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Suicide bomber attacks Afghan soldiers
Dec 4 2007 11:52PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a minibus full of Afghan soldiers south of Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 20, officials and witnesses said.
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Suspect in foiled Philippine coup caught
Dec 4 2007 9:32PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Police arrested an army soldier who allegedly took part in last week's botched coup attempt as he tried to board a flight to the U.S. at Manila airport Wednesday, officials said.
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2 US activists arrested by Pakistanis
Dec 4 2007 6:54PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Two U.S. human rights activists who had sought the release of a prominent Pakistani lawyer detained under the country's state of emergency were arrested in this eastern city Tuesday.
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Vietnam hold 2 US citizens for petitions
Dec 4 2007 6:46PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam has arrested two American citizens for investigation of terrorism for distributing pro-democracy petitions and is holding two others on unspecified charges, the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday.
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Thai king calls for unity ahead of vote
Dec 4 2007 3:45PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's revered king pleaded for unity among his people in his annual birthday speech Tuesday, less than a month before the first general elections since a coup toppled an elected government last year.
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Sharif, Bhutto parties to set poll terms
Dec 4 2007 3:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's major opposition parties joined forces Tuesday in drawing up a list of demands for President Pervez Musharraf to meet if he wants to avoid a threatened boycott of next month's elections.
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Sharif, Bhutto parties to set poll terms
Dec 4 2007 3:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's major opposition parties joined forces Tuesday in drawing up a list of demands for President Pervez Musharraf to meet if he wants to avoid a threatened boycott of next month's elections.
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Sharif, Bhutto parties to set poll terms
Dec 4 2007 3:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's major opposition parties joined forces Tuesday in drawing up a list of demands for President Pervez Musharraf to meet if he wants to avoid a threatened boycott of next month's elections.
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Sharif, Bhutto parties to set poll terms
Dec 4 2007 3:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's major opposition parties joined forces Tuesday in drawing up a list of demands for President Pervez Musharraf to meet if he wants to avoid a threatened boycott of next month's elections.
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Sharif, Bhutto parties to set poll terms
Dec 4 2007 3:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's major opposition parties joined forces Tuesday in drawing up a list of demands for President Pervez Musharraf to meet if he wants to avoid a threatened boycott of next month's elections.
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Sharif, Bhutto parties to set poll terms
Dec 4 2007 3:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's major opposition parties joined forces Tuesday in drawing up a list of demands for President Pervez Musharraf to meet if he wants to avoid a threatened boycott of next month's elections.
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Sharif, Bhutto parties to set poll terms
Dec 4 2007 3:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's major opposition parties joined forces Tuesday in drawing up a list of demands for President Pervez Musharraf to meet if he wants to avoid a threatened boycott of next month's elections.
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Sharif, Bhutto parties to set poll terms
Dec 4 2007 3:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's major opposition parties joined forces Tuesday in drawing up a list of demands for President Pervez Musharraf to meet if he wants to avoid a threatened boycott of next month's elections.
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Sharif, Bhutto parties to set poll terms
Dec 4 2007 3:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's major opposition parties joined forces Tuesday in drawing up a list of demands for President Pervez Musharraf to meet if he wants to avoid a threatened boycott of next month's elections.
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Sri Lanka criticized for Tamil arrests
Dec 4 2007 2:57PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Police released nearly all of the 2,554 people detained in a recent security crackdown that followed two deadly bombings, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka criticized for Tamil arrests
Dec 4 2007 2:57PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Police released nearly all of the 2,554 people detained in a recent security crackdown that followed two deadly bombings, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka criticized for Tamil arrests
Dec 4 2007 2:57PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Police released nearly all of the 2,554 people detained in a recent security crackdown that followed two deadly bombings, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday.
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Climate change meeting adds to emissions
Dec 4 2007 2:04PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Never before have so many people converged to try to save the planet from global warming, with more than 10,000 jetting into this Indonesian resort island, from government ministers to Nobel laureates to drought-stricken farmers.
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China's Catholic Church ordains a bishop
Dec 4 2007 1:42PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - A Western-educated Chinese priest was ordained as a bishop Tuesday in a ceremony that Beijing hopes will help ease tensions with the Vatican.
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Electricity revives Bali coral reefs
Dec 4 2007 1:35PM (CT)
PEMUTERAN BAY, Indonesia (AP) - Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and poisoned by cyanide. Now they are coming back, thanks to an unlikely remedy: electricity.
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Electricity revives Bali coral reefs
Dec 4 2007 1:35PM (CT)
PEMUTERAN BAY, Indonesia (AP) - Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and poisoned by cyanide. Now they are coming back, thanks to an unlikely remedy: electricity.
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Electricity revives Bali coral reefs
Dec 4 2007 1:35PM (CT)
PEMUTERAN BAY, Indonesia (AP) - Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and poisoned by cyanide. Now they are coming back, thanks to an unlikely remedy: electricity.
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Electricity revives Bali coral reefs
Dec 4 2007 1:35PM (CT)
PEMUTERAN BAY, Indonesia (AP) - Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and poisoned by cyanide. Now they are coming back, thanks to an unlikely remedy: electricity.
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Electricity revives Bali coral reefs
Dec 4 2007 1:35PM (CT)
PEMUTERAN BAY, Indonesia (AP) - Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and poisoned by cyanide. Now they are coming back, thanks to an unlikely remedy: electricity.
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Electricity revives Bali coral reefs
Dec 4 2007 1:35PM (CT)
PEMUTERAN BAY, Indonesia (AP) - Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and poisoned by cyanide. Now they are coming back, thanks to an unlikely remedy: electricity.
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US ship caused China 'grave concern'
Dec 4 2007 1:21PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Tuesday it expressed "grave concern" over the USS Kitty Hawk's passage through the politically sensitive Taiwan Strait on its return to Japan.
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Bomb kills 6 in southern Thailand
Dec 4 2007 9:24AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A bomb killed six people and injured 20 Tuesday in one of the deadliest attacks in recent months in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, an army spokesman said.
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China: Reporters welcome at its Olympics
Dec 4 2007 7:37AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Tuesday it welcomes journalists covering the 2008 Beijing Olympics, responding to complaints by a media rights group that the Communist regime has decided to clamp down on reporting in the run-up to the games.
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Pakistan: Female suicide bomber killed
Dec 4 2007 7:25AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A female suicide bomber, apparently aiming to attack a military post, blew herself up near a Christian school on Tuesday, officials said, in what was believed to be Pakistan's first known case of a suicide attack by a woman.
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Afghan military seeks more equipment
Dec 4 2007 7:06AM (CT)
KHOST, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghanistan military needs more trainers and equipment in order to gain control of their country's security, the Afghan defense chief told Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on Tuesday.
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US envoy visits North Korean reactor
Dec 4 2007 6:44AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The top U.S. nuclear negotiator for North Korea visited its reactor, becoming the highest-level American official to go there, an official said Tuesday, amid progress in efforts to end the communist nation's decades-old pursuit of atomic weapons.
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US envoy visits North Korean reactor
Dec 4 2007 6:44AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The top U.S. nuclear negotiator for North Korea visited its reactor, becoming the highest-level American official to go there, an official said Tuesday, amid progress in efforts to end the communist nation's decades-old pursuit of atomic weapons.
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Myanmar opposition: Nat'l prestige low
Dec 4 2007 6:26AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The opposition party of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked the anniversary Tuesday of a student strike protesting British colonial rule by criticizing Myanmar's military government for lowering the nation's prestige.
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Afghan bomber targets NATO convoy
Dec 4 2007 3:20AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bomber targeted a NATO convoy in Kabul on Tuesday, wounding 22 civilians passing nearby, officials said.
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