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Japan issues tsunami warning after quake
Nov 15 2006 11:51PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Thousands of people living along northern Japan's Pacific coast fled to higher ground Wednesday after a powerful undersea earthquake prompted tsunami warnings as far away as Alaska. Waves generated by the quake hit Hawaii hours later without causing problems, officials said.
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New Pakistani rape laws anger Islamists
Nov 15 2006 11:06PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's lower house of Parliament passed amendments to the country's rape laws Wednesday, ditching the death penalty for extramarital sex and revising a clause on making victims produce four witnesses to prove rape cases.
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Bush seeks to reassure allies on trade
Nov 15 2006 8:04PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - President Bush is seeking to reassure nervous Asian allies that the United States will remain a reliable partner in liberalizing trade, confronting North Korea's nuclear threat and fighting terrorism after an election upheaval back home.
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Brit official to visit Tamil stronghold
Nov 15 2006 6:48PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A former British Cabinet minister will hold talks with Sri Lanka's Tamil rebels in the guerrillas' northern stronghold in a bid to support the faltering peace process, a British High Commission official and a rebel spokesman said Wednesday.
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Thai Muslim teachers held for rebellion
Nov 15 2006 5:34PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced three Muslim teachers to 10 years each in prison for rebellion and criminal conspiracy charges related to their membership in an Islamic separatist group, but acquitted them of murder charges in a 2004 bombing, their lawyer said.
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Alliance calls off strike in Bangladesh
Nov 15 2006 4:46PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - An opposition alliance said Wednesday it would suspend a strike that paralyzed Bangladesh for four days but promised to return to the streets if their demand for election reforms goes unmet.
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Chinese hide dogs to escape crackdown
Nov 15 2006 1:35PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Elaine Loke is shutting down her dog boutique and will spirit her golden retrievers Hippy and Bally out of Beijing to escape the city's sweeping anti-rabies campaign.
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Suspect apologizes for beheadings
Nov 15 2006 12:03PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A suspected Islamic militant told judges Wednesday he took part in the beheadings of three Christian girls on an Indonesian island wracked by religious violence to avenge the deaths of Muslims, but apologized to their families.
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Former Philippine senator is arrested
Nov 15 2006 9:21AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A coup-fomenting former army colonel and senator was arrested after a house-to-house chase Wednesday on charges of involvement in a February plot to overthrow the president, officials said.
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APEC envoys discuss strategy on N. Korea
Nov 15 2006 8:28AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Envoys meeting on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific economic summit, tried Wednesday to cobble together a united strategy for upcoming talks aimed at convincing North Korea to drop its nuclear weapons program.
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Japanese fleet leaves for whale hunt
Nov 15 2006 6:46AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A fleet of Japanese whalers set sail Wednesday for an annual hunt in the Antarctic, where they hope to kill 860 whales for a research program that has been heavily criticized by environmentalists and some other nations.
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India, Pakistan OK anti-terror measures
Nov 15 2006 5:40AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India and Pakistan agreed on measures to combat terrorism and prevent an accidental nuclear conflict in South Asia at the first peace talks since a terrorist attack on Mumbai's train network in July, Pakistan's foreign secretary said Wednesday.
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Orangutans in losing battle in Indonesia
Nov 15 2006 3:40AM (CT)
MANTANGAI, Indonesia (AP) - With smoke from nearby forest fires stinging his eyes, the conservationist aims his tranquilizer dart at the orangutan high in the Borneo jungle. After several misses he manages to knock her out.
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Envoys to work on nuclear talks strategy
Nov 15 2006 2:30AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The top U.S. nuclear envoy said Wednesday that talks with North Korea on its nuclear program will only succeed if the reclusive communist regime lives up to commitments it made last year to abandon nuclear weapons in exchange for aid and security guarantees.
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Man fined for bomb joke in Singapore
Nov 15 2006 2:26AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - An Australian man who joked about a bomb on board a Singapore airline was fined $6,420 under international anti-terrorism regulations, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
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