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Train derails in Pakistan, killing 50
Dec 18 2007 11:36PM (CT)
MIRPURKHAS, Pakistan (AP) - An express train crowded with holiday travelers derailed in southern Pakistan early Wednesday, killing at least 50 people and injuring many more, officials said.
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Australia to monitor Japanese whaling
Dec 18 2007 9:22PM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia will send planes and a ship to conduct surveillance of Japanese whaling ships off Antarctica, the government announced Wednesday.
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SKorean candidates in final stretch
Dec 18 2007 6:47PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Koreans voted for a new president Wednesday in an election widely expected to end a decade of liberal rule _ if the nation can overlook a scandal that has tainted the front-runner.
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SKorean candidates in final stretch
Dec 18 2007 6:47PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Koreans voted for a new president Wednesday in an election widely expected to end a decade of liberal rule _ if the nation can overlook a scandal that has tainted the front-runner.
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SKorean candidates in final stretch
Dec 18 2007 6:47PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Koreans voted for a new president Wednesday in an election widely expected to end a decade of liberal rule _ if the nation can overlook a scandal that has tainted the front-runner.
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SKorean candidates in final stretch
Dec 18 2007 6:47PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Koreans voted for a new president Wednesday in an election widely expected to end a decade of liberal rule _ if the nation can overlook a scandal that has tainted the front-runner.
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SKorean candidates in final stretch
Dec 18 2007 6:47PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Koreans voted for a new president Wednesday in an election widely expected to end a decade of liberal rule _ if the nation can overlook a scandal that has tainted the front-runner.
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SKorean candidates in final stretch
Dec 18 2007 6:47PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Koreans voted for a new president Wednesday in an election widely expected to end a decade of liberal rule _ if the nation can overlook a scandal that has tainted the front-runner.
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Sharif barred from Pakistan election
Dec 18 2007 3:41PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Election Commission said Tuesday that opposition leader Nawaz Sharif cannot run in parliamentary elections next month, eliminating the former prime minister's chances of returning to office.
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Sharif barred from Pakistan election
Dec 18 2007 3:41PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Election Commission said Tuesday that opposition leader Nawaz Sharif cannot run in parliamentary elections next month, eliminating the former prime minister's chances of returning to office.
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Sharif barred from Pakistan election
Dec 18 2007 3:41PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Election Commission said Tuesday that opposition leader Nawaz Sharif cannot run in parliamentary elections next month, eliminating the former prime minister's chances of returning to office.
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15 Afghan guards killed in attack
Dec 18 2007 11:33AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban fighters killed 15 Afghan guards working for a private security company who were guarding a convoy of fuel tankers in western Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday. Six Taliban were killed in the ensuing fight.
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Japan government spokesman: UFOs exist
Dec 18 2007 9:34AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's air force has never spotted a UFO, but the country's top government spokesman said Tuesday he "definitely" believes they exist.
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Japan ex-minister charged with bribery
Dec 18 2007 8:43AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Prosecutors charged a former top defense official Tuesday with allegedly accepting free golf trips and other bribes in exchange for contracts and other favorable treatment.
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Police arrested for plot suspect escape
Dec 18 2007 7:23AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Five people, including two police officers, have been arrested on suspicion they helped a British suspect in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners escape from police custody, the Pakistani interior minister said Tuesday.
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Ruling helps Kyrgyz opposition party
Dec 18 2007 7:06AM (CT)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court on Tuesday revoked a rule on vote counting that would have blocked an opposition party from winning seats in the national parliament.
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China's southwest hit by fuel crunch
Dec 18 2007 5:48AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Drivers waited in lines up to a half-mile long to buy gasoline in China's mountainous southwest Tuesday amid rationing aimed at easing a fuel crunch in key export regions elsewhere.
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4 killed in restive southern Thailand
Dec 18 2007 3:41AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Suspected Muslim insurgents shot and killed four people before beheading one victim in Thailand's insurgency-wracked south Tuesday, days before the country's first election since last year's coup, police said.
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Residents sue Japan over US jet noise
Dec 18 2007 1:21AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Thousands of residents near an air base used by Japanese and U.S. forces have sued the Japanese government to seek compensation for noise pollution caused by fighter jets, a court official said Tuesday.
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Giant rat found in Indonesian jungle
Dec 18 2007 12:18AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Researchers in a remote Indonesian jungle have discovered a giant rat that is about five times the size of a typical city rat and a tiny possum, scientists said Monday.
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Giant rat found in Indonesian jungle
Dec 18 2007 12:18AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Researchers in a remote Indonesian jungle have discovered a giant rat that is about five times the size of a typical city rat and a tiny possum, scientists said Monday.
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Giant rat found in Indonesian jungle
Dec 18 2007 12:18AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Researchers in a remote Indonesian jungle have discovered a giant rat that is about five times the size of a typical city rat and a tiny possum, scientists said Monday.
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Report: China population aging rapidly
Dec 18 2007 12:10AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's rapidly aging population could wipe out the country's low-cost labor advantage within the next few decades and stifle economic growth, state media said Tuesday.
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