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Landslide kills 17 on Indonesian island
Dec 14 2006 10:49PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A landslide swept over a remote village on Indonesia's Sumatra island before dawn Friday, killing at least 17 people, local officials said.
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Myanmar junta allows Red Cross to reopen
Dec 14 2006 9:05PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military junta has told Red Cross officials that the humanitarian group can reopen field offices that the government had ordered shut in October, the aid agency said Thursday.
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Ban sworn in as U.N. secretary-general
Dec 14 2006 8:19PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - South Korea's Ban Ki-moon took the oath of office as the next secretary-general of the United Nations on Thursday, promising to restore the organization's tarnished reputation and push for peace in the Middle East and Darfur.
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U.S. climbing pair missing in China
Dec 14 2006 7:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two prominent American climbers exploring a region of unclimbed 20,000-foot peaks in southwest China were last heard from in November and are presumed missing.
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Program tackles child labor in Pakistan
Dec 14 2006 1:55PM (CT)
SIALKOT, Pakistan (AP) - The ceaseless sound of tapping metal echoes through these muddy, garbage-strewn alleys where thousands of workers in crumbling brick hovels churn out one of Pakistan's most successful exports _ surgical instruments.
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Chief Tamil Tiger negotiator dies at 68
Dec 14 2006 11:23AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Anton Balasingham, the chief negotiator for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, died Thursday of cancer in London, a pro-rebel Web site reported. He was 68.
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4 killed in Afghan suicide attack
Dec 14 2006 5:50AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday on a crowded street near a police vehicle in southern Afghanistan, killing four civilians and wounding 25 people, officials said.
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2 Laotian-Americans killed in Thailand
Dec 14 2006 5:36AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Two Laotian-American men were shot to death Wednesday at a bus station in northeastern Thailand after returning from a trip to Laos, and Thai police said they suspect a political connection to the killings.
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Afghan president lashes out at Pakistan
Dec 14 2006 5:28AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has dumped diplomatic talk of "brotherly relations" with Pakistan for rhetorical fireballs blaming the neighboring country for his nation's spiraling militant violence. Analysts said Karzai could trying to wrench U.S. attention from Iraq as more Afghans are killed.
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Japan gov't under fire for town meetings
Dec 14 2006 4:35AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The "town meetings" were supposed to inject grass roots democracy into a Japanese political system long driven by back room deals and an old-guard ruling party that has held power for decades.
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Marine in Philippines rape case appeals
Dec 14 2006 1:00AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Lawyers for a U.S. Marine convicted of raping a Filipino woman asked a Philippine court on Thursday to transfer him to American custody during his appeal.
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Japan offers solution for Russia dispute
Dec 14 2006 12:13AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's foreign minister said a dispute with Russia over a string of islands could be solved by splitting the total land area in half, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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S.Korea calls for progress on nuke talks
Dec 14 2006 12:04AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's new foreign minister called Wednesday for all sides to work for progress at upcoming talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, saying Seoul would play an active role in seeking to persuade Pyongyang to disarm.
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