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Envoy wants rights pressure on N. Korea
Dec 8 2005 11:47PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The U.S. envoy for human rights in North Korea argued Friday that the lack of basic liberties in the communist nation was an international issue and called on the world to pressure Pyongyang.
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Police: Pakistani doctor suspected of rape
Dec 8 2005 11:16PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - A doctor in charge of a hospital ward for victims of the South Asian earthquake has been arrested on suspicion of raping an 18-year-old survivor, police said.
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Rebuilding Kashmir a huge job after quake
Dec 8 2005 10:17PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Shakeela Yousef was one of the lucky few. When the earthquake flattened much of the rugged city of Muzaffarabad high in the mountains of Kashmir, no one in her family was injured.
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Bangladesh suicide-bomber kills six people
Dec 8 2005 9:24PM (CT)
NETROKONA, Bangladesh (AP) - A suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up on a crowded street Thursday, killing six others and wounding dozens in the latest attack authorities blame on extremists who want to create an Islamic state in Bangladesh.
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American nabbed in Singapore drug sting
Dec 8 2005 4:13PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Police in Singapore said Thursday they have arrested 13 foreigners, including an American, in an anti-drug operation, less than a week after an Australian was put to death for a narcotics conviction.
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Huge rebuilding task looms in Kashmir
Dec 8 2005 2:54PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Shakeela Yousef was one of the lucky few. When the earthquake flattened much of the rugged city of Muzaffarabad high in the mountains of Kashmir, no one in her family was injured. Now, however, she lives in a tent near her partially collapsed home.
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74 dead in China's latest mine disaster
Dec 8 2005 11:47AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A coal mine blast in northern China killed at least 74 workers in the third such disaster in the perilous industry in recent weeks, the government said Thursday.
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China may build dam to fight toxic spill
Dec 8 2005 8:23AM (CT)
JIAMUSI, China (AP) - China is considering building a dam to reduce the impact of a river-borne toxic spill expected to arrive in a Russian city early next week, state media and a government spokesman said Thursday.
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China condemns prize for NYT researcher
Dec 8 2005 8:10AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Thursday condemned a press freedom group for awarding a prize to a Chinese researcher for The New York Times under investigation on suspicion of leaking state secrets.
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Japan to extend military mission to Iraq
Dec 8 2005 2:56AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Cabinet on Thursday approved the extension of the country's troop deployment in Iraq for one year, paving the way for the government to prolong Tokyo's largest military mission since World War II.
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Blast in Pakistani tribal bazaar kills 12
Dec 8 2005 2:33AM (CT)
WANA, Pakistan (AP) - An explosion ripped through two munitions shops in a bazaar in a tribal town in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 30, officials said. It was not clear what caused the blast.
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China reforms death penalty appeals process
Dec 8 2005 12:06AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China will make court proceedings on death penalty appeals open to the public next year in a bid to safeguard human rights, the government said Thursday.
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