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Indonesia rushes aid to flooded island
Dec 24 2006 11:58PM (CT)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia rushed tents, food and other emergency aid to flood-ravaged parts of Sumatra island on Monday, and the United Nations pledged $2 million for survivors.
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Report: Japan weighs nuclear development
Dec 24 2006 11:13PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The Japanese government recently looked into the possibility of developing a nuclear warhead, a news report said Monday, citing an internal government document.
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Indian opposition warns gov't on Kashmir
Dec 24 2006 11:06PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - An opposition leader accused India's government Sunday of trying to settle the half-century old dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir by backing away from New Delhi's long held position that the Himalayan region is an integral part of its territory.
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Wild elephant kills 3 villagers in India
Dec 24 2006 9:59PM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - A wild elephant looking for food killed three people and injured 10 on Sunday in a forest range in eastern India, police said.
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Indonesia fears another massive tsunami
Dec 24 2006 6:39PM (CT)
PADANG, Indonesia (AP) - Two years after an earthquake off western Indonesia unleashed a monster tsunami, scientists expect the same fault to rupture again within the next few decades _ and this town stands to take the full force of the waves.
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Rivalry fuels Bangladesh politics crisis
Dec 24 2006 9:25AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - For 15 years Bangladesh has been dominated by the revolving-door premiership of two women whose rivalry is among the most ferocious in the democratic world.
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Flower shops bring Christmas to Kabul
Dec 24 2006 8:07AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - In devoutly Muslim Afghanistan, Christmas is like any other day _ people go to work, there are no blinking lights lining the streets and pine trees remain unadorned _ except on Flower Street, where local tree vendors are making an extra buck from the foreigners' holiday.
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Iran refuses to cease uranium enrichment
Dec 24 2006 7:39AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran vowed Sunday to push forward efforts to enrich uranium and to change its relations with the international nuclear watchdog after the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions designed to stop the country's disputed nuclear program.
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Floods kill 94 in Indonesia, Malaysia
Dec 24 2006 7:37AM (CT)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - At least 94 people were killed and dozens left missing by floods in Indonesia and Malaysia, officials said. Looting broke out in areas of Malaysia abandoned because of rising waters.
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Slain Taliban leader's ID confirmed
Dec 24 2006 7:12AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Forensic analysis and other information enabled the U.S. military to verify that a key associate of Taliban chief Mullah Omar was killed in an airstrike in southern Afghanistan last week, a spokesman said Sunday.
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Myanmar rebel leader Bo Mya dies at 79
Dec 24 2006 6:02AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A longtime leader of Myanmar's largest guerrilla group died early Sunday, a spokesman for the Karen National Union said.
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North Korea vows fight U.S. sanctions
Dec 24 2006 3:49AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean state media praised the country's leader Sunday for standing up to its enemies a day after the army's chief of staff vowed to take action against U.S. sanctions after nuclear disarmament talks ended in deadlock.
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Chinese official fired for misconduct
Dec 24 2006 3:06AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A top Communist Party official in China's booming eastern province of Shandong has been fired for misconduct, state media announced Sunday amid an anti-corruption crackdown.
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Indonesian police guarding churches
Dec 24 2006 12:04AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Tens of thousands of police deployed at churches across Indonesia Sunday amid warnings by Western nations that Islamic militants may be plotting Christmas bombings.
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