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Pakistan suicide attack kills 5
Dec 14 2007 11:59PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber killed at least five people Saturday in northwest Pakistan, state television reported.
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Climate plan to adopt forest protection
Dec 14 2007 11:53PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Delegates at a U.N. climate conference have agreed to include forest conservation in any future discussions about a new global warming pact, paving the way for billions of dollars in new spending to attack illegal logging, officials said.
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Blast rocks Kabul near police offices
Dec 14 2007 11:29PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bomb exploded in front of the office of the Kabul police chief early Saturday, the Defense Ministry spokesman said.
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EU OKs compromise at Bali climate talks
Dec 14 2007 11:10PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - The European Union said Saturday it supported a compromise proposal on upcoming negotiations for a new global warming pact, bringing the contentious talks nearer to resolution.
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EU OKs compromise at Bali climate talks
Dec 14 2007 11:10PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - The European Union said Saturday it supported a compromise proposal on upcoming negotiations for a new global warming pact, bringing the contentious talks nearer to resolution.
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EU OKs compromise at Bali climate talks
Dec 14 2007 11:10PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - The European Union said Saturday it supported a compromise proposal on upcoming negotiations for a new global warming pact, bringing the contentious talks nearer to resolution.
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EU OKs compromise at Bali climate talks
Dec 14 2007 11:10PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - The European Union said Saturday it supported a compromise proposal on upcoming negotiations for a new global warming pact, bringing the contentious talks nearer to resolution.
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Pakistan's middle class takes to streets
Dec 14 2007 7:24PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Nadia Chaudhry's hands trembled in the cold night air as she held a candle at a protest against Pakistan's emergency rule, the government's firing of judges and jailing of civil rights activists.
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Bird flu flares again in Asia
Dec 14 2007 6:41PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Bird flu has resurfaced in parts of Asia, with human deaths reported in Indonesia and China and fresh outbreaks plaguing other countries during the winter months when the virus typically flares.
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Chinese kids get foreign-brand toys
Dec 14 2007 4:34PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - When freelance writer Wang Jian shops for toys for her 5-year-old son, she's happy to pay extra for Legos blocks and Japanese-brand train sets.
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Chinese kids get foreign-brand toys
Dec 14 2007 4:34PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - When freelance writer Wang Jian shops for toys for her 5-year-old son, she's happy to pay extra for Legos blocks and Japanese-brand train sets.
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Chinese kids get foreign-brand toys
Dec 14 2007 4:34PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - When freelance writer Wang Jian shops for toys for her 5-year-old son, she's happy to pay extra for Legos blocks and Japanese-brand train sets.
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SKorean lawmakers scuffle in parliament
Dec 14 2007 3:21PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean lawmakers came to blows in parliament Friday, and at least one was carried from the building on a stretcher, as two political parties fought over control of the speaker's podium.
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US experts tackle South Korean oil spill
Dec 14 2007 11:23AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - U.S. specialists began aiding a massive sea and land battle Friday to try to contain and clean up 2.7 million gallons of crude oil from South Korea's worst oil spill.
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US experts tackle South Korean oil spill
Dec 14 2007 11:23AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - U.S. specialists began aiding a massive sea and land battle Friday to try to contain and clean up 2.7 million gallons of crude oil from South Korea's worst oil spill.
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US experts tackle South Korean oil spill
Dec 14 2007 11:23AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - U.S. specialists began aiding a massive sea and land battle Friday to try to contain and clean up 2.7 million gallons of crude oil from South Korea's worst oil spill.
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US experts tackle South Korean oil spill
Dec 14 2007 11:23AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - U.S. specialists began aiding a massive sea and land battle Friday to try to contain and clean up 2.7 million gallons of crude oil from South Korea's worst oil spill.
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US experts tackle South Korean oil spill
Dec 14 2007 11:23AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - U.S. specialists began aiding a massive sea and land battle Friday to try to contain and clean up 2.7 million gallons of crude oil from South Korea's worst oil spill.
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US experts tackle South Korean oil spill
Dec 14 2007 11:23AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - U.S. specialists began aiding a massive sea and land battle Friday to try to contain and clean up 2.7 million gallons of crude oil from South Korea's worst oil spill.
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Gunman opens fire in Japan sports club
Dec 14 2007 8:32AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A gunman opened fire at a sports club in southwestern Japan on Friday night, killing one employee and wounding seven other people before escaping, police said.
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Koreas end talks without fishing deal
Dec 14 2007 8:09AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North and South Korea ended three days of talks Friday without an agreement on creating a shared fishing zone to defuse tensions along their disputed sea border.
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Human trafficking a growing problem
Dec 14 2007 7:54AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Cross-border human trafficking for forced labor and prostitution is a growing problem along China's southern border, officials said Friday at a conference on the issue.
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SKorea ends Afghanistan troop presence
Dec 14 2007 7:45AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea brought home 195 army medics and engineers Friday from Afghanistan, ending its five-year deployment to help rebuild the war-ravaged country at Washington's request.
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SKorean scientists clone cats that glow
Dec 14 2007 7:43AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean scientists have cloned cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet rays, an achievement that could help develop cures for human genetic diseases, the Science and Technology Ministry said.
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SKorean scientists clone cats that glow
Dec 14 2007 7:43AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean scientists have cloned cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet rays, an achievement that could help develop cures for human genetic diseases, the Science and Technology Ministry said.
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Fraud claims already cloud Pakistan vote
Dec 14 2007 6:57AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Less than a month before Pakistan's election, the opposition is already claiming it will be rigged, pointing to a stacked judiciary, media intimidation and ballot papers that have allegedly been pre-marked.
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Fraud claims already cloud Pakistan vote
Dec 14 2007 6:57AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Less than a month before Pakistan's election, the opposition is already claiming it will be rigged, pointing to a stacked judiciary, media intimidation and ballot papers that have allegedly been pre-marked.
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16 dead in bus-train collision in India
Dec 14 2007 6:04AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A bus collided with a train in northern India on Friday, killing at least 16 people, including nine children on their way to school, police said.
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Poor nations demand green technology
Dec 14 2007 4:37AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Uganda gets plenty of sun, making it a great spot for solar energy. There's only one problem: In one of the world's most impoverished nations, few people can afford an imported solar panel.
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Report: NKorea replies to Bush letter
Dec 14 2007 3:22AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has replied to a personal letter from President Bush, pledging to dismantle its nuclear program but calling on Washington to fulfill promises under an international disarmament-for-aid deal, a news report said Friday.
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Chief says NATO no global police force
Dec 14 2007 2:54AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - There are signs of improvement in Afghanistan, but NATO will not pull its troops out of the country anytime soon, the organization's leader said Friday. However, he denied NATO is looking to become an international police group.
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