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N. Korea aims to boost nuclear program
Dec 19 2005 10:28PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Monday it plans to boost its nuclear weapons program because of hostile U.S. policies toward the regime, and it called Washington's criticism of its human rights record hypocritical.
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Cheney pledges support to Afghan democracy
Dec 19 2005 9:07PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney, celebrating democratic milestones in countries where U.S.-led invasions have toppled oppressive regimes, promised Afghans on Monday that the United States will not abandon its commitment to their infant democracy.
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First Afghan parliament in decades convenes
Dec 19 2005 5:23PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan marked another milestone in its march to democracy, inaugurating its first popularly elected parliament in three decades Monday in an emotional ceremony that brought the president to tears.
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U.S. beef back in Japan after 2-year ban
Dec 19 2005 12:19PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The California red was served, the oysters on the half-shell consumed. Finally, Bumpei Kawanaka had what he really wanted on his fork: a glistening red slice of American steak.
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U.N.: Tsunami generated unprecedented aid
Dec 19 2005 7:41AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The tsunami that swept across the Indian Ocean generated an unprecedented outpouring of aid that should become become the new standard for humanitarian disasters, the U.N. humanitarian chief says.
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Thailand king steps into political arena
Dec 19 2005 5:27AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The king of Thailand rarely speaks, but when he does everyone listens _ and obeys. Even the country's powerful prime minister.
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Experts weigh damage by tsunami, humans
Dec 19 2005 2:44AM (CT)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - There's enough tsunami trash in this Indonesian city to make a three-story-high pile covering 30 football fields. In Sri Lanka, the volume of waste dumped in lagoons and waterways is more than twice what was generated by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, by U.N. estimate.
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