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Pakistan hunts for plane plot suspect
Dec 17 2007 9:11PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A British suspect in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners slipped out the back door of a mosque after two police officers stopped en route to jail so he could say prayers, police said Monday.
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Pakistan hunts for plane plot suspect
Dec 17 2007 9:11PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A British suspect in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners slipped out the back door of a mosque after two police officers stopped en route to jail so he could say prayers, police said Monday.
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Arthur C. Clarke still hopes to meet ET
Dec 17 2007 5:58PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke listed three wishes on his 90th birthday: for the world to embrace cleaner energy resources, for a lasting peace in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, and for evidence of extraterrestrial beings.
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Arthur C. Clarke still hopes to meet ET
Dec 17 2007 5:58PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke listed three wishes on his 90th birthday: for the world to embrace cleaner energy resources, for a lasting peace in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, and for evidence of extraterrestrial beings.
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Arthur C. Clarke still hopes to meet ET
Dec 17 2007 5:58PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke listed three wishes on his 90th birthday: for the world to embrace cleaner energy resources, for a lasting peace in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, and for evidence of extraterrestrial beings.
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Arthur C. Clarke still hopes to meet ET
Dec 17 2007 5:58PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke listed three wishes on his 90th birthday: for the world to embrace cleaner energy resources, for a lasting peace in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, and for evidence of extraterrestrial beings.
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Bhutto warns of anarchy amid bombings
Dec 17 2007 3:58PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A bomber killed nine Pakistani soldiers Monday as they strolled back to barracks after a game of soccer, the army said, the latest in a string of suicide blasts spreading fear ahead of crucial elections.
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Bhutto warns of anarchy amid bombings
Dec 17 2007 3:58PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A bomber killed nine Pakistani soldiers Monday as they strolled back to barracks after a game of soccer, the army said, the latest in a string of suicide blasts spreading fear ahead of crucial elections.
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Bhutto warns of anarchy amid bombings
Dec 17 2007 3:58PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A bomber killed nine Pakistani soldiers Monday as they strolled back to barracks after a game of soccer, the army said, the latest in a string of suicide blasts spreading fear ahead of crucial elections.
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Bhutto warns of anarchy amid bombings
Dec 17 2007 3:58PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A bomber killed nine Pakistani soldiers Monday as they strolled back to barracks after a game of soccer, the army said, the latest in a string of suicide blasts spreading fear ahead of crucial elections.
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Bhutto warns of anarchy amid bombings
Dec 17 2007 3:58PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A bomber killed nine Pakistani soldiers Monday as they strolled back to barracks after a game of soccer, the army said, the latest in a string of suicide blasts spreading fear ahead of crucial elections.
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Bhutto warns of anarchy amid bombings
Dec 17 2007 3:58PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A bomber killed nine Pakistani soldiers Monday as they strolled back to barracks after a game of soccer, the army said, the latest in a string of suicide blasts spreading fear ahead of crucial elections.
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WHO urges vigilance as bird flu spreads
Dec 17 2007 2:15PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move, with Pakistan reporting South Asia's first human infections and Myanmar logging its first human case.
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WHO urges vigilance as bird flu spreads
Dec 17 2007 2:15PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move, with Pakistan reporting South Asia's first human infections and Myanmar logging its first human case.
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WHO urges vigilance as bird flu spreads
Dec 17 2007 2:15PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move, with Pakistan reporting South Asia's first human infections and Myanmar logging its first human case.
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WHO urges vigilance as bird flu spreads
Dec 17 2007 2:15PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move, with Pakistan reporting South Asia's first human infections and Myanmar logging its first human case.
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WHO urges vigilance as bird flu spreads
Dec 17 2007 2:15PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move, with Pakistan reporting South Asia's first human infections and Myanmar logging its first human case.
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WHO urges vigilance as bird flu spreads
Dec 17 2007 2:15PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move, with Pakistan reporting South Asia's first human infections and Myanmar logging its first human case.
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Japan warns of missing pensions
Dec 17 2007 12:23PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan began sending warnings to an estimated 8.5 million people Monday that their pension data may have gone missing, as the government seeks to clean up a scandal that has damaged its credibility.
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Kyrgyzstan president's party wins big
Dec 17 2007 11:06AM (CT)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Early results Monday in Kyrgyzstan's parliamentary elections put the president's party on track to sweep all 90 legislative seats in this politically restless nation, which has been rocked by mass protests in recent years.
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Kyrgyzstan president's party wins big
Dec 17 2007 11:06AM (CT)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Early results Monday in Kyrgyzstan's parliamentary elections put the president's party on track to sweep all 90 legislative seats in this politically restless nation, which has been rocked by mass protests in recent years.
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Suicide blast kills 9 troops in Pakistan
Dec 17 2007 6:44AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of Pakistani army recruits returning from a soccer game in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing nine of them, the army said.
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SKorean parliament opens fraud probe
Dec 17 2007 2:57AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's parliament voted Monday to launch an independent investigation into fraud allegations against the leading presidential candidate just days ahead of the vote.
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China revises national holiday system
Dec 17 2007 12:38AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China will change its national holiday schedule to ease overcrowding on trains, flights and other transport systems, often swamped when many of the country's 1.3 billion people try to travel at the same time.
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