10 2006 10:53AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Tens of thousands of communist rebels held rallies in the capital Katmandu and other cities Friday to celebrate an agreement signed with the government.
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Bomb kills Pakistani elder, 8 others
Nov 10 2006 10:51AM (CT)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - A roadside bomb hit a vehicle carrying a prominent pro-government tribal elder in a volatile region near the Afghan border Friday, killing him and eight other people, local intelligence officials said.
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Asian nations sign 'Iron Silk Road' deal
Nov 10 2006 9:06AM (CT)
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) - For decades, Asian officials have dreamed of a continent-spanning railway network linking landlocked countries to vibrant coastal cities, boosting commerce along the paths of ancient trade routes.
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Accused rapist to be slapped in India
Nov 10 2006 8:15AM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - A man in northern India will be publicly slapped 51 times as punishment after village elders found him guilty of raping a neighbor who is deaf and mute, a village chief said Friday.
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Prison term sought for U.S. mining exec
Nov 10 2006 5:09AM (CT)
MANADO, Indonesia (AP) - Prosecutors on Friday demanded a three-year prison term for an American executive whose mining company is accused of dumping dangerous levels of mercury and arsenic-laced waste into an Indonesian bay.
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Police: Blast kill 5 girls in Pakistan
Nov 10 2006 2:25AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Five high-school students who mistook a bomblet for a toy were fatally wounded when the explosive went off as they played with it in a field in Pakistan's part of Kashmir, police said Friday.
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Next U.N. head bids farewell in SKorea
Nov 10 2006 2:06AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The next secretary-general of the United Nations formally stepped down as South Korea's foreign minister Friday and vowed to use his influence to help resolve the standoff over North Korea's nuclear program.
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Report: Passenger train derails in India
Nov 10 2006 12:27AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Ten cars of a passenger train derailed in western India early Friday, injuring at least 40 people, 15 seriously, news reports said.
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Reports: Police, Chinese villagers clash
Nov 10 2006 12:26AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Police armed with shields, clubs and attack dogs fired tear gas on thousands of villagers protesting what they called a land grab by officials in southern China, Hong Kong media reported Friday.
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