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China sends team to probe toxic spill
Nov 25 2005 11:07PM (CT)
HARBIN, China (AP) - China's leaders sent a team to investigate a chemical plant accident that poisoned a major river, saying officials responsible will be punished as the 3.8 million residents of this northeastern city endured a fourth frigid day without running water on Saturday.
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Indian millionaire seeks balloon record
Nov 25 2005 10:35PM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - A 67-year-old Indian millionaire began a flight Saturday aiming to become the first person to fly a hot air balloon to the fringes of space.
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Thousands of women rally in Bangladesh
Nov 25 2005 2:38PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Thousands of women rallied Friday to demand that developed nations open their doors to workers and products from poor nations.
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Jolie appeals for Pakistan quake zone aid
Nov 25 2005 2:04PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Fresh from a tour of Pakistan's devastated earthquake zone, actress and U.N. goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie was most moved by the people she saw: A man digging in rubble. A boy scared by aftershocks but joyous over his sister's survival. A thinly dressed pregnant woman worried about the coming winter.
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Floodwaters wash away two buses in India
Nov 25 2005 12:25PM (CT)
BANGALORE, India (AP) - Two crowded buses were washed away by floodwaters Friday in southern India, killing 30 people and leaving another 30 missing and feared drowned, officials said.
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Bomb wounds four in Afghanistan
Nov 25 2005 10:12AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb tore through a vehicle carrying NATO-led peacekeepers in a northern city Friday, wounding four Swedish soldiers and two Afghan civilians, officials said.
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60 feared dead as floods wash away buses
Nov 25 2005 9:02AM (CT)
BANGALORE, India (AP) - More than 60 people were feared drowned Friday after two crowded buses were washed away in floods in a southern Indian state, local officials said.
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Indonesia to buy U.S. military equipment
Nov 25 2005 7:51AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia plans to start buying military equipment from the United States in January following the lifting of an arms embargo, and will prioritize transport aircraft, the defense minister said Friday.
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Indonesia to make bird flu drug Tamiflu
Nov 25 2005 7:40AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia on Friday said it will begin producing the bird flu drug Tamiflu. Hard-hit Vietnam reported another outbreak of the virus among poultry.
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U.S. expert expelled from Indonesia, again
Nov 25 2005 7:25AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia expelled an American expert on Southeast Asian terrorist networks for one year, an official said Friday, saying her activities could cause public disorder.
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Iraq wants Japanese troops to remain
Nov 25 2005 2:45AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Iraq's foreign minister asked Japan on Friday to extend its military mission of 600 troops in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah.
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Man sentenced to death for abducting kids
Nov 25 2005 1:31AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A man in south China has been sentenced to death for leading a gang that kidnapped 38 children and sold them to other families for adoption, state media said Friday.
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Aso seeks support for US troop realignment
Nov 25 2005 12:57AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's foreign minister visited Okinawa on Friday to seek support for a plan to move a U.S. air station to a less congested site on the island.
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