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Bush urges China leader to expand freedoms
Nov 19 2005 11:48PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - President Bush called on China on Sunday to expand religious, political and social freedoms and urged steps to reduce Beijing's huge trade surplus with the United States. President Hu Jintao promised steps to resolve economic frictions.
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APEC leaders challenge Europe on subsidies
Nov 19 2005 11:43PM (CT)
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) - President Bush and other Pacific Rim leaders ended their annual economic summit Saturday with an indirect challenge to European countries to help revive global free-trade negotiations by cutting their hefty farm subsidies.
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India, Pakistan open militarized border
Nov 19 2005 7:05PM (CT)
TEETHWAL, India (AP) - For the first time in 58 years, Indians legally walked into Pakistan on Saturday after a landmark decision to open divided Kashmir's heavily militarized border. The temporary measure _ aimed at reuniting families after the earthquake that devastated the region _ may go a long way toward easing tensions between the two nuclear rivals.
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Sri Lanka's new president sworn in
Nov 19 2005 5:27PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's new president, sworn in Saturday, promised to renew peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels but reiterated his opposition to their demand for an independent state on the Indian Ocean island.
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Quake off Indonesia triggers tsunami alert
Nov 19 2005 4:33PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An earthquake with a magnitude of at least 6.2 struck off the coast of Sumatra on Saturday, triggering a tsunami alert and prompting some residents to flee their homes, officials said.
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Schwarzenegger heads home from China trip
Nov 19 2005 7:12AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - For Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose much-vaunted "year of reform" agenda was soundly beaten in a special election less than two weeks ago, a three-city trade mission in the Far East could not have come at a better time.
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Pakistan: $5.4B in quake aid raised
Nov 19 2005 6:22AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - International donors have pledged $5.4 billion in quake aid to Pakistan, surpassing the amount sought by the government, the prime minister said Saturday. The U.S. nearly tripled its pledge to more than half a billion dollars in a show of support for a key ally in the war on terror.
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Rajapakse sworn in as Sri Lanka leader
Nov 19 2005 5:55AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Mahinda Rajapakse, who has promised to re-examine a truce with Tamil rebels, was sworn in Saturday as Sri Lanka's new president.
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Annan calls Asian quake response 'weak'
Nov 19 2005 12:09AM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan chided the international community Friday for a "weak and tardy" response to the South Asia quake that killed more than 87,000 people.
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