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Key al-Qaida associate killed in Pakistan
Dec 3 2005 11:30PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - One of al-Qaida's top five leaders, said to be responsible for planning overseas strikes, was killed by Pakistani security forces in a rocket attack near the Afghan border with U.S. help, American and Pakistani officials said Saturday.
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AIDS may threaten Afghanistan recovery
Dec 3 2005 8:51PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - As the barber unpacked his instruments and prepared to shave his customer, a third man separated them with a shout of warning: Reusing unclean blades can transmit the virus that causes AIDS.
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U.N. official appeals for quake aid funds
Dec 3 2005 4:10PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The World Food Program chief appealed Saturday for urgent funds to keep an airlift flying to quake-ravaged areas through the winter, calling it "the most difficult" logistical task the U.N. agency has ever faced.
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Myanmar says delegates need more time
Dec 3 2005 3:13PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar defended its haphazard efforts to draw up a constitution as delegates prepared to work on the much-delayed document, saying Saturday the country has the right to choose its own path toward democracy and the process cannot be rushed.
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Body of Australian smuggler returns home
Dec 3 2005 11:51AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - The body of an executed Australian drug smuggler returned home from Singapore in the company of his weeping mother Saturday.
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Taiwan opposition wins local elections
Dec 3 2005 9:56AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party won an overwhelming victory in island-wide municipal elections Saturday, putting it in position to push its agenda of reunification with China during the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Chinese police bust baby smuggling ring
Dec 3 2005 9:40AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Police in southern China have arrested 16 people allegedly involved in kidnapping and selling baby girls as young as newborns to foreigners, state news reports said.
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Chinese coal mine blast deaths reach 169
Dec 3 2005 9:01AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The death toll from a coal mine explosion in northern China reached 169 Saturday, making it one of the country's worst mining disasters in decades, while a separate flood trapped 42 miners, officials said.
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U.S. puts off N.Korean food donation
Dec 3 2005 7:42AM (CT)
YILAN, China (AP) - The United States has put off buying 25,000 tons of food aid promised to North Korea this month, insisting on assurances the aid will be delivered by the World Food Program so it will not diverted to the military or ruling party.
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Expert: Taiwan skyscraper may cause quakes
Dec 3 2005 7:02AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The weight of the world's tallest skyscraper _ specially built to withstand Taiwan's frequent earthquakes _ could be causing a rise in the number of tremors beneath it, a professor from the island wrote in a scientific journal.
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Big turnout expected at Hong Kong rally
Dec 3 2005 5:56AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to march in Hong Kong on Sunday to demand full democracy in the former British territory that is now part of China.
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Bomb kills Afghan district chief, 2 others
Dec 3 2005 5:21AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A remote-controlled bomb ripped through a vehicle in volatile southern Afghanistan, killing a district government chief and two police officers, and wounding three others, authorities said Saturday.
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Suspected militants seized in Bangladesh
Dec 3 2005 3:52AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Police said Saturday they had arrested 85 suspected Islamic militants in a three-day sweep after suicide bombers killed at least nine people and wounded scores in a spate of attacks this week.
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