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Bomb planted outside store kills 4 in NW Pakistan
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:06:54 GMT
 AP - A homemade bomb placed outside a store in northwestern Pakistan where locals watch movies exploded Thursday, killing four people, including a child, said officials.
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We don't want proxy wars in Afghanistan, Karzai says
(Reuters)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:01:52 GMT
 Reuters - Afghanistan does not want a proxy war between Pakistan and India or anybody else fought on its soil, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday during a visit to Pakistan.
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Six Afghans, South African die in Afghan violence
(Reuters)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:55:16 GMT
 Reuters - Five Afghan civilians, four of them children, were killed in an explosion Thursday, and gunmen shot dead a South African construction contractor and his Afghan colleague in a separate attack, officials said.
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Aussie 'miracle' elephant baby gaining strength
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:26:31 GMT
 AP - An elephant calf that was believed to have died during a nine-day labor is feeding itself and has earned the nickname "Mr. Shuffles" since learning to stand, Taronga Zoo officials said Thursday.
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Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from voting
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:24:43 GMT
AP - Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is barred from running in upcoming elections and won't even be allowed to vote, according to laws published Thursday.
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Bomb kills 5 Afghan civilians, including 4 kids
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:19:41 GMT
AP - A homemade bomb killed four children and a civilian adult in northeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, NATO forces said.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi urges response to 'unjust' law
(AFP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:00:59 GMT
 AFP - Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday called on Myanmar's people to give a united response to an "unjust" election law, her lawyer Nyan Win told AFP.
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Myanmar lets Suu Kyi's party reopen offices
(Reuters)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:44:26 GMT
 Reuters - Myanmar's military government has allowed the party of detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to reopen regional branch offices that have been closed since May 2003, a party spokesman said on Thursday.
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UK, Pakistani officials: British boy not found
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:24:10 GMT
 AP - A British boy kidnapped from his family's home in Pakistan has yet to be found, British and Pakistani officials said Thursday, following erroneous news of his release which one Pakistani diplomat here said was the result of mistaken identity.
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Nepal peace process at 'serious point': UN
(AFP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:17:33 GMT
 AFP - Nepal's peace process is at a "very serious point", the United Nations' top political official said Thursday, urging party leaders to act on pledges made at the end of the war.
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Afghanistan welcomes Pakistani role in peace talks
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:42:34 GMT
 AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that Pakistan has a key role to play in peace talks with the Taliban, a possible attempt to quash speculation that his government was trying to sideline its neighbor.
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US anti-WMD troops join military drills in SKorea
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:20:10 GMT
 AP - U.S. troops who would be tasked with eliminating North Korea's weapons of mass destruction in the event of armed conflict are participating in military drills with South Korea, the top U.S. commander in the country said Thursday.
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Complaints persist as US frees Afghan detainees
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:10:53 GMT
 AP - The Pashtun tribal leaders picked at the chocolate cake and fruit laid out for them at the conference table. Politely, they listened to speeches touting a new program to release detainees from Afghanistan's largest U.S.-run military prison if community leaders vouch for them.
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Gates: Iran support for Taliban 'pretty limited'
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:08:37 GMT
 AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Iranian support for the Taliban in Afghanistan isn't much of a problem for the United States — yet.
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China orders reporters trained in Marxist theory
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:52:41 GMT
AP - China will toughen requirements for reporters by launching a new certification system that requires training in Marxist and communist theories of news, a media official said, citing problems with the current crop of mainland journalists.
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2 Australians charged in vicious attack on tourist
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:44:53 GMT
AP - Two Australian teenagers have been charged in a brutal attack in a Sydney train station on a Canadian tourist in a wheelchair.
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US-Iran tension plays out in Afghanistan
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:52:24 GMT
 AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used a brief visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday to lob insults at the United States and argue that international forces won't stop terrorism and will only lead to more civilian deaths.
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China's troublemakers bond over 'drinking tea'
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:48:51 GMT
 AP - Like the United States, China is having its own tea party movement, but this one has a very different agenda.
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Bali bombing suspect confirmed dead in police raid
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:32:52 GMT
AP - The death of a senior terror suspect in a gunfight with police has been both a trophy for Indonesia and an unsettling reminder ahead of President Barack Obama's visit that the country's battle against resurgent extremists is far from over.
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'The Cove' puts Japanese fishermen on the defense
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:40:46 GMT
 AP - EDITOR'S NOTE — Miles Edelsten is a senior producer for Associated Press Television News and has covered Japan for 10 years.
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