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Toxic leak shuts down Chinese city
Nov 23 2005 11:05PM (CT)
HARBIN, China (AP) - With temperatures dipping to minus 10, this frigid northeastern Chinese city was digging 100 new wells Wednesday after shutting down its water system to protect residents from toxic benzene spewed into a river by a chemical factory explosion.
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Afghanistan opium cultivation declining
Nov 23 2005 5:46PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Cultivation of opium poppies decreased in Afghanistan this year for the first time since 2001, a success that saw one in every five farmers abandon the drug-producing plant for legal crops, a United Nations report said Wednesday.
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U.S. lifts embargo on Indonesia arms sales
Nov 23 2005 3:30PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia welcomed a U.S. decision to lift a six-year arms embargo to help the mostly Muslim nation fight terrorism, but human rights groups said Wednesday it betrayed victims of military brutality.
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3 police officers killed in Afghanistan
Nov 23 2005 1:50PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban militants shot to death three Afghan police Wednesday, a day after a roadside bombing killed a U.S. service member in the same province, a senior official said.
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Australia pledges more earthquake aid
Nov 23 2005 11:41AM (CT)
DHANI, Pakistan (AP) - Australia's prime minister pledged $37 million in new aid Wednesday during a tour of devastated Kashmir, while Pakistan launched a volunteer corps for young people to help victims of last month's earthquake.
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Nepal boy called reincarnation of Buddha
Nov 23 2005 10:52AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A teenage boy has been meditating in a Nepalese jungle for six months, and thousands have flocked to see him, with some believing he is the reincarnation of Buddha, police and media said Wednesday.
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Marines in Philippines get more time
Nov 23 2005 9:13AM (CT)
OLONGAPO, Philippines (AP) - Prosecutors gave six U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman more time to respond to the complaint Wednesday after her lawyers presented a new statement from a key witness.
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Man suspected in India bombings fears mob
Nov 23 2005 7:43AM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - One of India's most wanted men, suspected of terrorizing Bollywood and plotting bombings that killed hundreds, told a court Wednesday he feared he might be murdered by Bombay's mafia for spilling secrets.
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U.S., partners end N. Korea nuke project
Nov 23 2005 6:12AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The United States and its partners in an energy consortium have terminated a project to build two light-water atomic reactors for North Korea as an incentive to convince Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, officials said.
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