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8 killed in Indonesian gas pipe blast
Nov 22 2006 10:23PM (CT)
PORONG, Indonesia (AP) - An underground gas pipe exploded near Indonesia's second largest city Wednesday, killing at least eight people, police said.
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Tonga's king promises democratic reforms
Nov 22 2006 10:21PM (CT)
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) - Tonga's king on Thursday promised a more democratic government for his Pacific island nation in the wake of rioting that killed six people and burned about 80 percent of the businesses in the capital city.
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S.Korean workers protest U.S. trade deal
Nov 22 2006 7:20PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Tens of thousands of South Korean workers held rallies and labor strikes Wednesday to oppose a free trade agreement with the United States and demand better working conditions.
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U.N. official asks Pakistan ratification
Nov 22 2006 5:25PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A senior U.N. anti-terrorism official on Wednesday urged Pakistan to ratify the world body's convention that aims to curb financing for terrorist activities.
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Nepal celebrates peace deal with rallies
Nov 22 2006 4:26PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Rallies celebrating Nepal's peace deal swept the impoverished Himalayan country Wednesday, and King Gyanendra accepted the pact between the government and communist rebels who had jointly forced him to give up his authoritarian rule.
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Porn site operator jailed in China
Nov 22 2006 12:11PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The creator of China's largest pornographic Web site was jailed for life on Wednesday, state media reported.
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Smuggled orangutans arrive in Indonesia
Nov 22 2006 5:09AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Dozens of orangutans trained to box each other in a Thai amusement park returned home Wednesday to start a new life in a jungle reserve on their native island of Borneo, officials said.
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Female Afghan minister pushes for rights
Nov 22 2006 4:40AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Five years after the Taliban's fall, women aren't beaten if they leave home without a male relative. Girls can go to school, and a quarter of Afghan parliamentarians are women _ as mandated by law. But life remains bleak: Many women and girls face domestic violence and forced marriage in this conservative, violence-plagued country. In many provinces where the government wields little power, life for women remains as it was during the rule of the Taliban.
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Report: N. Korea won't abandon nukes
Nov 22 2006 2:47AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A senior North Korean diplomat strongly indicated that his country has no plans to abandon nuclear weapons, despite its agreement to return to six-nation disarmament talks, according to news reports Wednesday.
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Pollution turns part of Yellow River red
Nov 22 2006 2:01AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Dyed waste water turned a section of China's Yellow River red for the second time in a month, state media reported Wednesday.
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Indonesia would send Iraq peacekeepers
Nov 22 2006 1:54AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia's foreign minister said Wednesday that his country would be willing to send peacekeepers to Iraq and could encourage other Muslim countries to do the same.
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Thailand coup leaders draft explanation
Nov 22 2006 12:44AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's coup leaders have drafted a document detailing their reasons for overthrowing the country's prime minister to defuse criticism of the coup at home and abroad, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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Nepalese PM, rebels sign peace deal
Nov 22 2006 12:39AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - The government and Maoist rebels signed a peace deal Tuesday to end a 10-year insurgency, marking the start of a hopeful but uncertain political era in this Himalayan nation, the world's last Hindu monarchy.
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