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N.Korean nuclear talks to resume Dec. 18
Dec 9 2006 11:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A long-delayed round of international talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program is scheduled for later this month, a senior U.S. official said Saturday.
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Taiwan rival parties split mayoral wins
Dec 9 2006 11:16PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's ruling party narrowly won a crucial mayoral election in one southern city Saturday, while the opposition candidate won comfortably in the capital of Taipei in a pair of votes seen by many as a referendum on President Chen Shui-bian.
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Bangladesh army deployed to keep order
Dec 9 2006 11:13PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh's president deployed the army to maintain order across the country after his interim government failed to end a lingering political standoff over electoral reforms, the Home Ministry said Saturday.
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Afghan poppies to get herbicide spray
Dec 9 2006 8:23PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The top U.S. anti-drug official said Saturday that Afghan poppies would be sprayed with herbicide to combat an opium trade that produced a record heroin haul this year, a measure likely to anger farmers and scare Afghans unfamiliar with weed killers.
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Another typhoon hits the Philippines
Dec 9 2006 7:42PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Thousands of people in an area devastated by a powerful typhoon last week in the eastern Philippines were told to evacuate Saturday after another storm slammed into the central part of the country.
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Indian, U.S. officials welcome nuke deal
Dec 9 2006 5:10PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Officials trumpeted a U.S.-India civilian nuclear deal as the centerpiece of the countries' new partnership, but India struck a note of caution Saturday over "extraneous" provisions.
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New Taliban rules target Afghan teachers
Dec 9 2006 2:26PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban gunmen who murdered two teachers in eastern Afghanistan early Saturday were only following their rules: Teachers receive a warning, then a beating, and if they continue to teach must be killed.
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Ethnic Sinhalese flee Sri Lanka fighting
Dec 9 2006 1:18PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A daylong artillery exchange Saturday between Sri Lanka's military and Tamil Tiger guerrillas in the island's east drove thousands of Sinhalese from their villages, an official said.
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Taliban gunmen kill 5 family members
Dec 9 2006 11:07AM (CT)
GHWANDO, Afghanistan (AP) - Following up on a death threat, Taliban militants broke into a house and fatally shot two teachers and three other family members, bringing to 20 the number of educators slain in attacks this year, officials and a relative said Saturday.
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Officials hail U.S.-India nuke fuel deal
Dec 9 2006 6:26AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Officials trumpeted a U.S.-India civilian nuclear deal as the centerpiece of the countries' new partnership, but India struck a note of caution Saturday over "extraneous" provisions.
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Taiwanese vote in mayoral elections
Dec 9 2006 1:44AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Voters in Taiwan picked mayors for the island's two biggest cities on Saturday, an election seen as a survival test for President Chen Shui-bian.
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Thai police informant shot, killed
Dec 9 2006 12:46AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A police informant who survived two attacks by suspected Muslim insurgents was killed Saturday in a drive-by shooting in Thailand's restive south, police said.
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