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U.S. rebukes N. Korea's boycott threats
Dec 6 2005 11:25PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The United States delivered a stern public rebuke to North Korea on Wednesday, ruling out any negotiations over financial sanctions imposed on the communist state.
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China vows to punish any coverup of spill
Dec 6 2005 9:31PM (CT)
JIAMUSI, China (AP) - The United States said Tuesday that it was sending experts to help China cope with a river-borne toxic spill that is approaching Russia's Far East, while Beijing promised to work closely with Moscow to limit the damage.
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Zoos provide shelter for quake survivors
Dec 6 2005 3:17PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Ghulam Fatima's grandchildren used to love to come to Muzaffarabad's tiny zoo, mesmerized by the birds flitting about the six cages. Now they are on the inside, looking out. In a region short on shelter after an Oct. 8 earthquake killed at least 87,000 people, the cages have become temporary dwellings for six families, including 70-year-old Fatima, four grandchildren and a daughter-in-law.
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Red, catlike animal may be a new species
Dec 6 2005 2:46PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A catlike creature photographed by camera traps on Borneo Island is likely to be a new species of carnivore, the World Wildlife Fund said Tuesday.
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Hong Kong tries to stop fake fashions
Dec 6 2005 1:24PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - As Hong Kong prepares for a global summit about free trade next week, the government is starting to worry that commerce is a little too free in this bustling city of skyscrapers and shopping malls.
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Afghan parliament set to convene Dec. 19
Dec 6 2005 1:13PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's National Assembly is scheduled to convene on Dec. 19, three months after the nation held parliamentary elections for the first time in more than 30 years, an official said Tuesday.
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China denies U.N. report alleging torture
Dec 6 2005 12:54PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Tuesday denounced a special U.N. investigator's report of widespread torture in this country, saying the researcher did not spend enough time here to draw an accurate conclusion.
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Afghans say nine Taliban insurgents killed
Dec 6 2005 12:44PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan government forces killed nine Taliban insurgents and arrested six others Tuesday in a raid on a rebel camp in a volatile southern province, its governor said.
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Last body from China mine blast recovered
Dec 6 2005 12:11PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Rescuers recovered the body of the last miner missing after a coal mine explosion in northern China, bringing the final death toll in the blast to 171, the government said Tuesday.
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Japan to extend Iraq mission into 2006
Dec 6 2005 8:38AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan plans to extend its humanitarian military mission to Iraq into 2006 but could pull its ground forces in the middle of the year if the British and Australian troops guarding them leave, the Kyodo News Agency reported Tuesday.
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World Food Program using mountaineers
Dec 6 2005 5:48AM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - With the harsh Himalayan winter grounding helicopters, the World Food Program has begun recruiting mountaineers to reach quake survivors at high altitudes.
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Japan OKs package for shaky buildings
Dec 6 2005 4:07AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Cabinet approved measures Tuesday to demolish buildings designed using falsified earthquake safety data and to relocate residents amid a widening construction scandal.
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Rights group: Singapore maids suffer abuse
Dec 6 2005 2:18AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Many foreign women working as maids in Singapore endure harsh working conditions as well as severe abuse such as physical and sexual violence, a human rights group said in a report Tuesday. Singapore said the report was grossly exaggerated.
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Land mine blast kills five in Sri Lanka
Dec 6 2005 1:17AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A land mine blast killed six Sri Lankan soldiers in the northern city of Jaffna on Tuesday, said an army spokesman who blamed the Tamil Tiger rebels for the attack.
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U.S., Japan examines site for radar system
Dec 6 2005 1:15AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. and Japanese militaries are looking at a site in northeastern Japan to base a radar system for a planned joint missile defense shield, the Defense Agency said Tuesday.
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