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NKorea misses nuke declaration deadline
Dec 31 2007 10:58PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea failed to meet a year-end deadline to declare all its nuclear programs under an aid-for-disarmament deal, prompting disappointed reactions Monday from South Korea, the United States and Japan.
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Japan PM pledges new anti-terror mission
Dec 31 2007 6:32PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister pledged Tuesday to resume naval operations near Afghanistan after he resolves a political dispute over Tokyo's role in the global fight against terrorist groups.
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Foreign reporters in China face problems
Dec 31 2007 6:11PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Foreign journalists working in China face continued harassment despite new reporting rules brought in for the Olympic Games this summer, the Beijing-based Foreign Correspondents Club of China said Tuesday.
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Standoff over poll delay in Pakistan
Dec 31 2007 3:50PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Parliamentary elections in Pakistan are set to be postponed by several weeks despite opposition demands they go ahead as planned on Jan. 8, officials said Monday, setting up a new political standoff after Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
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Standoff over poll delay in Pakistan
Dec 31 2007 3:50PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Parliamentary elections in Pakistan are set to be postponed by several weeks despite opposition demands they go ahead as planned on Jan. 8, officials said Monday, setting up a new political standoff after Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
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Standoff over poll delay in Pakistan
Dec 31 2007 3:50PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Parliamentary elections in Pakistan are set to be postponed by several weeks despite opposition demands they go ahead as planned on Jan. 8, officials said Monday, setting up a new political standoff after Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
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Standoff over poll delay in Pakistan
Dec 31 2007 3:50PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Parliamentary elections in Pakistan are set to be postponed by several weeks despite opposition demands they go ahead as planned on Jan. 8, officials said Monday, setting up a new political standoff after Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
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110 US troops die in Afghanistan in 2007
Dec 31 2007 2:04PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. military deaths, suicide bombings and opium production hit record highs in 2007. Taliban militants killed more than 925 Afghan police, and large swaths of the country remain outside government control.
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Bhutto video, medical report raise doubt
Dec 31 2007 1:57PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Aides to Benazir Bhutto charge that lax security allowed an assassin to approach within a few yards of her. But authorities insist it was her decision to open a hatch in her bombproof vehicle and chat with supporters that left her vulnerable.
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Bhutto video, medical report raise doubt
Dec 31 2007 1:57PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Aides to Benazir Bhutto charge that lax security allowed an assassin to approach within a few yards of her. But authorities insist it was her decision to open a hatch in her bombproof vehicle and chat with supporters that left her vulnerable.
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Bhutan elects a National Council
Dec 31 2007 1:37PM (CT)
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR, Bhutan (AP) - Thousands of Bhutanese went to the polls Monday to elect a National Council, the final stage before democratic elections that will end nearly 100 years of absolute monarchy in the secluded Himalayan country.
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Bhutan elects a National Council
Dec 31 2007 1:37PM (CT)
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR, Bhutan (AP) - Thousands of Bhutanese went to the polls Monday to elect a National Council, the final stage before democratic elections that will end nearly 100 years of absolute monarchy in the secluded Himalayan country.
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Bhutan elects a National Council
Dec 31 2007 1:37PM (CT)
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR, Bhutan (AP) - Thousands of Bhutanese went to the polls Monday to elect a National Council, the final stage before democratic elections that will end nearly 100 years of absolute monarchy in the secluded Himalayan country.
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Thai bombing hits New Year's festivities
Dec 31 2007 10:08AM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A bomb attack wounded 27 people Monday in a Thai tourist town where people had gathered to celebrate the New Year, officials said.
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Thai bombing hits New Year's festivities
Dec 31 2007 10:08AM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A bomb attack wounded 27 people Monday in a Thai tourist town where people had gathered to celebrate the New Year, officials said.
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Ex-Maoist rebels rejoin Nepal government
Dec 31 2007 8:04AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Four former communist rebels were sworn in as Cabinet ministers in Nepal on Monday, ending a political crisis that began when the ex-guerrillas walked out of a coalition government three-months ago.
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Report: 19 die in China coal mine blast
Dec 31 2007 7:50AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Nineteen miners died in a coal mine blast in a northeast Chinese province _ the latest casualties in another deadly year in the world's most dangerous mines, state-run media said Monday.
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Video, report spur Bhutto controversy
Dec 31 2007 4:54AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A newly released video of Benazir Bhutto's assassination and an inconclusive medical report raised new doubts Monday about the official explanation of her death and were likely to intensify calls for an independent, international investigation.
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Thai party says it can form coalition
Dec 31 2007 4:09AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The political party allied with deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced Monday it had enough seats to form a coalition government after Thailand's first post-military coup election.
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Bomb blasts in Thailand wound 27
Dec 31 2007 2:27AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Suspected Muslim insurgents set off five bombs early Monday in a Thai-Malaysian border tourist town, wounding 27 people, many of them New Year's revelers, an army spokesman said.
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World outsources pregnancies to India
Dec 31 2007 12:24AM (CT)
ANAND, India (AP) - Every night in this quiet western Indian city, 15 pregnant women prepare for sleep in the spacious house they share, ascending the stairs in a procession of ballooned bellies, to bedrooms that become a landscape of soft hills.
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World outsources pregnancies to India
Dec 31 2007 12:24AM (CT)
ANAND, India (AP) - Every night in this quiet western Indian city, 15 pregnant women prepare for sleep in the spacious house they share, ascending the stairs in a procession of ballooned bellies, to bedrooms that become a landscape of soft hills.
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World outsources pregnancies to India
Dec 31 2007 12:24AM (CT)
ANAND, India (AP) - Every night in this quiet western Indian city, 15 pregnant women prepare for sleep in the spacious house they share, ascending the stairs in a procession of ballooned bellies, to bedrooms that become a landscape of soft hills.
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World outsources pregnancies to India
Dec 31 2007 12:24AM (CT)
ANAND, India (AP) - Every night in this quiet western Indian city, 15 pregnant women prepare for sleep in the spacious house they share, ascending the stairs in a procession of ballooned bellies, to bedrooms that become a landscape of soft hills.
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World outsources pregnancies to India
Dec 31 2007 12:24AM (CT)
ANAND, India (AP) - Every night in this quiet western Indian city, 15 pregnant women prepare for sleep in the spacious house they share, ascending the stairs in a procession of ballooned bellies, to bedrooms that become a landscape of soft hills.
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Pakistan's largest city paralyzed
Dec 31 2007 12:01AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Residents of Pakistan's largest city cautiously emerged from their homes Sunday and struggled to find food and fuel amid the blackened buildings, shattered glass and burnt-out vehicles littered across Karachi.
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Pakistan's largest city paralyzed
Dec 31 2007 12:01AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Residents of Pakistan's largest city cautiously emerged from their homes Sunday and struggled to find food and fuel amid the blackened buildings, shattered glass and burnt-out vehicles littered across Karachi.
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Pakistan's largest city paralyzed
Dec 31 2007 12:01AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Residents of Pakistan's largest city cautiously emerged from their homes Sunday and struggled to find food and fuel amid the blackened buildings, shattered glass and burnt-out vehicles littered across Karachi.
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Pakistan's largest city paralyzed
Dec 31 2007 12:01AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Residents of Pakistan's largest city cautiously emerged from their homes Sunday and struggled to find food and fuel amid the blackened buildings, shattered glass and burnt-out vehicles littered across Karachi.
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