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Japan, N. Korea to hold talks on abductions
Dec 20 2005 10:48PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan and North Korea will hold talks over the weekend on the North's abductions of Japanese citizens and other outstanding bilateral issues, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
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Afghan lawmakers falter in first session
Dec 20 2005 2:20PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The first full session of Afghanistan's new parliament almost broke down Tuesday after a lawmaker demanded that authorities bring to justice all warlords, some of whom are delegates.
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Pentagon to reduce forces in Afghanistan
Dec 20 2005 1:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan will be reduced by about 3,500 next spring, thanks to increased NATO forces and a growing Afghan army, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
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Nagasaki must pay A-bomb victim's family
Dec 20 2005 10:23AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A court Tuesday ordered the city of Nagasaki to pay about $7,000 in back benefits to relatives of a South Korean man who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attack during World War II.
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Signs of devastation linger in tsunami zone
Dec 20 2005 10:03AM (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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Flood death toll rises to 35 in Thailand
Dec 20 2005 9:35AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Troops in southern Thailand struggled through mountains of mud Tuesday in an effort to reach thousands stranded by floods and landslides that have killed at least 35 people.
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Man convicted in Indonesian activist death
Dec 20 2005 9:22AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A court Tuesday convicted a pilot of poisoning Indonesia's top human rights activist and sentenced him to 14 years in prison. But the victim's widow alleged there was a larger conspiracy and demanded an investigation into the pilot's links with a senior intelligence official.
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Cheney visiting quake victims in Pakistan
Dec 20 2005 6:38AM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney visited Pakistan's earthquake zone Tuesday, underscoring the idea that helping Muslims in times of tragedy is one of the best ways the United States can improve its image overseas.
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3 NATO peacekeepers hurt in Afghan attack
Dec 20 2005 4:33AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Six people were wounded Tuesday in a suicide attack targeting NATO peacekeepers in Afghanistan's western city of Herat.
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