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Thailand holds first election since coup
Dec 22 2007 11:50PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed, exiled and allegedly corrupt, was poised for a comeback-by-proxy as his loyalists looked likely to win Thailand's national election Sunday.
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Thailand holds first election since coup
Dec 22 2007 11:50PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed, exiled and allegedly corrupt, was poised for a comeback-by-proxy as his loyalists looked likely to win Thailand's national election Sunday.
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Thailand holds first election since coup
Dec 22 2007 11:50PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed, exiled and allegedly corrupt, was poised for a comeback-by-proxy as his loyalists looked likely to win Thailand's national election Sunday.
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Thailand holds first election since coup
Dec 22 2007 11:50PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed, exiled and allegedly corrupt, was poised for a comeback-by-proxy as his loyalists looked likely to win Thailand's national election Sunday.
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Thailand holds first election since coup
Dec 22 2007 11:50PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, deposed, exiled and allegedly corrupt, was poised for a comeback-by-proxy as his loyalists looked likely to win Thailand's national election Sunday.
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French, Australian leaders visit Kabul
Dec 22 2007 3:28PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The leaders of France and Australia met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday, each pledging their countries' long-term commitment to Afghanistan.
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French, Australian leaders visit Kabul
Dec 22 2007 3:28PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The leaders of France and Australia met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday, each pledging their countries' long-term commitment to Afghanistan.
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Pakistan looks for clues to ID bomber
Dec 22 2007 10:36AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Police examined clothing, shoes and the severed legs of a man Saturday to try to identify a suicide bomber who killed at least 50 people during a holiday prayer service at a crowded mosque in northwestern Pakistan.
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Pakistan looks for clues to ID bomber
Dec 22 2007 10:36AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Police examined clothing, shoes and the severed legs of a man Saturday to try to identify a suicide bomber who killed at least 50 people during a holiday prayer service at a crowded mosque in northwestern Pakistan.
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Pakistan looks for clues to ID bomber
Dec 22 2007 10:36AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Police examined clothing, shoes and the severed legs of a man Saturday to try to identify a suicide bomber who killed at least 50 people during a holiday prayer service at a crowded mosque in northwestern Pakistan.
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French, Australian leaders in Kabul
Dec 22 2007 9:59AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Making the first-ever trip to Afghanistan by a French president, Nicolas Sarkozy met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday to discuss the political and military situation in the war-torn country.
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Koreas expand cargo rail to passengers
Dec 22 2007 7:41AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A cargo rail service between North and South Korea will be expanded to take passengers starting next year, but only South Koreans will be allowed to cross the border by train, the Unification Ministry said Saturday.
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2 arrested in Indian courthouse blasts
Dec 22 2007 3:29AM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Police on Saturday arrested two men suspected of being Islamic militants involved in a series of explosions that ripped through courthouse complexes in three north Indian cities last month, killing at least 16 lawyers.
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China jails mine owner in 2005 blast
Dec 22 2007 3:22AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The owner and four employees of a Chinese coal mine where an explosion killed 171 miners were sentenced Saturday to prison terms ranging from 3 1/2 to six years, state media reported.
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Mao tolerated Christmas before takeover
Dec 22 2007 3:15AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - In a long and speckled career overseas, I have witnessed many unusual Christmases. None were more peculiar than the two spent in the exile capital of the godless fathers of Chinese communism, whose heirs are sponsors next August of the originally pagan Olympic games.
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WHO investigates bird flu in Pakistan
Dec 22 2007 1:20AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Limited human-to-human bird flu transmission may have occurred in Pakistan, but no new infections have been reported for two weeks and there appears to be no threat of further spread, a top World Health Organization official said.
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