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Former Japan defense official arrested
Nov 28 2007 11:19PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A former top Japanese defense bureaucrat and his wife were arrested Wednesday on suspicion they accepted lavish gifts from companies _ including one linked to General Electric _ in exchange for contracts, officials said.
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China reports riot in southwestern Tibet
Nov 28 2007 10:53PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Rioters in Chinese-ruled Tibet destroyed shops and government offices following a dispute between Buddhist monks and a local shopkeeper, the government's news agency reported Wednesday.
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China HIV/AIDS figures down
Nov 28 2007 10:16PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has 223,501 people infected with HIV, the official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday, a sharp drop in previously reported figures.
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China fireworks explosion leaves 11 dead
Nov 28 2007 10:07PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An explosion in a fireworks factory in central China killed 11 people and injured eight, the government's Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.
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Afghans: NATO airstrikes kill 14 workers
Nov 28 2007 6:57PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO warplanes hunting Taliban fighters in eastern Afghanistan mistakenly bombed an Afghan road construction crew sleeping in tents, killing 14 workers, Afghan officials said Wednesday.
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Afghans: NATO airstrikes kill 14 workers
Nov 28 2007 6:57PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO warplanes hunting Taliban fighters in eastern Afghanistan mistakenly bombed an Afghan road construction crew sleeping in tents, killing 14 workers, Afghan officials said Wednesday.
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Afghans: NATO airstrikes kill 14 workers
Nov 28 2007 6:57PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO warplanes hunting Taliban fighters in eastern Afghanistan mistakenly bombed an Afghan road construction crew sleeping in tents, killing 14 workers, Afghan officials said Wednesday.
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Tearful Musharraf retires as army chief
Nov 28 2007 5:46PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - A tearful Pervez Musharraf ended a four-decade military career Wednesday, giving up his army commander's ceremonial baton on the eve of taking an oath as the purely civilian president of Pakistan.
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Tearful Musharraf retires as army chief
Nov 28 2007 5:46PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - A tearful Pervez Musharraf ended a four-decade military career Wednesday, giving up his army commander's ceremonial baton on the eve of taking an oath as the purely civilian president of Pakistan.
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Tearful Musharraf retires as army chief
Nov 28 2007 5:46PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - A tearful Pervez Musharraf ended a four-decade military career Wednesday, giving up his army commander's ceremonial baton on the eve of taking an oath as the purely civilian president of Pakistan.
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Tearful Musharraf retires as army chief
Nov 28 2007 5:46PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - A tearful Pervez Musharraf ended a four-decade military career Wednesday, giving up his army commander's ceremonial baton on the eve of taking an oath as the purely civilian president of Pakistan.
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Bomb kills 17 near Sri Lankan capital
Nov 28 2007 3:11PM (CT)
NUGEGODA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Ethnic Tamil separatists set off a bomb at a popular department store in a suburb of the capital Wednesday, killing 17 people in a rare attack targeting civilians, the Sri Lankan military said.
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Bomb kills 17 near Sri Lankan capital
Nov 28 2007 3:11PM (CT)
NUGEGODA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Ethnic Tamil separatists set off a bomb at a popular department store in a suburb of the capital Wednesday, killing 17 people in a rare attack targeting civilians, the Sri Lankan military said.
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Bomb kills 17 near Sri Lankan capital
Nov 28 2007 3:11PM (CT)
NUGEGODA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Ethnic Tamil separatists set off a bomb at a popular department store in a suburb of the capital Wednesday, killing 17 people in a rare attack targeting civilians, the Sri Lankan military said.
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Bomb kills 17 near Sri Lankan capital
Nov 28 2007 3:11PM (CT)
NUGEGODA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Ethnic Tamil separatists set off a bomb at a popular department store in a suburb of the capital Wednesday, killing 17 people in a rare attack targeting civilians, the Sri Lankan military said.
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Koreas at odds over sea border
Nov 28 2007 2:45PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North and South Korea struggled Wednesday to resolve differences over creating a joint fishing zone around their disputed sea border at a second day of rare defense talks in Pyongyang.
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Pakistan army chief to focus on military
Nov 28 2007 2:16PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, Pakistan's new military commander, is a popular soldier who is likely to reduce the army's political role, repair frayed ties with politicians and try to turn the tables on an escalating insurgency by pro-Taliban militants.
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Pakistan army chief to focus on military
Nov 28 2007 2:16PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, Pakistan's new military commander, is a popular soldier who is likely to reduce the army's political role, repair frayed ties with politicians and try to turn the tables on an escalating insurgency by pro-Taliban militants.
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Pakistan army chief to focus on military
Nov 28 2007 2:16PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, Pakistan's new military commander, is a popular soldier who is likely to reduce the army's political role, repair frayed ties with politicians and try to turn the tables on an escalating insurgency by pro-Taliban militants.
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Pakistan army chief to focus on military
Nov 28 2007 2:16PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, Pakistan's new military commander, is a popular soldier who is likely to reduce the army's political role, repair frayed ties with politicians and try to turn the tables on an escalating insurgency by pro-Taliban militants.
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Musharraf made Pakistan a Western ally
Nov 28 2007 1:05PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pervez Musharraf ended a tumultuous army career Wednesday that saw him go to the cusp of war with India and seize power in a coup, then find a lifeline in the calamity of 9/11 to turn Pakistan from a pariah state into a vital Muslim ally of the West.
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Kyrgyz prime minister leaves office
Nov 28 2007 6:39AM (CT)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Kyrgyzstan's president signed an order relieving Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev of duty on Wednesday, nine months after he was appointed in a move to appease opposition groups.
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Indonesia to plant 79 million trees
Nov 28 2007 3:55AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia, which is losing its forests at a faster rate than any other country, launched a campaign Wednesday to plant 79 million trees ahead of a critical climate change conference on the resort island of Bali.
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Chinese warship visits Japan
Nov 28 2007 3:55AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Chinese warship dropped anchor off Tokyo on Wednesday in the communist nation's first military visit to Japan since World War II, symbolizing improving ties between the two Asian giants.
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