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Cyclone in Bangladesh kills 1,100
Nov 16 2007 11:57PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Military ships and helicopters joined in rescue and relief operations Saturday for survivors of a cyclone that savaged coastal Bangladesh, killing a reported 1,100 people in the deadliest such storm in more than a decade.
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Cyclone in Bangladesh kills 1,100
Nov 16 2007 11:57PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Military ships and helicopters joined in rescue and relief operations Saturday for survivors of a cyclone that savaged coastal Bangladesh, killing a reported 1,100 people in the deadliest such storm in more than a decade.
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Cyclone in Bangladesh kills 1,100
Nov 16 2007 11:57PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Military ships and helicopters joined in rescue and relief operations Saturday for survivors of a cyclone that savaged coastal Bangladesh, killing a reported 1,100 people in the deadliest such storm in more than a decade.
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Cyclone in Bangladesh kills 1,100
Nov 16 2007 11:57PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Military ships and helicopters joined in rescue and relief operations Saturday for survivors of a cyclone that savaged coastal Bangladesh, killing a reported 1,100 people in the deadliest such storm in more than a decade.
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US envoy to press Musharraf
Nov 16 2007 11:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf faces a stern warning from a top American diplomat on Saturday: end emergency rule or wreck landmark elections and risk undermining vital U.S. support.
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US envoy to press Musharraf
Nov 16 2007 11:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf faces a stern warning from a top American diplomat on Saturday: end emergency rule or wreck landmark elections and risk undermining vital U.S. support.
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US envoy to press Musharraf
Nov 16 2007 11:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf faces a stern warning from a top American diplomat on Saturday: end emergency rule or wreck landmark elections and risk undermining vital U.S. support.
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US envoy to press Musharraf
Nov 16 2007 11:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf faces a stern warning from a top American diplomat on Saturday: end emergency rule or wreck landmark elections and risk undermining vital U.S. support.
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US envoy to press Musharraf
Nov 16 2007 11:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf faces a stern warning from a top American diplomat on Saturday: end emergency rule or wreck landmark elections and risk undermining vital U.S. support.
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US envoy to press Musharraf
Nov 16 2007 11:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf faces a stern warning from a top American diplomat on Saturday: end emergency rule or wreck landmark elections and risk undermining vital U.S. support.
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Pakistan army No. 2 will play key role
Nov 16 2007 9:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's next army chief owes his meteoric rise to Gen. Pervez Musharraf, but was once a confidant and senior aide to the Pakistani leader's archrival Benazir Bhutto. He is well-known in Washington but has a reputation for keeping his cards close to his chest.
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Afghan violence kills 25 militants
Nov 16 2007 8:23PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan and foreign forces clashed with Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, leaving 25 suspected insurgents and two policemen dead, officials said Friday.
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UN envoy gets Myanmar casualty evidence
Nov 16 2007 7:40PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - At least 15 people died in Myanmar's biggest city when the military crushed September's pro-democracy demonstrations, five more than the government has acknowledged, according to a U.N. human rights investigator Friday.
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UN envoy gets Myanmar casualty evidence
Nov 16 2007 7:40PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - At least 15 people died in Myanmar's biggest city when the military crushed September's pro-democracy demonstrations, five more than the government has acknowledged, according to a U.N. human rights investigator Friday.
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UN envoy gets Myanmar casualty evidence
Nov 16 2007 7:40PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - At least 15 people died in Myanmar's biggest city when the military crushed September's pro-democracy demonstrations, five more than the government has acknowledged, according to a U.N. human rights investigator Friday.
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Myanmar rubies have dealers seeing red
Nov 16 2007 1:46PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The rich red hue of Myanmar's prized rubies is a reminder to many gem dealers of the military government's bloody crackdown on democracy advocates, and talk of a boycott is increasing.
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Myanmar rubies have dealers seeing red
Nov 16 2007 1:46PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The rich red hue of Myanmar's prized rubies is a reminder to many gem dealers of the military government's bloody crackdown on democracy advocates, and talk of a boycott is increasing.
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Girls name Russian in Cambodia sex case
Nov 16 2007 12:35PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Nineteen girls have claimed they were sexually abused by a Russian businessman arrested in Cambodia last month _ the largest number of children to allege abuse by one person, police said.
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Koreas agree on reconciliation deal
Nov 16 2007 11:36AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North and South Korea struck an ambitious deal Friday to launch cross-border train service and construction projects in the impoverished North despite concerns that reconciliation will founder if the South elects a conservative president.
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Koreas agree on reconciliation deal
Nov 16 2007 11:36AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North and South Korea struck an ambitious deal Friday to launch cross-border train service and construction projects in the impoverished North despite concerns that reconciliation will founder if the South elects a conservative president.
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China to quash protests at Olympics
Nov 16 2007 9:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese police will deal harshly with social or political demonstrations at the Beijing Olympics, a top security official said Friday.
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China to quash protests at Olympics
Nov 16 2007 9:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese police will deal harshly with social or political demonstrations at the Beijing Olympics, a top security official said Friday.
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Number of bullying cases in Japan rises
Nov 16 2007 1:08AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The number of bullying cases reported in schools across Japan has risen sharply after officials broadened the term's definition following a series of student suicides linked to bullying, the Education Ministry said Thursday.
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