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Afghan bomber targets NATO convoy
Dec 3 2007 11:59PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bomber targeted a NATO convoy in Kabul on Tuesday, wounding 10 civilians passing nearby, officials said.
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Sinking islanders seek help at Bali
Dec 3 2007 11:56PM (CT)
KILU, Papua New Guinea (AP) - Squealing pigs lit out for the bush and Filomena Taroa herded the grandkids to higher ground last week when the sea rolled in deeper than anyone had ever seen.
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Sinking islanders seek help at Bali
Dec 3 2007 11:56PM (CT)
KILU, Papua New Guinea (AP) - Squealing pigs lit out for the bush and Filomena Taroa herded the grandkids to higher ground last week when the sea rolled in deeper than anyone had ever seen.
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Sinking islanders seek help at Bali
Dec 3 2007 11:56PM (CT)
KILU, Papua New Guinea (AP) - Squealing pigs lit out for the bush and Filomena Taroa herded the grandkids to higher ground last week when the sea rolled in deeper than anyone had ever seen.
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Sinking islanders seek help at Bali
Dec 3 2007 11:56PM (CT)
KILU, Papua New Guinea (AP) - Squealing pigs lit out for the bush and Filomena Taroa herded the grandkids to higher ground last week when the sea rolled in deeper than anyone had ever seen.
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Sinking islanders seek help at Bali
Dec 3 2007 11:56PM (CT)
KILU, Papua New Guinea (AP) - Squealing pigs lit out for the bush and Filomena Taroa herded the grandkids to higher ground last week when the sea rolled in deeper than anyone had ever seen.
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US: Al-Qaida active in Afghanistan
Dec 3 2007 6:54PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. military is seeing early signs that al-Qaida may be stepping up its activities in Afghanistan, a senior defense official revealed for the first time Monday as Secretary Robert Gates made his third trip to this country.
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US: Al-Qaida active in Afghanistan
Dec 3 2007 6:54PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. military is seeing early signs that al-Qaida may be stepping up its activities in Afghanistan, a senior defense official revealed for the first time Monday as Secretary Robert Gates made his third trip to this country.
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China to ordain new Catholic bishop
Dec 3 2007 4:26PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - China's official Catholic church Tuesday will ordain a new bishop who has publicly declared his loyalty to the Vatican, religious officials said.
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Sharif, Bhutto seek change before vote
Dec 3 2007 4:23PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif said Monday they would issue a list of demands that the government must fulfill to dissuade them from boycotting Pakistan's elections.
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Sharif, Bhutto seek change before vote
Dec 3 2007 4:23PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif said Monday they would issue a list of demands that the government must fulfill to dissuade them from boycotting Pakistan's elections.
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Sharif, Bhutto seek change before vote
Dec 3 2007 4:23PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif said Monday they would issue a list of demands that the government must fulfill to dissuade them from boycotting Pakistan's elections.
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Tiger kills 4, shot by Indian police
Dec 3 2007 3:00PM (CT)
NAGPUR, India (AP) - A tiger that killed four people and mauled two others in the past six weeks was shot to death by police over the weekend, a forest official in western India said Monday.
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Progress made toward UN-Iran resolution
Dec 3 2007 2:43PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - A senior U.S. official suggested Monday that China and the U.S. agree on key issues involved in imposing a third set of U.N. sanctions against Iran for continuing to develop its nuclear program.
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Muslims jailed for killing Christians
Dec 3 2007 2:33PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Six Islamic militants were sentenced to up to 19 years in prison Monday for terrorist acts in eastern Indonesia that include beheading three Christian schoolgirls and shooting to death a priest.
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China says lunar image authentic
Dec 3 2007 2:07PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's space program has defended a photo of the moon's surface taken by its lunar probe as authentic, dismissing critics who suggested it had been copied from a similar image captured by a U.S. orbiter.
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42 rebels, 6 troops killed in Sri Lanka
Dec 3 2007 1:26PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels battled each other Monday with rifles, mortars and artillery across northern Sri Lanka, leaving 42 rebels and six soldiers dead, the military said.
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US wants to negotiate new climate pact
Dec 3 2007 1:02PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - American delegates at the U.N. climate conference insisted Monday they would not be a "roadblock" to a new international agreement aimed at reducing potentially catastrophic greenhouse gases.
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US wants to negotiate new climate pact
Dec 3 2007 1:02PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - American delegates at the U.N. climate conference insisted Monday they would not be a "roadblock" to a new international agreement aimed at reducing potentially catastrophic greenhouse gases.
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US wants to negotiate new climate pact
Dec 3 2007 1:02PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - American delegates at the U.N. climate conference insisted Monday they would not be a "roadblock" to a new international agreement aimed at reducing potentially catastrophic greenhouse gases.
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US wants to negotiate new climate pact
Dec 3 2007 1:02PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - American delegates at the U.N. climate conference insisted Monday they would not be a "roadblock" to a new international agreement aimed at reducing potentially catastrophic greenhouse gases.
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US wants to negotiate new climate pact
Dec 3 2007 1:02PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - American delegates at the U.N. climate conference insisted Monday they would not be a "roadblock" to a new international agreement aimed at reducing potentially catastrophic greenhouse gases.
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Bail denied in Cambodia war crimes trial
Dec 3 2007 12:07PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - A U.N.-backed genocide tribunal ordered a former Khmer Rouge prison chief kept in detention Monday on charges of crimes against humanity.
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Uzbek rights defender gets 6 years
Dec 3 2007 10:38AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - A prominent Uzbek human rights activist has been sentenced to six years and three months in jail as part of a crackdown on dissidents and government critics in the former Soviet republic, a colleague said Monday.
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Broadcaster to air speeches to NKorea
Dec 3 2007 9:39AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A U.S.-funded radio broadcaster said Monday it will transmit speeches and debates of leading South Korean presidential candidates to North Korea beginning this week.
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Cyclone adds to Bangladesh's uncertainty
Dec 3 2007 7:08AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The cyclone that battered Bangladesh's southwest coast is the biggest challenge the country's military-backed government has faced since seizing power and could delay the much-anticipated elections that were to restore democracy.
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Cyclone adds to Bangladesh's uncertainty
Dec 3 2007 7:08AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The cyclone that battered Bangladesh's southwest coast is the biggest challenge the country's military-backed government has faced since seizing power and could delay the much-anticipated elections that were to restore democracy.
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Myanmar to restrict drafting constitution
Dec 3 2007 6:01AM (CT)
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - Military-ruled Myanmar said Monday it would restrict drafting a new constitution to a government-appointed panel, in an apparent rebuff to a push by the United Nations to open the process up.
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Bomb kills 6 at school in Pakistan
Dec 3 2007 5:42AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A bomb exploded inside an Islamic school in southwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing six students and wounding four others, officials said.
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Vietnam remains believed to be US airmen
Dec 3 2007 4:19AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Remains believed to be those of three American soldiers killed decades ago during the Vietnam War were sent back to the United States for forensic analysis, a U.S. official said Monday.
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Philippine dissident officers charged
Dec 3 2007 4:16AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Prosecutors filed rebellion charges Monday against 36 dissident military officers and their supporters for a failed attempt to trigger an anti-government uprising after seizing a five-star hotel.
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Death toll in Chinese landslide hits 34
Dec 3 2007 3:51AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The confirmed death toll in a landslide in central China has risen to at least 34 after one more body was pulled from the debris, state media reported Monday.
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US envoy arrives in NKorea
Dec 3 2007 12:06AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The top U.S. envoy on North Korea made a rare visit to the communist country Monday to inspect work to disable its nuclear complex so that Pyongyang will no longer be able to produce atomic bombs.
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