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Pakistani killed daughters to save 'honor'
Dec 28 2005 10:57PM (CT)
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) - Nazir Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters and their 25-year old stepsister to salvage his family's "honor" _ a crime that shocked Pakistan.
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Gunmen kill retired professor in India
Dec 28 2005 8:11PM (CT)
BANGALORE, India (AP) - Gunmen fired toward a crowd outside a leading science institute Wednesday night, killing a retired professor and wounding four other people, officials said.
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Norwegian calls for Sri Lanka peace talks
Dec 28 2005 2:52PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A Norwegian official who brokered Sri Lanka's 2002 cease-fire called on the Asian country's government and the Tamil Tiger rebels to resume peace talks urgently to avoid sliding back into civil war.
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Numbers down at Japan's N. Korea schools
Dec 28 2005 2:14PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - At a run-down Tokyo junior school, portraits of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il cast a watchful gaze over the pupils. But after the bell, the kids share frank opinions about the so-called Dear Leader.
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Fiery bus accident in India kills 30
Dec 28 2005 12:33PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A bus collided with a truck on a highway in western India on Wednesday and burst into flames, killing at least 30 people, police said.
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U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan
Dec 28 2005 9:37AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A remote-control bomb exploded on a mountainous road in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing one U.S. service member and wounding two, officials said.
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Chinese villagers' news conference blocked
Dec 28 2005 7:49AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Police on Wednesday blocked a Chinese family from holding a news conference in Beijing to publicize complaints of police brutality in their village.
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China demands U.S. lift sanctions on firms
Dec 28 2005 6:51AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's government on Wednesday demanded that the United States lift sanctions imposed on six Chinese companies accused of supplying Iran with missile technology or chemical arms material.
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