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India train bomb kills 5
Dec 12 2007 11:16PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - A bomb tore through a moving train in India's remote northeast Thursday, killing five passengers and injuring four, an official said.
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Scuffle erupts at Korea military talks
Dec 12 2007 11:05PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North and South Korean soldiers engaged in a minor scuffle amid military talks Thursday over the two countries' long-running dispute on their sea border.
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Scuffle erupts at Korea military talks
Dec 12 2007 11:05PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North and South Korean soldiers engaged in a minor scuffle amid military talks Thursday over the two countries' long-running dispute on their sea border.
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US says it spends most in climate fight
Dec 12 2007 4:32PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - The United States insisted Wednesday it was taking steps to tackle rising temperatures and that many of its actions to promote energy efficiency and switch to cleaner technologies were going unnoticed by the rest of the world.
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China remembers 'Nanking Massacre'
Dec 12 2007 3:13PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's government has tempered this year's commemoration of Japan's notorious wartime massacre of civilians in the city of Nanjing, reflecting a drive to improve relations with Tokyo and avoid inflaming nationalist passions.
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China remembers 'Nanking Massacre'
Dec 12 2007 3:13PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's government has tempered this year's commemoration of Japan's notorious wartime massacre of civilians in the city of Nanjing, reflecting a drive to improve relations with Tokyo and avoid inflaming nationalist passions.
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China remembers 'Nanking Massacre'
Dec 12 2007 3:13PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's government has tempered this year's commemoration of Japan's notorious wartime massacre of civilians in the city of Nanjing, reflecting a drive to improve relations with Tokyo and avoid inflaming nationalist passions.
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Taliban collected taxes, ran heroin labs
Dec 12 2007 1:36PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban appointed a judge and a police chief and drove through town in stolen police trucks. They oversaw dozens of heroin labs, using the profits to fund their insurgency.
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Taliban collected taxes, ran heroin labs
Dec 12 2007 1:36PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban appointed a judge and a police chief and drove through town in stolen police trucks. They oversaw dozens of heroin labs, using the profits to fund their insurgency.
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Taliban collected taxes, ran heroin labs
Dec 12 2007 1:36PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban appointed a judge and a police chief and drove through town in stolen police trucks. They oversaw dozens of heroin labs, using the profits to fund their insurgency.
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Taliban collected taxes, ran heroin labs
Dec 12 2007 1:36PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban appointed a judge and a police chief and drove through town in stolen police trucks. They oversaw dozens of heroin labs, using the profits to fund their insurgency.
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50 Taliban killed after Musa Qala fight
Dec 12 2007 1:33PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - More than 50 Taliban fighters who fled a key southern Afghan town were killed in a two-day battle as the militants tried to attack a nearby government center, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
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US faces new demands at Bali talks
Dec 12 2007 1:13PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - As the U.N. climate conference entered its last days, the United States encountered _ and rejected _ fresh demands Wednesday that it accept ambitious guidelines for negotiating future cuts in emissions of global-warming gases.
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US faces new demands at Bali talks
Dec 12 2007 1:13PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - As the U.N. climate conference entered its last days, the United States encountered _ and rejected _ fresh demands Wednesday that it accept ambitious guidelines for negotiating future cuts in emissions of global-warming gases.
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Pakistan's government threatens media
Dec 12 2007 11:20AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The government's intolerance of public dissent isn't easing ahead of next month's parliamentary elections, with TV executives warned they could go to jail and pay fines if they give the president's critics a live forum.
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China's Hu praises military, scientists
Dec 12 2007 5:02AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - President Hu Jintao congratulated China's military and scientists at a ceremony Wednesday to celebrate the successful launch of a moon probe.
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Hong Kong leader seeks democratic reform
Dec 12 2007 5:00AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong's leader said Wednesday he asked Beijing to allow greater democracy in the southern Chinese territory after more than half the population said it supported direct elections by 2012.
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Fire kills 21 in eastern China
Dec 12 2007 4:42AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A fire tore through an apartment building in eastern China early Wednesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring two others, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
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Fire kills 21 in eastern China
Dec 12 2007 4:42AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A fire tore through an apartment building in eastern China early Wednesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring two others, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
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Vietnam frees 3 U.S. citizens
Dec 12 2007 3:44AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam released three of four detained American citizens shortly after the U.S. ambassador demanded to see evidence of terrorism or other charges to justify their detention, the U.S. Embassy said Wednesday.
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Japan tanker seized off Somalia released
Dec 12 2007 2:33AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Pirates freed a Japanese chemical tanker loaded with highly explosive benzene off the coast of Somalia Wednesday, six weeks after seizing the vessel and its crew, a U.S. Navy spokesman said.
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China launches nationwide recall system
Dec 12 2007 2:20AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China launched a nationwide recall system Wednesday that shifts responsibility to companies to recall harmful drugs, a day after U.S. and Chinese officials signed an agreement on the safety of medicine and medical devices.
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Chief of Asian terror net on trial
Dec 12 2007 2:19AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The self-proclaimed military commander of the Southeast Asian terror network behind the Bali bombings faced a possible death penalty as his trial opened in the Indonesian capital Wednesday.
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