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Strong quake hits Afghan-Pakistani border
Dec 12 2005 11:12PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A strong earthquake struck remote northeastern Afghanistan and shook neighboring Pakistan, the scene of a devastating quake two months ago. Hours after the quake, officials were trying contact isolated communities to determine whether it caused damage or injuries.
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Thai official disputes parents' claim
Dec 12 2005 9:54PM (CT)
PHUKET, Thailand (AP) - A couple who said they believed their lost daughter was the child in a grainy photo taken after last year's tsunami received the girl's corpse months ago, the Thai official leading the victim identification effort said Tuesday.
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U.S. forces in Afghanistan change tactics
Dec 12 2005 9:45PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan are learning from tactics used in Iraq to help avert the suicide bombings that are increasingly common among Taliban-led insurgents, a U.S. military official said Monday.
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Envoy: Bin Laden may not be in control
Dec 12 2005 5:57PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Osama bin Laden may no longer have operational control of his terrorist network, the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan said Monday. Ryan Crocker said bin Laden cannot communicate with his followers because he likely is hiding in a remote area, Pakistan's Geo Television and state-run PTV reported after the ambassador met with local journalists.
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Chinese mourn dead after village shootings
Dec 12 2005 12:50PM (CT)
DONGZHOU, China (AP) - With anguished sobs and incense offerings, family and friends mourned the dead Monday in a southern Chinese village where police shot and killed protesters in a land dispute with the local government.
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Worries persist after easing of beef ban
Dec 12 2005 11:41AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The easing of Japan's two-year ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports Monday could put American steaks back on Japanese plates by year's end, but lingering worries persist on both sides of the Pacific.
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South Korea's Hwang returns to hospital
Dec 12 2005 10:47AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean stem cell pioneer Hwang Woo-Suk briefly left a hospital Monday and made a tearful return to work after being treated for extreme stress brought on by an ethics scandal over his groundbreaking research. By the end of the day, however, Hwang had returned to the hospital for unspecified reasons, said Seoul National University spokesman Lim Jong-pil. He had been hospitalized since Wednesday, and it wasn't immediately known how long he would stay.
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Southeast Asian nations press Myanmar
Dec 12 2005 9:28AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Southeast Asian nations increased pressure on Myanmar's junta to release political prisoners and get serious about democracy at Monday's opening of a summit aiming for broader economic integration in Asia.
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Sri Lankans clash over begging rights
Dec 12 2005 5:21AM (CT)
PERALIYA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Angry villagers have clashed with a Buddhist monk over the right to solicit donations from tourists at the site where last year's massive tsunami swept a train off the tracks in Sri Lanka and killed some 2,000 people.
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