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China: Three Gorges impact not that bad
Nov 21 2007 10:51PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese government sought Thursday to head off rising concern about the environmental impact of the massive Three Gorges Dam, playing down a deadly landslide and saying that any damage had been foreseen by planners.
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Bangladesh shows satellites save lives
Nov 21 2007 6:47PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Improvements to a global network of early warning systems helped save many lives in Bangladesh last week when a powerful cyclone pummeled the country's southwestern coast, an intergovernmental group said Wednesday.
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Aide: Musharraf may quit army Saturday
Nov 21 2007 4:06PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The government freed more jailed political activists Wednesday and a senior official said President Gen. Pervez Musharraf might step down as army chief this weekend, moves that could blunt opposition threats to boycott parliamentary elections.
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Aide: Musharraf may quit army Saturday
Nov 21 2007 4:06PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The government freed more jailed political activists Wednesday and a senior official said President Gen. Pervez Musharraf might step down as army chief this weekend, moves that could blunt opposition threats to boycott parliamentary elections.
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Aide: Musharraf may quit army Saturday
Nov 21 2007 4:06PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The government freed more jailed political activists Wednesday and a senior official said President Gen. Pervez Musharraf might step down as army chief this weekend, moves that could blunt opposition threats to boycott parliamentary elections.
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Aide: Musharraf may quit army Saturday
Nov 21 2007 4:06PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The government freed more jailed political activists Wednesday and a senior official said President Gen. Pervez Musharraf might step down as army chief this weekend, moves that could blunt opposition threats to boycott parliamentary elections.
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Aide: Musharraf may quit army Saturday
Nov 21 2007 4:06PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The government freed more jailed political activists Wednesday and a senior official said President Gen. Pervez Musharraf might step down as army chief this weekend, moves that could blunt opposition threats to boycott parliamentary elections.
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Military: 9 Tamil rebels killed
Nov 21 2007 3:36PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Soldiers killed nine Tamil Tiger rebels in several clashes in northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the military said.
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Bangladeshis fight over scarce food aid
Nov 21 2007 2:54PM (CT)
TAFALBARI, Bangladesh (AP) - International donors pledged hundreds of millions of dollars Wednesday to rebuild Bangladesh's cyclone-ravaged coast, but help wasn't coming fast enough for thousands of homeless survivors who fought over meager rice handouts.
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Bangladeshis fight over scarce food aid
Nov 21 2007 2:54PM (CT)
TAFALBARI, Bangladesh (AP) - International donors pledged hundreds of millions of dollars Wednesday to rebuild Bangladesh's cyclone-ravaged coast, but help wasn't coming fast enough for thousands of homeless survivors who fought over meager rice handouts.
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Bangladeshis fight over scarce food aid
Nov 21 2007 2:54PM (CT)
TAFALBARI, Bangladesh (AP) - International donors pledged hundreds of millions of dollars Wednesday to rebuild Bangladesh's cyclone-ravaged coast, but help wasn't coming fast enough for thousands of homeless survivors who fought over meager rice handouts.
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Bangladeshis fight over scarce food aid
Nov 21 2007 2:54PM (CT)
TAFALBARI, Bangladesh (AP) - International donors pledged hundreds of millions of dollars Wednesday to rebuild Bangladesh's cyclone-ravaged coast, but help wasn't coming fast enough for thousands of homeless survivors who fought over meager rice handouts.
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Bangladeshis fight over scarce food aid
Nov 21 2007 2:54PM (CT)
TAFALBARI, Bangladesh (AP) - International donors pledged hundreds of millions of dollars Wednesday to rebuild Bangladesh's cyclone-ravaged coast, but help wasn't coming fast enough for thousands of homeless survivors who fought over meager rice handouts.
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Bangladeshis fight over scarce food aid
Nov 21 2007 2:54PM (CT)
TAFALBARI, Bangladesh (AP) - International donors pledged hundreds of millions of dollars Wednesday to rebuild Bangladesh's cyclone-ravaged coast, but help wasn't coming fast enough for thousands of homeless survivors who fought over meager rice handouts.
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China farmers with HIV/AIDS hold sit-in
Nov 21 2007 12:51PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Authorities manhandled and detained AIDS patients who were demanding increased government support and access to medical records that would help prove they were infected through hospital blood transfusions, protesters said Wednesday.
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China debates new holiday schedule
Nov 21 2007 12:13PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Stuck in a crowd of about 200 other tourists, Zhong Jian and her friends waited for an hour to buy tickets for a boat cruise down the scenic Li River before giving up. Their problem: scheduling their trip during the May national holidays.
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China debates new holiday schedule
Nov 21 2007 12:13PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Stuck in a crowd of about 200 other tourists, Zhong Jian and her friends waited for an hour to buy tickets for a boat cruise down the scenic Li River before giving up. Their problem: scheduling their trip during the May national holidays.
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China debates new holiday schedule
Nov 21 2007 12:13PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Stuck in a crowd of about 200 other tourists, Zhong Jian and her friends waited for an hour to buy tickets for a boat cruise down the scenic Li River before giving up. Their problem: scheduling their trip during the May national holidays.
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China debates new holiday schedule
Nov 21 2007 12:13PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Stuck in a crowd of about 200 other tourists, Zhong Jian and her friends waited for an hour to buy tickets for a boat cruise down the scenic Li River before giving up. Their problem: scheduling their trip during the May national holidays.
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China debates new holiday schedule
Nov 21 2007 12:13PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Stuck in a crowd of about 200 other tourists, Zhong Jian and her friends waited for an hour to buy tickets for a boat cruise down the scenic Li River before giving up. Their problem: scheduling their trip during the May national holidays.
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Philippines, Vietnam ready for storms
Nov 21 2007 9:45AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered the evacuation of thousands of people in the eastern Philippines ahead of a powerful tropical storm, officials said Wednesday.
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Troops deployed to quell Calcutta riots
Nov 21 2007 9:40AM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - Dozens of soldiers marched through the city and police imposed a curfew Wednesday to try to quell riots that erupted after protesters alleged government brutality, officials and witnesses said.
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Troops deployed to quell Calcutta riots
Nov 21 2007 9:40AM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - Dozens of soldiers marched through the city and police imposed a curfew Wednesday to try to quell riots that erupted after protesters alleged government brutality, officials and witnesses said.
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Troops deployed to quell Calcutta riots
Nov 21 2007 9:40AM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - Dozens of soldiers marched through the city and police imposed a curfew Wednesday to try to quell riots that erupted after protesters alleged government brutality, officials and witnesses said.
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Troops deployed to quell Calcutta riots
Nov 21 2007 9:40AM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - Dozens of soldiers marched through the city and police imposed a curfew Wednesday to try to quell riots that erupted after protesters alleged government brutality, officials and witnesses said.
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Gunmen kill 4 in southern Thailand
Nov 21 2007 9:01AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Unidentified gunmen in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand killed four local government employees Wednesday in the same district where a prominent political party leader was campaigning, police said.
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Philippine president rebukes Myanmar
Nov 21 2007 8:09AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - The president of the Philippines took a parting shot at Myanmar's junta Wednesday, deploring the pace of democratic reforms in the Southeast Asian nation as she hastily returned home to oversee preparations for a looming tropical storm.
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Prosecutors want Khmer Rouge chief held
Nov 21 2007 7:32AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Fearing the release of former Khmer Rouge officials could result in violence, prosecutors on Wednesday asked that bail be withheld for a suspect appealing his pre-trial detention by Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal.
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Prosecutors want Khmer Rouge chief held
Nov 21 2007 7:32AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Fearing the release of former Khmer Rouge officials could result in violence, prosecutors on Wednesday asked that bail be withheld for a suspect appealing his pre-trial detention by Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal.
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Japan workers at US bases go on strike
Nov 21 2007 4:23AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - More than 16,000 Japanese workers at U.S. military bases in Japan went on strike Wednesday, protesting Tokyo's plan to cut their benefits as it tightens its budget supporting the 50,000 U.S. troops here.
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Army: 40 militants killed in NW Pakistan
Nov 21 2007 3:16AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Security forces attacked mountaintop positions of pro-Taliban militants in northwestern Pakistan, leaving 40 fighters dead, the army said Wednesday.
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China naval ship making Japan port call
Nov 21 2007 2:31AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese naval ship left Wednesday for a port call to Japan for the first time since World War II in a further sign of easing in the Asian neighbors' often tense relations.
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UN committee approves Myanmar resolution
Nov 21 2007 1:01AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A U.N. General Assembly committee approved a draft resolution Tuesday strongly condemning the Myanmar government's crackdown on peaceful protesters and calling on the military junta to immediately release political prisoners.
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