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(AP) Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. Hidden from view, her words burst forth as she told her side of what happened to her family sometime ...
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(AP) A court has sentenced a Malaysian couple to 24 years in prison for fatally starving their Cambodian housemaid.Police found the body of Mey Sichan at the couple's home in Malaysia's northern Penang state in April last year. Medical reports said ...
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(AP) An Australian politician taking his morning jog through the national capital has come off second best after crossing a kangaroo.Shane Rattenbury, a minister in the Australian Capital Territory government, which administers the city of Canberra, says he was running on ...
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(AP) A Vietnamese court has sentenced two student activists to between six and eight years in prison for distributing leaflets calling on people to demonstrate against China.The sentences Thursday were the latest in an intensified crackdown against dissent in the one-party, ...
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(AP) Global economic malaise has knocked the stuffing out of Luo Yan's business making toy animals.Lou, the owner of Tongle Toy Enterprises in Foshan near Hong Kong, says sales of Hello Kitty dolls and plush rabbits have fallen 30 percent over ...
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(AP) Indonesia has extended a landmark ban on clearing primary rainforests and peatlands for another two years, a move greeted by environmentalists with praise and skepticism.Presidential environment adviser Pungki Agus Purnomo said Thursday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (soo-SEE'-loh BAHM'-bahng yoo-doh-YOH'-noh) ...
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(AP) Nepal police say a small plane with foreign tourists has crashed while attempting to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal.Police say the plane was trying to land at Jomsom located some 200 kilometers (125 miles) northwest of Katmandu ...
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(AP) A powerful explosion has shaken buildings in Kabul and smoke is billowing east of the Afghan capital.A police official says initial reports were that a car bomb exploded Thursday morning in front of a member of parliament's house east of ...
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(AP) Part of a shoe factory in Cambodia has collapsed while several dozen workers were inside the building. Police say two bodies have been pulled out of the wreckage.Officer Khem Pannara says at least 6 people were injured at a factory ...
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(AP) A popular Vietnamese satellite TV provider has stopped broadcasting foreign channels including BBC and CNN as the country begins enforcing a new law that foreign governments fear will limit access to information.The regulation requires international broadcasters to provide translation into ...
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(AP) New Zealand will sell a minority stake in a second power company this year as part of a plan to balance its books.The government on Thursday announced it would list state-owned Meridian Energy on the stock market by the end ...
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(AP) Over a decade ago, the man now set to become Pakistan's next prime minister stood at this border crossing with archenemy India to inaugurate a "friendship" bus service connecting the two countries as cheering supporters waved flags and tossed rose ...
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(AP) Myanmar's government says ethnic Shan guerrillas have attacked a state oil and gas company compound near the Chinese border, leaving two dead and three wounded.The state-owned Myanma Ahlin newspaper reported Wednesday that guerrillas from the Restoration Council of the Shan ...
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(AP) Japan's parliament has approved a record-high 92.6 trillion yen ($906.2 billion) budget for this fiscal year, raising military spending for the first time in 11 years and boosting public works outlays to help revive the economy.The budget was approved late ...
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(AP) Thailand has limited the use of shackles on more than 500 prisoners who committed serious crimes in a move to conform to international human rights standards.Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Wednesday the initiative also shows the government's intent to switch ...
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(AP) A preliminary report into last month's Lion Air plane crash into the sea off Bali urges the budget carrier to immediately address safety concerns by providing training for pilots during critical landing times.The National Transportation Safety Committee's investigation did not ...
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(AP) A Chinese woman who posted a complaint about a petrochemical plant near her hometown in China to the White House's online petition page says she got an unexpected order from police: Take it down.The woman, who asked that only her ...
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(AP) The top U.S. envoy on North Korea says China has indicated it will continue to implement sanctions against Pyongyang.The U.N. sanctions are intended to make North Korea abandon its nuclear programs. China is North Korea's economic lifeline.The envoy, Glyn Davies, ...
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(AP) Air India says the cockpit door of one of its planes got jammed during a flight while the captain was using the toilet, forcing an unscheduled landing by the co-pilot in central India.An airline statement says the captain couldn't return ...
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(AP) A South Korean presidential spokesman who was fired after inappropriately touching a woman during a U.S. trip blames a "cultural difference" with America. Other South Koreans say the fault for such incidents truly lies with a society that allows powerful ...
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(AP) Malaysia's leader has named a new Cabinet challenged with restoring confidence in a long-ruling coalition that won national elections this month with a weaker majority.Prime Minister Najib Razak's list of ministers comprises a mix of experienced officials and fresher faces ...
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(AP) Vietnam has issued a new law allowing domestically produced chemicals to be used to execute prisoners.The European Union has stopped exporting chemicals used in lethal injections because it regards the death penalty as a human rights violation. The ban has ...
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(AP) Okinawa has marked the anniversary of its return to Japan after decades of post-World War II U.S. occupation amid snubs from Tokyo and growing concerns over the concentration of the roughly 25,000 U.S. forces still on their islands.Tensions between Okinawans ...
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(AP) China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than a million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. The tactic, however, appears ...
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(AP) In a rare departure from her characteristically tough style, a teary-eyed Prime Minister Julia Gillard has introduced a new tax bill to Parliament that would fund better care for Australians with severe physical and mental disabilities.Gillard gave an emotional speech ...
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(AP) Australia's treasurer says his economic blueprint for the fiscal year ahead will support jobs and growth without European-style austerity measures aimed at reining in the national deficit.Treasurer Wayne Swan will unveil the budget in Parliament on Tuesday that is likely ...
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(AP) A North Korean academic says an American sentenced to 15 years' hard labor has called his family and urged Washington to push for his amnesty.Ri Gyong Chol, section chief of the North Korean Academy of Social Sciences' Institution of Law, ...
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(AP) Zimbabwe's prime minister says his party will end years of bias and abuse by the police, military and intelligence services and will make sure the services uphold the country's new constitution which demands impartiality in their duties.Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ...
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(AP) A British lawmaker widely viewed as a rising star in the Labour Party says the United Kingdom should more aggressively forge ties with West Africa's growing economies.While leading a trade mission to Nigeria and Ghana this week, 34-year-old Chuka Umunna ...
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(AP) A Congolese official says the body of a journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo.Bunia Mayor Ferdinand Fimbo said Saturday that the body of Guylain Chanjabo was found ...
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