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Ethnic rebels claim car bombing in Pakistan
Nov 15 2005 10:02PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - An ethnic rebel group claimed responsibility for a car bombing Tuesday in downtown Karachi that hit a KFC restaurant and rattled the offices of a state-run petroleum company, killing at least three people.
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Hu arrives in South Korea for talks
Nov 15 2005 8:28PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Seoul on Wednesday for talks with South Korea's president and an annual meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders, the first time in a decade a Chinese president has visited South Korea.
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Rice urges better cooperation in Asia
Nov 15 2005 8:07PM (CT)
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged better cooperation among Asian trading partners facing threats of terrorism, adding Wednesday that richer nations must help poorer ones in that fight.
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Bush tries to strengthen U.S. influence
Nov 15 2005 5:28PM (CT)
KYOTO, Japan (AP) - President Bush is trying to strengthen America's influence in Asia in the face of China's rising economy and military might, asserting the United States will remain engaged in the region and encourage human rights and freedom.
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Princess chooses love over palace life
Nov 15 2005 3:32PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The only daughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko married a childhood friend Tuesday and began life as a commoner after moving out of the royal palace and giving up the title of princess.
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Karzai warns of more Afghan terror attacks
Nov 15 2005 3:29PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A U.S. soldier was killed Tuesday when a bomb exploded near a troop patrol in volatile eastern Afghanistan, while President Hamid Karzai said he expects terror attacks to continue in his country "for much more time to come."
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Panel: No religious freedom in N. Korea
Nov 15 2005 2:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - There is no freedom of religion in North Korea although there are four churches in the capital of Pyongyang, where some elderly people worship, an independent federal commission reported Tuesday.
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U.N. gets funds vital to quake food drops
Nov 15 2005 2:47PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A vital injection of new funds will sustain United Nations food drops to victims of South Asia's earthquake for at least two more months in one of the largest helicopter airlifts of aid, U.N. officials said Tuesday.
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Asian summit host has history of activism
Nov 15 2005 2:15PM (CT)
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) - The host of this week's Asia-Pacific summit was once an anti-government firebrand from a poor farming family who demanded an end to the U.S. military presence in South Korea.
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China to mark birthday of late leader
Nov 15 2005 11:34AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Tuesday it will mark the birthday of the late deposed leader Hu Yaobang this month, signaling a possible rehabilitation for a popular figure linked to the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests of 1989.
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U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan blast
Nov 15 2005 8:07AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb exploded Tuesday near U.S. and Afghan troops as they patrolled in volatile eastern Afghanistan, killing a U.S. soldier and wounding another, the military said.
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S. Korea, China agree to cool off row
Nov 15 2005 6:51AM (CT)
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) - Cooling off a spicy issue between their countries, China and South Korea agreed Tuesday to put the lid on a controversy over the pungent traditional Korean pickled vegetables known as kimchi.
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Schwarzenegger opens business part of tour
Nov 15 2005 1:01AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened the business portion of his China trade mission by focusing on renewable energy, praising a Silicon Valley-designed solar chip as part of "the future" of energy efficiency in China and at home.
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