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4 Bangladesh government advisers resign
Dec 11 2006 10:03PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Four advisers to Bangladesh's interim government resigned Monday as soldiers patrolled towns and cities to try to end weeks of often-violent protests, prompting unease over the country's democratic future.
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Report: Taliban regrouping in Pakistan
Dec 11 2006 3:47PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A peace deal between Pakistan's government and Islamic militants in the northwestern tribal region of North Waziristan has created a virtual Taliban mini-state where mullahs dispense justice and fighters are launching cross-border attacks into neighboring Afghanistan, a think tank reported Monday.
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A happy ending for Afghanistan's gold
Dec 11 2006 2:24PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - The mystery baffled archaeologists for more than two decades. What happened to 22,000 pieces of gold _ jewel-encrusted crowns, daggers and baubles from an ancient burial mound _ that had apparently vanished from Afghanistan in the 1980s?
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Report: Japan, US to hold security talks
Dec 11 2006 1:21PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan and the United States will meet Jan. 13 to bolster cooperation in missile defense and discuss the ongoing realignment of U.S. troops in Japan, a news report said.
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Former rebel leader wins at Aceh polls
Dec 11 2006 12:12PM (CT)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - A former rebel leader appeared headed to easy victory Monday in the first elections in Aceh province since the government and the separatists signed a peace deal in the tsunami-ravaged region last year, according to a sampling of votes tallied by two respected local pollsters.
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China: N. Korea nuclear talks to resume
Dec 11 2006 11:27AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Disarmament talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program will resume next week, China said Monday, announcing an apparent end to Pyongyang's 13-month-old boycott of the negotiations over U.S. financial sanctions.
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Pakistanis arrest 90 Afghans at border
Dec 11 2006 10:34AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Border guards arrested 90 Afghans on Monday for illegally entering Pakistan and deported 43 others who were arrested several weeks ago, officials said.
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Chinese officials defend dog crackdown
Dec 11 2006 10:10AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Beijing authorities on Monday defended their campaign to confiscate unregistered and oversized dogs, saying it was launched in response to public complaints about barking and biting.
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Death of Pinochet shakes nation
Dec 11 2006 9:59AM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Some in Chile celebrated with champagne but for others, there was no joy in death of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, only the sense of a final injustice committed by the dictator who brutally ruled the country for 17 years.
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Thousands rally over Pakistan rape law
Dec 11 2006 2:53AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - More than 20,000 supporters of an Islamic alliance rallied Sunday, demanding the government withdraw changes to a controversial rape statute that they say go against Islam.
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China: NKorea nuke talks to resume Dec. 18
Dec 11 2006 2:49AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Long-stalled international talks on North Korea's nuclear program will resume in Beijing on Dec. 18, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Monday.
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Military: 64 killed in Sri Lanka clash
Dec 11 2006 1:44AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sixty four combatants have been killed in the latest clashes between the government soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels in eastern Sri Lanka, military said on Monday.
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