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Political alliance to protest in Dhaka
Nov 11 2006 11:39PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A political alliance planned to go ahead Sunday with a paralyzing strike to press for electoral reforms, despite a police ban on gatherings in the capital, officials said.
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Bomb explodes at Jakarta restaurant
Nov 11 2006 11:36PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A bomb exploded at an American fast food restaurant in the Indonesian capital on Saturday, seriously wounding a man believed to have been carrying the device.
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Post-Taliban Kabul blossoms for the rich
Nov 11 2006 4:53PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Eight-year-old Sajjad's kite struggles upward. It's nothing grand _ a plastic bag salvaged from a heap of garbage and fashioned into a diamond shape.
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Confined Nobel laureate: aid needed
Nov 11 2006 12:32PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained Nobel Peace Prize winner, told a U.N. official during a brief and rare meeting Saturday that she was in "good health" but needed more regular medical attention, a U.N. statement said.
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Putin meets Iran's nuclear negotiator
Nov 11 2006 11:10AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saturday, indicating a strong Russian diplomatic push to get Iran to shift its position on its nuclear program.
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Report: Dalai Lama seeks China democracy
Nov 11 2006 10:17AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, told a Japanese opposition party politician that democratization would make China a more predictable neighbor, a news report said Saturday.
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General: GIs preserve Afghan freedom
Nov 11 2006 9:56AM (CT)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - The top U.S. operational commander in Afghanistan on Saturday told hundreds of troops at a Veterans Day memorial that American forces are preserving freedom from terrorism just as World War II veterans preserved freedom in Europe and Asia.
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Beijing crackdown on dogs sparks protest
Nov 11 2006 8:05AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Demonstrators angry at a crackdown on dogs staged a noisy protest in China's capital on Saturday, decrying police killings of dogs and new limits on pet ownership.
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Report: U.S., N.Korea may meet in N.Y.
Nov 11 2006 5:52AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. and North Korea may hold talks in New York as early as next week aimed at working toward the resumption of six-country discussions on Pyongyang's nuclear program, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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N.Korean television reports on U.S. vote
Nov 11 2006 1:30AM (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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