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South Korea asks U.S. to explain beef
Dec 22 2006 10:26PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea has asked the United States to explain why a shipment of American beef rejected for having banned bone fragments also contained unacceptable levels of the toxic chemical dioxin, an official said Friday.
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Security tight for Gandhi after threat
Dec 22 2006 8:52PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian authorities have tightened security around Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi after intelligence agencies warned she could be the target of a suicide bombing plot by Islamic militants, including al-Qaida, an official said Friday.
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Roadside bomb kills 5 Afghan police
Dec 22 2006 7:55PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb exploded next to a police patrol in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing five policemen, an official said.
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Activist criticize China toy factory
Dec 22 2006 5:03PM (CT)
1 SHANGHAI, China (AP) - The pouty Bratz dolls so popular as Christmas presents are made at a factory in southern China where workers are obliged to toil up to 94 hours a week, among other violations, a labor rights group said in a report released Friday.
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Japanese pet owners turn to acupuncture
Dec 22 2006 3:08PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Andy has sprouted white whiskers, suffers from lower back pain and no longer bounds up the stairs like he used to. Still, the 11-year-old Siberian husky isn't lying idle: every week he meets his personal trainer for a run on an underwater treadmill, does laps in a doggy pool to strengthen his hind legs and unwinds with a hot spa and massage session.
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Analysis: N. Korea may increase tensions
Dec 22 2006 2:04PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - When North Korea doesn't get what it wants, it prods the world into paying attention the only way it knows how: raising the stakes, doing everything from launching missiles to its recent nuclear test.
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Suspect denies role in alleged jet plot
Dec 22 2006 7:22AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A British Muslim appearing before a Pakistani court on Friday denied that he was involved in an alleged plot to blow up passenger jets flying from London to the United States.
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U.S. cancels Philippines military exercise
Dec 22 2006 6:05AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The United States canceled a joint military exercise with the Philippines scheduled for next year because of a dispute over the custody of a U.S. Marine appealing his rape conviction, officials said Friday.
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Report: China lawyer's sentence suspended
Dec 22 2006 4:51AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese activist lawyer was convicted of subversion for posting political essays on foreign Web sites and received a suspended three-year prison sentence, a state news agency reported Friday.
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Muslim insurgency escalates in Thailand
Dec 22 2006 4:47AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand have intensified their deadly attacks and imposed greater control over the local populace despite offers of peace and reconciliation by the country's military-backed government.
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After Niyazov dies, nation at crossroads
Dec 22 2006 2:47AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - He was, by his own decree, the "Father Of All Turkmen," and his death Thursday leaves an energy-rich, strategically situated swath of Central Asia without an heir apparent _ and potentially at the heart of a global tussle between Russia, China and the United States.
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