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Separatists clash with Sri Lankan navy
Dec 22 2005 11:29PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Separatist rebels clashed with the Sri Lankan navy off the country's northwestern coast Thursday and destroyed one navy vessel, Sri Lankan officials said, in an escalation of violence that threatens to return the nation to civil war.
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China upholds dissident's life sentence
Dec 22 2005 11:06PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An appeals court on Friday upheld the life sentence of a U.S.-based Chinese dissident convicted of leading a terrorist group and kidnapping, the government said.
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Cambodian opposition leader sentenced
Dec 22 2005 11:00PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - A Cambodian opposition leader living in self-imposed exile was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison for defaming the prime minister and other political rivals.
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Scandal puts focus on South Korean culture
Dec 22 2005 10:12PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Six-day work weeks from morning until night. Companies trumpeting bigger and bigger flat-screen TVs. A government that proclaims it wants to be a "hub" for everything from finance to robots.
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Dam blocks another toxic spill in China
Dec 22 2005 9:15PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A dam temporarily blocked a toxic spill of cadmium from flowing downstream and reaching the country's southern business center, Guangzhou, a news report said Friday. It was the second manmade disaster to hit a Chinese river in six weeks.
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Southeast Asia hit with historic floods
Dec 22 2005 6:21PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Spawned by unrelenting rains, some of the severest floods in decades have killed at least 130 people in peninsular Southeast Asia, according to the latest reports Thursday.
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South Korean scientist files complaint
Dec 22 2005 12:27PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Embattled researcher Hwang Woo-suk filed a complaint Thursday, days after claiming that some of his team's embryonic stem cells were switched in the latest allegation surrounding purported scientific breakthroughs.
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U.S. Embassy warns of threat in Indonesia
Dec 22 2005 8:49AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The U.S. Embassy warned Thursday that the threat of terrorist attacks targeting Westerners in Indonesia over the Christmas and New Year holidays was very high.
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Rumsfeld warns against hasty withdrawals
Dec 22 2005 8:46AM (CT)
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AP) - While the United States is planning troop reductions in Afghanistan, removing forces too quickly would impede the long-term hunt for terrorists, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld says.
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Japan calls China's military a threat
Dec 22 2005 7:24AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan warned Thursday that China's expanding military budget represents a growing danger and is arousing suspicion among other nations, drawing quick condemnation from Beijing.
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