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Gang clashes in East Timor leave 1 dead
Dec 3 2006 11:47PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - A man was hacked to death and 17 others were injured in overnight gang fighting in East Timor's capital, a hospital official said Monday.
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Tour bus crashes in Taiwan, killing 22
Dec 3 2006 11:38PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A double-decker tour bus crashed into a steep ravine in a scenic mountain area in southern Taiwan, killing 22 and seriously injuring two dozen others, officials said Monday.
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Report: Afghan police force ineffective
Dec 3 2006 11:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The American-trained police force in Afghanistan is not effectively trained and is incapable of carrying out routine law enforcement duties, a U.S. government report found.
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Red Cross: Asia storm toll may hit 1,000
Dec 3 2006 10:39PM (CT)
DARAGA, Philippines (AP) - The Red Cross estimated Sunday that up to 1,000 people may have died in the typhoon that unleashed walls of black mud on entire villages in the Philippines. The country's president declared a state of national calamity.
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4 in Japan admit nuclear-related exports
Dec 3 2006 10:14PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Four ex-employees of a Japanese company admitted illegally exporting measuring devices that can be converted for use in producing nuclear weapons, a company spokesman said Monday.
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Korean nukes linked to Japanese pinball
Dec 3 2006 1:46PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Gambling at pachinko was a lot more fun for Reiko Kuzuhara until she began to wonder whether maybe _ just maybe _ her losses were helping North Korea build nuclear weapons.
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3 die, 19 hurt in Afghan blast, gunfire
Dec 3 2006 10:59AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bomb exploded next to a British convoy in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, and troops speeding away from the scene fired at several civilian cars. Three Afghans were killed and 19 people were wounded, including three British soldiers.
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Report: N.Korea offers uranium to Russia
Dec 3 2006 5:46AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - North Korea has offered Russia exclusive rights to its natural uranium deposits in exchange for support at the stalled talks on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Bangladesh crippled by traffic blockade
Dec 3 2006 5:37AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Separate clashes between rival political activists and police left one man dead and at least 65 people injured, as a major political alliance in Bangladesh staged a nationwide transport blockade on Sunday to force electoral reforms, police and news reports said.
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Indian bridge collapse death toll rises
Dec 3 2006 5:33AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The death toll in the bridge collapse in eastern India rose by one to 34 people on Sunday, officials said, a day after the edifice came crashing down on a train car traveling below.
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