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Premiers of two Koreas begin talks
Nov 14 2007 10:57PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The prime ministers of North and South Korea launched their first talks in 15 years on a harmonious note Wednesday, seeking to build on plans for economic cooperation devised at a summit of their leaders last month.
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Minor parties advise China's communists
Nov 14 2007 10:22PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's communist government wants several small political parties to play a greater role in advising the leadership, though without challenging its authoritarian hold on Chinese society, the government said Thursday.
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Musharraf to quit army this month
Nov 14 2007 9:08PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said for the first time Wednesday that he expects to quit as chief of Pakistan's army by the end of November, heralding a return to civilian rule.
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Musharraf to quit army this month
Nov 14 2007 9:08PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said for the first time Wednesday that he expects to quit as chief of Pakistan's army by the end of November, heralding a return to civilian rule.
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Musharraf to quit army this month
Nov 14 2007 9:08PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said for the first time Wednesday that he expects to quit as chief of Pakistan's army by the end of November, heralding a return to civilian rule.
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Musharraf to quit army this month
Nov 14 2007 9:08PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said for the first time Wednesday that he expects to quit as chief of Pakistan's army by the end of November, heralding a return to civilian rule.
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Khmer Rouge couple formally detained
Nov 14 2007 4:02PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Charged with crimes against humanity, former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary and his wife were formally put in detention Wednesday by Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal.
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Khmer Rouge couple formally detained
Nov 14 2007 4:02PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Charged with crimes against humanity, former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary and his wife were formally put in detention Wednesday by Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal.
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Khmer Rouge couple formally detained
Nov 14 2007 4:02PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Charged with crimes against humanity, former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary and his wife were formally put in detention Wednesday by Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal.
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Khmer Rouge couple formally detained
Nov 14 2007 4:02PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Charged with crimes against humanity, former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary and his wife were formally put in detention Wednesday by Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal.
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Cyclone prompts Bangladesh evacuations
Nov 14 2007 3:49PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Volunteers helped evacuate thousands of people Wednesday from Bangladesh's southern coast and the government warned ships to seek shelter as a cyclone roared offshore.
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Afghans expanding pomegranate exports
Nov 14 2007 12:11PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Farm hands place mounds of bright red pomegranates into shipping boxes stamped "Product of Afghanistan." The price and quality of the sweet fruit are up, and the farmers are happy that a new storage facility has extended their selling season.
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Afghans expanding pomegranate exports
Nov 14 2007 12:11PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Farm hands place mounds of bright red pomegranates into shipping boxes stamped "Product of Afghanistan." The price and quality of the sweet fruit are up, and the farmers are happy that a new storage facility has extended their selling season.
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Afghans expanding pomegranate exports
Nov 14 2007 12:11PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Farm hands place mounds of bright red pomegranates into shipping boxes stamped "Product of Afghanistan." The price and quality of the sweet fruit are up, and the farmers are happy that a new storage facility has extended their selling season.
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Dozens of Taliban killed in airstrikes
Nov 14 2007 8:01AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces clashed with militants in southern Afghanistan and called in airstrikes that killed dozens of insurgents, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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China returns Taiwan mail over UN slogan
Nov 14 2007 7:14AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is stamping return to sender on mail from Taiwan postmarked with a slogan supporting the island's bid to join the United Nations.
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China dissident gets 5 years in prison
Nov 14 2007 7:13AM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - A Chinese dissident lawyer was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday after publishing a book about a political scandal and helping villagers lead a campaign to unseat local officials accused of corruption, his attorney said.
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Record pollution dumped in China river
Nov 14 2007 7:12AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The amount of sewage dumped into China's Yangtze River rose 3 percent last year to a record level, state media said Wednesday.
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Hong Kong press practicing self-censorship
Nov 14 2007 6:14AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Journalists and newspapers in Hong Kong are increasingly practicing self-censorship to prevent upsetting mainland China, one of the territory's most outspoken pro-democracy activists said Wednesday.
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Myanmar continues arrests of activists
Nov 14 2007 3:05AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military junta arrested three more activists Wednesday, witnesses said, surging ahead with a crackdown even as it hosted a U.N. human rights investigator and insisted that all arrests had stopped.
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Explosion near Tajik presidential palace
Nov 14 2007 2:34AM (CT)
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AP) - An explosion Wednesday at the Tajik presidential palace killed a guard in what officials called a terror attack.
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11 die in China massage parlor fire
Nov 14 2007 2:11AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An early morning blaze at a foot massage parlor killed at least 11 people in northern China on Wednesday, a fire official said.
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Khmer Rouge ex-head of state has stroke
Nov 14 2007 1:34AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Khieu Samphan, the former Khmer Rouge head of state whose arrest by a U.N.-backed genocide tribunal has been widely expected, was flown by helicopter to the capital for medical treatment after suffering a stroke, his daughter said Wednesday.
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Khmer Rouge ex-head of state has stroke
Nov 14 2007 1:34AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Khieu Samphan, the former Khmer Rouge head of state whose arrest by a U.N.-backed genocide tribunal has been widely expected, was flown by helicopter to the capital for medical treatment after suffering a stroke, his daughter said Wednesday.
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Khmer Rouge ex-head of state has stroke
Nov 14 2007 1:34AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Khieu Samphan, the former Khmer Rouge head of state whose arrest by a U.N.-backed genocide tribunal has been widely expected, was flown by helicopter to the capital for medical treatment after suffering a stroke, his daughter said Wednesday.
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Khmer Rouge ex-head of state has stroke
Nov 14 2007 1:34AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Khieu Samphan, the former Khmer Rouge head of state whose arrest by a U.N.-backed genocide tribunal has been widely expected, was flown by helicopter to the capital for medical treatment after suffering a stroke, his daughter said Wednesday.
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