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China using chemicals to clear toxic spill
Dec 23 2005 10:46PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is dumping chemicals into a southern river in hopes of clearing a toxic spill that threatens water supplies to the major city of Guangzhou, the government said Saturday.
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Bangladeshi police clash with protesters
Dec 23 2005 10:35PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladeshi police on Friday fired tear gas and used batons to disperse hundreds of Islamic protesters, police and a witness said. At least 50 people were injured.
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Japan to proceed with joint missile program
Dec 23 2005 10:34PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The Japanese government has decided to move forward with a ballistic missile defense program with the United States, a top government official said Saturday.
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WHO calls on China to release flu samples
Dec 23 2005 8:32PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A senior World Health Organization official complained Friday that China has not shared with his agency any samples of a deadly bird flu virus strain from its dozens of outbreaks in poultry.
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China prosecutes 96 for coal mine deaths
Dec 23 2005 7:59PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has dismissed two provincial deputy governors and prosecuted 96 officials blamed for six coal mine accidents that have killed a total of 528 people in the past 13 months, the government announced Friday.
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13 Sri Lankan sailors killed in mine blast
Dec 23 2005 7:53PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Thirteen Sri Lankan sailors were killed Friday when their convoy came under attack in the rebel-held northeastern part of the country _ an incident European peace monitors fear could jeopardize Sri Lanka's fragile cease-fire.
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Afghan opposition leader to support Karzai
Dec 23 2005 7:12PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The chairman of Afghanistan's parliament and key rival of President Hamid Karzai said he's resigning as opposition leader and supporting the U.S.-backed president's efforts to rebuild the country.
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Azerbaijani plane crashes; 23 said killed
Dec 23 2005 6:21PM (CT)
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) - An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane with 23 people aboard crashed on the Caspian Sea coast and all aboard were believed killed, a police official said early Saturday.
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Eleven expelled from India's parliament
Dec 23 2005 3:55PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Taking a stand against corruption, India's parliament ended its winter session Friday with a vote to expel 11 lawmakers caught taking bribes in a television station's sting operation.
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Survivors prepare for tsunami anniversary
Dec 23 2005 3:43PM (CT)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - Muslim preachers in Indonesia told worshippers gathered for Friday prayers to keep their year-end celebrations somber in memory of those who died in the Indian Ocean tsunami last Dec. 26.
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Outpost sees promise of renewal in tsunami
Dec 23 2005 3:41PM (CT)
CAR NICOBAR, India (AP) - Entire villages were swept away and thousands killed when the tsunami battered the remote Andaman and Nicobar islands a year ago. But one of the world's great natural disasters also brought the promise of renewal to this long-forgotten Indian outpost.
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Indonesia on alert after terror warnings
Dec 23 2005 2:32PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia deployed thousands of troops to guard churches and places where foreigners gather Friday amid warnings that al-Qaida-linked militants were planning Christmas terror attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation.
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China to put NY Times researcher on trial
Dec 23 2005 1:49PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Prosecutors have filed an espionage case against a Chinese researcher for The New York Times and his trial could begin within six weeks, his defense lawyer said Friday.
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Scandal puts focus on South Korean culture
Dec 23 2005 2:00AM (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. South Korea is fiercely committed to being No. 1, and doing it yesterday.
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China upholds dissident's life sentence
Dec 23 2005 1:53AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese court on Friday upheld the conviction and life sentence of a U.S.-based Chinese pro-democracy activist on charges of leading a terrorist group and kidnapping.
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