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Taiwan ups anti-Chiang Kai-shek action
Dec 7 2007 11:55PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Workmen on Friday began removing giant Chinese characters from a memorial previously dedicated to Chiang Kai-shek, the latest action in the Taiwan government's campaign to eradicate the "one China" legacy of the late dictator.
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Taiwan ups anti-Chiang Kai-shek action
Dec 7 2007 11:55PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Workmen on Friday began removing giant Chinese characters from a memorial previously dedicated to Chiang Kai-shek, the latest action in the Taiwan government's campaign to eradicate the "one China" legacy of the late dictator.
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SKorea oil spill reaches shore
Dec 7 2007 11:48PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Oil from a damaged supertanker has reached an ecologically sensitive shoreline on South Korea's western coast, a Coast Guard official said Saturday.
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SKorea oil spill reaches shore
Dec 7 2007 11:48PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Oil from a damaged supertanker has reached an ecologically sensitive shoreline on South Korea's western coast, a Coast Guard official said Saturday.
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UN: US states, cities can impact climate
Dec 7 2007 8:34PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Despite Bush administration reluctance, U.S. states and cities could make an American "national commitment" to a new global agreement to cut greenhouse gases, the chief U.N. climate scientist said Friday.
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China says West should deal with warming
Dec 7 2007 6:38PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - China insisted Friday the U.S. and other wealthy nations should bear the burden of curbing global warming, saying the problem was created by their lavish way of life. It rejected mandatory emission cuts for its own developing industries.
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China says West should deal with warming
Dec 7 2007 6:38PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - China insisted Friday the U.S. and other wealthy nations should bear the burden of curbing global warming, saying the problem was created by their lavish way of life. It rejected mandatory emission cuts for its own developing industries.
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China says West should deal with warming
Dec 7 2007 6:38PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - China insisted Friday the U.S. and other wealthy nations should bear the burden of curbing global warming, saying the problem was created by their lavish way of life. It rejected mandatory emission cuts for its own developing industries.
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US North Korea envoy in Tokyo talks
Dec 7 2007 4:30PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The top U.S. nuclear envoy for North Korea said disablement of the communist nation's atomic program is on schedule and the removal of reactor fuel from its key facility would soon be under way.
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New bird flu case in China
Dec 7 2007 4:27PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The father of a Chinese man who died of bird flu has been infected with the virus that causes the disease, the World Health Organization confirmed Friday, saying it could not rule out the possibility of human-to-human infection.
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UN says 31 killed in Myanmar crackdown
Dec 7 2007 4:07PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Myanmar's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters killed more than twice as many people as the junta has acknowledged, a U.N. investigator said Friday, citing at least 31 dead.
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Tense campaign in western Indian state
Dec 7 2007 3:43PM (CT)
AHMADABAD, India (AP) - In the narrow alleys where Muslim families cowered from murderous Hindu mobs, the survivors still fear one man above all others.
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Tense campaign in western Indian state
Dec 7 2007 3:43PM (CT)
AHMADABAD, India (AP) - In the narrow alleys where Muslim families cowered from murderous Hindu mobs, the survivors still fear one man above all others.
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Tense campaign in western Indian state
Dec 7 2007 3:43PM (CT)
AHMADABAD, India (AP) - In the narrow alleys where Muslim families cowered from murderous Hindu mobs, the survivors still fear one man above all others.
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Tense campaign in western Indian state
Dec 7 2007 3:43PM (CT)
AHMADABAD, India (AP) - In the narrow alleys where Muslim families cowered from murderous Hindu mobs, the survivors still fear one man above all others.
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Tense campaign in western Indian state
Dec 7 2007 3:43PM (CT)
AHMADABAD, India (AP) - In the narrow alleys where Muslim families cowered from murderous Hindu mobs, the survivors still fear one man above all others.
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Tense campaign in western Indian state
Dec 7 2007 3:43PM (CT)
AHMADABAD, India (AP) - In the narrow alleys where Muslim families cowered from murderous Hindu mobs, the survivors still fear one man above all others.
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Divisions weaken Pakistan's Islamists
Dec 7 2007 1:50PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Five years after riding to power in Pakistan's critical border provinces on a wave of anti-American rage, Islamist parties are divided and in disarray ahead of crucial January elections.
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Divisions weaken Pakistan's Islamists
Dec 7 2007 1:50PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Five years after riding to power in Pakistan's critical border provinces on a wave of anti-American rage, Islamist parties are divided and in disarray ahead of crucial January elections.
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Divisions weaken Pakistan's Islamists
Dec 7 2007 1:50PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Five years after riding to power in Pakistan's critical border provinces on a wave of anti-American rage, Islamist parties are divided and in disarray ahead of crucial January elections.
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Priests accused of cutting Buddha's tree
Dec 7 2007 1:30PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Authorities are investigating allegations that senior priests at Buddhism's holiest site chopped off a branch from Buddha's enlightenment tree, apparently to sell as souvenirs, a lawyer said Friday.
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Afghan, NATO forces launch offensive
Dec 7 2007 9:50AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan and foreign troops launched an operation to retake a southern Afghan town controlled by Taliban militants, officials said.
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Pakistan opposition deadlocked
Dec 7 2007 9:44AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's opposition parties remained deadlocked Friday after three days of talks to draft conditions they want the government to meet for their participation in next month's elections.
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Pakistan opposition deadlocked
Dec 7 2007 9:44AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's opposition parties remained deadlocked Friday after three days of talks to draft conditions they want the government to meet for their participation in next month's elections.
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Pakistan opposition deadlocked
Dec 7 2007 9:44AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's opposition parties remained deadlocked Friday after three days of talks to draft conditions they want the government to meet for their participation in next month's elections.
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Pakistan opposition deadlocked
Dec 7 2007 9:44AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's opposition parties remained deadlocked Friday after three days of talks to draft conditions they want the government to meet for their participation in next month's elections.
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Quake jolts Indonesia's Bali
Dec 7 2007 6:56AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - An earthquake on Friday rattled Indonesia's resort island of Bali, where thousands of people were gathering for a U.N. climate change conference. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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Bangladesh bids farewell to US military
Dec 7 2007 5:35AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh bid farewell to the U.S. military Friday after it wrapped up an aid mission to the cyclone-battered country.
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Deaths rise to 105 in China mine blast
Dec 7 2007 1:39AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The death toll in a massive gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China rose to 105 Friday, the government's Xinhua News Agency said, making it the nation's second deadliest mining disaster this year.
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Japan executes 3 prisoners on death row
Dec 7 2007 1:13AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan hanged three murder convicts on death row Friday and for the first time publicly disclosed their names in a new policy that lifts Tokyo's cloak of secrecy surrounding executions.
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