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Suicide bomber kills American, 2 Afghans
Dec 5 2006 11:16PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber walked up to a group of security contractors in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday and blew himself up, killing one American and two Afghans, a NATO official and witnesses said.
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Flights resume at Afghan airport
Dec 5 2006 10:09PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Civilian airliners took off from Kabul's airport Tuesday in a spiral pattern, sometimes used by pilots trying to avoid missile fire in war zones, after a three-day shutdown of commercial flights.
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Canadian troops work on Afghan road
Dec 5 2006 3:45PM (CT)
PANJWAYI, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO airstrikes send plumes of smoke over orchards and vineyards that insurgents use as cover, but nearby, a fleet of trucks dump gravel over a dirt track for a project that could determine the outcome of future battles _ a road cutting through land claimed by Taliban fighters. Securing the area around the road is a key project for the Canadian military in southern Afghanistan, but the undertaking has cost soldiers' lives and battle-weary troops aren't being replaced
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Pakistan willing to drop Kashmir claim
Dec 5 2006 2:47PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Tuesday that Pakistan is willing to give up its claim to Kashmir if India reciprocates and agrees to self-governance in the disputed Himalayan region that they have fought over for decades.
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U.S. seeks custody of convicted Marine
Dec 5 2006 12:22PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The U.S. government Tuesday sought custody of a U.S. Marine convicted of rape in the Philippines, but Manila said a judge will have to decide.
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Mudslides impede relief work in Pakistan
Dec 5 2006 11:56AM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Several days of heavy rain and snow have triggered mudslides, obstructing relief efforts in Pakistan's earthquake-hit portion of Kashmir, officials said Tuesday.
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Thai residents mark king's 79th birthday
Dec 5 2006 11:18AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thais celebrated their beloved king's 79th birthday Tuesday with prayers, fireworks and good deeds, marking a tumultuous year for the world's longest-reigning monarch who was reluctantly drawn into political disputes that culminated in a military coup in September.
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47 die as tropical storm hits Vietnam
Dec 5 2006 9:22AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The typhoon that ravaged the Philippines with landslides and torrential rain slammed into Vietnam's southern coast Tuesday as a tropical storm, killing at least 47 people and destroying thousands of homes.
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China names anti-graft chief in Shanghai
Dec 5 2006 9:05AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China's communist leaders have named a former Supreme Court vice president to be Shanghai's anti-graft chief, following a corruption scandal that toppled the city's top leader.
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Russia: No extraditions in spy death
Dec 5 2006 8:43AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - The chief prosecutor said Tuesday Russia would not allow the extradition of possible suspects in the poisoning of a former KGB agent in Britain and he dismissed as "nonsense" allegations by another ex-security officer of a death squad for Kremlin critics.
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NATO: 2 reporters missing in Afghanistan
Dec 5 2006 7:34AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - German authorities have informed NATO-led troops in Afghanistan that two journalists may have been kidnapped in the country's volatile south, NATO's spokesman said Tuesday.
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IAEA: Sanctions won't resolve NKorea issue
Dec 5 2006 1:05AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Tuesday that sanctions alone would not resolve the standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
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