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By VOA News 22 July 2006Two suicide bombings have rocked the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing at least eight people, including two U.S.-led coalition soldiers.A coalition spokesman says the two soldiers died Saturday after a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying U.S.-led coalition troops. The blast wounded at least ...
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By VOA News 22 July 2006Shops and schools are closed in the main city of Indian Kashmir in protest of Israel's continuing air strikes on southern Lebanon.The one-day strike Saturday in Kashmir's summer capital of Srinagar was called by Syed Ali Geelani. He heads the hard-line wing of the separatist ...
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By Lisa Bryant Paris26 July 2006A French-Tunisian, who served a jail sentence in France for helping the killers of Afghan commander Ahmed Shah Massoud, now might be expelled to Tunisia. Human rights groups claim Adel Tebourski may be tortured if he is sent home.Forty-two-year-old Adel Tebourski served a five-year sentence ...
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By VOA News 26 July 2006Chinese authorities say Typhoon Kaemi killed at least two people in southeastern China Wednesday before weakening into an area of low pressure.Local officials in Guangdong province say a landslide caused the two deaths early Wednesday morning in Wuhua county.Kaemi came ashore Tuesday, near Jinjiang city ...
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By David Gollust State Department04 August 2006The United States announced sanctions Friday against seven foreign companies for selling Iran technology that could be used to develop weapons of mass destruction. The affected firms are in North Korea, Cuba, India and in Russia, which has sharply criticized the U.S. action. The ...
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By VOA News 05 August 2006Health officials in Thailand say a 27-year-old man has died of bird flu. He is the second person the virus has killed in the country this year. If confirmed by the World Health Organization, the case would raise Thailand's bird flu death toll to 16 ...
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By VOA News 30 July 2006In Bangladesh, tens of thousands of anti-government activists have marched through the capital, Dhaka, in the biggest protest of a six-day campaign to press for electoral reforms.Chanting slogans such as No reforms, no polls, the opposition supporters burned an effigy of the chief election commissioner, ...
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By Frank Ling Washington03 August 2006Scientists expect more deadly earthquakes and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. Countries in the region are making progress towards a regional warning and alert center. Tsunamis cannot be prevented, but ample warning can save lives. Unfortunately, that was not the case for 230,000 people who ...
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By Barry Newhouse Bangkok03 August 2006Thailand's foreign minister has expressed concern over Burma's refusal to say when it will free democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi. Kanthati Supamongkhon's comments followed a sudden and secretive half-day visit to Burma he made with the Thai prime minister. Foreign Minister Kantathi Supamongkhon said ...
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By VOA News 03 August 2006Typhoon Prapiroon has made landfall in southern China, bringing gale force winds and causing the evacuation of thousands of people.Prapiroon hit coastal Guangdong province in the early evening local time, near the city of Yangjiang. Torrential rains are pounding the area and ferry service between ...
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By VOA News 04 August 2006The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan says at least 25 Taleban rebels have been killed during a joint military operation with Afghan troops in the south of the country.A statement released by the coalition Friday says the clash happened Thursday in Helmand province.Also Thursday, three NATO ...
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By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja04 August 2006Armed gangs have abducted four foreign oil contractors in a fresh wave of kidnappings in the troubled Niger Delta. Nigeria now faces the prospect of a long-term drop in oil production.An unknown group on Friday seized three Philippine workers near the Bonny oil and ...
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By Daniel Schearf Beijing04 August 2006More than 100 intellectuals and dissidents have signed a petition condemning China's closure of an Internet site they said was one of the few places for free expression in the country. The Century China site was a popular forum for social and political discussion and for ...
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By VOA News 22 July 2006Indian police say they have arrested a top militant commander blamed for dozens of attacks and tourist killings in Indian Kashmir.Authorities said Saturday that Mudasir Gujri was arrested in Jammu-Kashmir, India's only Muslim majority state. State police chief Gopal Sharma told a news conference that ...
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By Kurt Achin Seoul25 July 2006As North Korean diplomats prepare to take part in a regional security forum in Malaysia, Pyongyang is finding itself isolated not just by its usual critics, but also by some of its usually friendly neighbors. North Korean state media on Tuesday lashed out at U.S. ...
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By Heda Bayron Kuala Lumpur26 July 2006The European Union has agreed to allow Burma's foreign minister to attend a summit of European and Asian leaders in Helsinki later this year. The European Union will waive a travel ban on Burma's top leaders to allow Burmese Foreign Minister to attend the ...
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By Adam Phillips New York27 July 2006The American media have dubbed her the hugging saint. This 53 year-old south Indian woman named Amma - the word means mother in Sanskrit - is actually a religious guru known for the hugs she gives those who seek an audience with her. She ...
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By David McAlary Washington08 February 2006Chinese and U.S. scientists have uncovered the earliest known ancestor to the giant, fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur. This 160-million-year-old primitive tyrannosaur was much smaller and looks more like a predecessor to a rooster than a T-rex. The far western reaches of China's Gobi Desert, the ...
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By VOA News 08 February 2006India says it is sending paramilitary troops to Afghanistan to provide security for Indian civilians working on various development projects in the war-torn country.Reuters news agency quotes a government official as saying the troops will join some 40 armed commandos from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police ...
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By Patricia Nunan Kathmandu08 February 2006Polls have closed in Nepal's controversial municipal elections, which King Gyanendra said would be the first step toward restoring democratic freedoms across the country. But voter turnout appeared to be low after political parties boycotted the polls and communist insurgents threatened to use violence to ...
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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad08 February 2006Afghanistan has welcomed the decision by leading Western creditors to cancel the country's debts. The United States says it will cancel its entire $108 million debt and called on all of Afghanistan's lenders to follow suit.Afghan government spokesman, Khaleeq Ahmed, on Wednesday applauded the U.S. ...
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