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Chinese mayor fired over mine explosion
Dec 19 2007 11:45PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's government has fired a mayor over a coal mine explosion that killed 105 people in his city, official media reported Thursday.
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Terrorist loses appeals in Australia
Dec 19 2007 11:27PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A Pakistani-born man lost an appeal Thursday against his conviction and sentence for plotting a terrorist attack in Australia that police believe could have targeted the national electricity supply grid.
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Ex-Hyundai CEO wins SKorean presidency
Dec 19 2007 11:22PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A former Hyundai CEO known as "The Bulldozer" for his determination to get things done rolled over all opposition and financial fraud allegations to win South Korea's presidency Wednesday, ending a decade of liberal rule.
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Ex-Hyundai CEO wins SKorean presidency
Dec 19 2007 11:22PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A former Hyundai CEO known as "The Bulldozer" for his determination to get things done rolled over all opposition and financial fraud allegations to win South Korea's presidency Wednesday, ending a decade of liberal rule.
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Ex-Hyundai CEO wins SKorean presidency
Dec 19 2007 11:22PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A former Hyundai CEO known as "The Bulldozer" for his determination to get things done rolled over all opposition and financial fraud allegations to win South Korea's presidency Wednesday, ending a decade of liberal rule.
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Ex-Hyundai CEO wins SKorean presidency
Dec 19 2007 11:22PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A former Hyundai CEO known as "The Bulldozer" for his determination to get things done rolled over all opposition and financial fraud allegations to win South Korea's presidency Wednesday, ending a decade of liberal rule.
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Train derails in Pakistan, killing 58
Dec 19 2007 6:18PM (CT)
MEHRABPUR, Pakistan (AP) - Plunged into darkness and chaos, Shahid Khan used the light from his cell phone Wednesday to escape the wreckage of an express train that had been taking holiday travelers home.
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Train derails in Pakistan, killing 58
Dec 19 2007 6:18PM (CT)
MEHRABPUR, Pakistan (AP) - Plunged into darkness and chaos, Shahid Khan used the light from his cell phone Wednesday to escape the wreckage of an express train that had been taking holiday travelers home.
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Train derails in Pakistan, killing 58
Dec 19 2007 6:18PM (CT)
MEHRABPUR, Pakistan (AP) - Plunged into darkness and chaos, Shahid Khan used the light from his cell phone Wednesday to escape the wreckage of an express train that had been taking holiday travelers home.
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Train derails in Pakistan, killing 58
Dec 19 2007 6:18PM (CT)
MEHRABPUR, Pakistan (AP) - Plunged into darkness and chaos, Shahid Khan used the light from his cell phone Wednesday to escape the wreckage of an express train that had been taking holiday travelers home.
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Train derails in Pakistan, killing 58
Dec 19 2007 6:18PM (CT)
MEHRABPUR, Pakistan (AP) - Plunged into darkness and chaos, Shahid Khan used the light from his cell phone Wednesday to escape the wreckage of an express train that had been taking holiday travelers home.
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Chinese activist held for subversion
Dec 19 2007 6:13PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An online commentator who said next year's Beijing Olympics would force ordinary Chinese to live "like pigs and dogs" has been detained for nearly a week on a charge of subversion, his wife said Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka military: Rebel leader wounded
Dec 19 2007 2:32PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - An airstrike last month wounded the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels' reclusive leader, the Sri Lankan military said Wednesday. The rebels made no immediate comment on the claim.
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US pushes Japan to halt whale hunt
Dec 19 2007 1:30PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The United States is pushing Japan to suspend its hunt of humpback whales, and the American ambassador to Tokyo said Wednesday an agreement to stop it may have already been reached.
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India tigers kill man reaching into cage
Dec 19 2007 12:27PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - A man who stuck his arm into the tiger enclosure at a zoo in northeast India bled to death Wednesday after two big cats tore off his limb as his family and dozens of visitors watched, a zoo official said.
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Ousted Thai premier looms over polls
Dec 19 2007 11:37AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - It could be the cash, or it could be charisma, but one thing is clear: As Thailand votes Sunday, politics remains dominated by Thaksin Shinawatra, the populist billionaire ousted as prime minister by a military coup 15 months ago.
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Rights group: Pakistani elections unfair
Dec 19 2007 9:38AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A leading human rights group warned Wednesday that holding free and fair parliamentary election in Pakistan will be "impossible" because President Pervez Musharraf has tilted the political playing field so far in his favor.
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US diplomat heads to North Korea
Dec 19 2007 6:51AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The U.S. State Department's top Korea expert headed Wednesday to North Korea to review work to disable its main nuclear complex as part of ongoing disarmament efforts.
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Indian police arrest teacher
Dec 19 2007 5:33AM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - Indian police arrested a physics teacher who allegedly disciplined 22 unruly teenage students by giving them electric shocks, authorities said Wednesday.
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Russia to free sick Japanese fisherman
Dec 19 2007 5:24AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Russia plans to release the captain of one of four Japanese fishing boats seized in disputed waters last week because of his poor health, Japan's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
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14 die in Pakistan road accident
Dec 19 2007 4:39AM (CT)
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) - A trailer truck hit a rickshaw crowded with children going to school in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, leaving 14 people dead, police said.
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Suspected rebels bomb Sri Lanka train
Dec 19 2007 3:43AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Suspected rebels bombed a mail train in eastern Sri Lanka, a region the army said it liberated from Tamil Tiger control six-months ago.
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US urges Japan not to exit war on terror
Dec 19 2007 3:18AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. ambassador urged Japan on Wednesday to extend its naval mission in the Indian Ocean, saying it would be "a real tragedy" if Tokyo dropped out of the battle against terrorism.
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Hong Kong cable car to reopen on Dec. 31
Dec 19 2007 2:19AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A cable car that takes riders hundreds of feet above Hong Kong's rocky coast to a mountaintop Buddha statue will reopen on New Year's Eve, six months after an empty gondola plunged to the ground, the government said Wednesday.
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UN concerned over NKorean rights abuses
Dec 19 2007 12:32AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Tuesday expressing "very serious concern" at reports of widespread human rights violations in North Korea, including torture and public executions.
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