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Court reprimands New Delhi over monkeys
Dec 7 2006 4:27PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A top court reprimanded authorities in the Indian capital for failing to stop hundreds of monkeys from terrifying residents, news reports said Thursday.
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Bangladesh delays vote after protests
Dec 7 2006 4:25PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh's elections next month will be postponed for two days because of protests by a major political alliance, an official said Thursday.
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New storm system approaches Philippines
Dec 7 2006 10:16AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A new storm system approaching the Philippines is on track to become the second typhoon in 10 days to batter the archipelago, as the country struggles to recover from mudslides that left more than 1,000 people dead or missing, forecasters said Thursday.
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Terror attacks feared in Philippines
Dec 7 2006 8:50AM (CT)
CEBU, Philippines (AP) - The U.S., Britain and Australia warned Thursday that terrorists may be plotting attacks in the central Philippines, the site of next week's summit of Asian leaders.
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Politics, crime go hand-in-hand in India
Dec 7 2006 8:05AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A decade ago, lawmaker Shibu Soren sent henchmen to spirit a former aide to an eastern Indian forest, where he was killed and buried, prosecutors said, to silence a corruption allegation against his former boss.
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S.Korean president undaunted by North
Dec 7 2006 7:44AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's president said Thursday that North Korea's nuclear test has not shaken the military power balance between the two sides, and that the North cannot defeat the South even with atomic bombs, a news report said.
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NATO convoy bombed in south Afghanistan
Dec 7 2006 6:58AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy Thursday in southern Afghanistan, killing and wounding Afghan civilians in the seventh suicide attack in the area in less than two weeks, officials said.
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Trial opens for Playboy Indonesia editor
Dec 7 2006 1:04AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The editor-in-chief of Playboy Indonesia went on trial Thursday on charges of publishing indecent material _ a crime that carries a maximum punishment of more than 2 1/2 years in prison.
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MIT technology expert in coma in Vietnam
Dec 7 2006 1:04AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - An internationally known expert in technology and learning was in a coma Thursday after a traffic accident in Vietnam, where he had been attending a conference.
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