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Indonesia withdraws last troops from Aceh
Dec 29 2005 9:03PM (CT)
LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian soldiers lugged guns and heavy bags up gangplanks Thursday as they completed the final phase of a troop reduction in tsunami-ravaged Aceh province _ a key step in an accord with separatist rebels to end a 29-year war.
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China assails Japan over official's death
Dec 29 2005 12:48PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Beijing denounced Tokyo on Thursday for claiming that Chinese spies drove a Japanese consulate official to commit suicide, in a new source of tension between the Asian countries a week after Japan called China a military threat.
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Indonesian military admits to taking money
Dec 29 2005 12:09PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia's military acknowledged for the first time Thursday that a U.S. gold-mining conglomerate has been providing direct "support" to army units accused of human rights abuses for decades in the remote province of West Papua.
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Two suspected Taliban bombers die in blast
Dec 29 2005 9:54AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Two suspected Taliban suicide bombers died Thursday when explosives they were strapping to their bodies exploded prematurely in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
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300 million Chinese drink unsafe water
Dec 29 2005 9:38AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - About 300 million people living in China's vast countryside drink unsafe water tainted by chemicals and other contaminants, the government said Thursday in its latest acknowledgment of mounting risks from widespread pollution.
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Leopard kills 75-year-old man in India
Dec 29 2005 8:45AM (CT)
JAMMU, India (AP) - A leopard attacked and killed a 75-year-old man in a remote mountainous region in northwestern India, police said Thursday.
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China slams Japan over suicide allegations
Dec 29 2005 6:29AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China accused Japan on Thursday of "vile behavior" for blaming the suicide of a Japanese diplomat on Chinese agents, setting off a new round of tensions between the Asian rivals.
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South Korea's police chief offers to quit
Dec 29 2005 1:51AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's national police chief offered to resign Thursday over a police crackdown that resulted in the deaths of two farmers, paving the way for the nation's ruling party to convene a key parliamentary session.
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Pakistani killed daughters to save 'honor'
Dec 29 2005 1:15AM (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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