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- Obama offers Myanmar better ties if it reforms
- Shen-Zhao lead pairs at Skate America (AFP)
- Refugee standoff in Indonesia eases
- Wounded Pumas worry Wilkinson (AFP)
- World Cup chaos fears as Egypt, Algeria clash (AFP)
- Seven dead in India train accident: police (AFP)
- China's Hu meets with top Taiwan politician: official
- Iraqis claim torture by British soldiers: ministry
- British ship watched pirates seize couple: ministry
- Obama pledges greater U.S. engagement in Asia
- Japan atomic bomb-hit city applauds Obama speech
- 9 killed as speeding train derails in India (AP)
- Nepal Maoist protests continue
- Turkey launches Kurd reform plans
- Yemen's fight with rebels a regional concern
- In Japan, Obama stresses Asia's role in U.S. economy
- Sudan's 'trouser lady' continues to fight decency laws
- Alleged Sept. 11 planner will be tried in New York
- For smug KSM, federal court could be perfect arena
- The alleged Sept. 11 conspirators, at a glance
| Obama offers Myanmar better ties if it reforms Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:49 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday offered Myanmar the prospect of better ties with Washington if it pursued democratic reform and freed political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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| Shen-Zhao lead pairs at Skate America (AFP) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:38 PM PST
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| Refugee standoff in Indonesia eases Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:58 PM PST Minority of Sri Lankan refugees agree to leave Australian ship moored in Indonesia.
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| Wounded Pumas worry Wilkinson (AFP) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:16 PM PST
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| World Cup chaos fears as Egypt, Algeria clash (AFP) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:03 PM PST
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| Seven dead in India train accident: police (AFP) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:24 PM PST
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| China's Hu meets with top Taiwan politician: official Posted: 13 Nov 2009 07:23 PM PST SINGAPORE -China's President Hu Jintao met with top Taiwan politician Lien Chan on Saturday, a Chinese official told AFP, in rare talks expected to have covered a landmark trade agreement.
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| Iraqis claim torture by British soldiers: ministry Posted: 13 Nov 2009 05:28 PM PST LONDON -An investigation has been launched into allegations that British soldiers tortured Iraqi civilians, Britain's Ministry of Defence said.
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| British ship watched pirates seize couple: ministry Posted: 13 Nov 2009 05:21 PM PST LONDON -The crew of a British military ship watched as a British couple were taken hostage by Somali pirates but were ordered not to open fire, the Ministry of Defence said.
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| Obama pledges greater U.S. engagement in Asia Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:22 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Saturday to deepen dialogue with China rather than seek to contain the rising power, as he laid out a vision for greater engagement with a vibrant Asia-Pacific region.
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| Japan atomic bomb-hit city applauds Obama speech Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:22 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - The mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki praised U.S. President Barack Obama's speech laying out his vision for engagement with Asia on Saturday, saying he had paved the way to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
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| 9 killed as speeding train derails in India (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:25 PM PST AP - A speeding train derailed in western India early Saturday killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80 others.
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| Nepal Maoist protests continue Posted: 13 Nov 2009 01:40 AM PST Maoist demonstrators blockade government offices in Kathmandu for second day.
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| Turkey launches Kurd reform plans Posted: 13 Nov 2009 07:26 PM PST A peace plan to try to end the conflict in the mainly Kurdish south-east of Turkey has been launched by the country's interior minister.
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| Yemen's fight with rebels a regional concern Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:00 PM PST MAZRAQ, YEMEN -- Along the jagged, oatmeal-colored mountains of northern Yemen, civil war has transformed the windswept landscape into a canvas of human misery, bolstering al-Qaeda's efforts to create a haven in the Middle East's poorest nation. 
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| In Japan, Obama stresses Asia's role in U.S. economy Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:00 PM PST TOKYO -- Declaring himself "America's first Pacific president," President Obama opened his trip to the region Saturday by asserting that the future of the U.S. economy depends more than ever on Asia -- and by pledging that China's growth will not come at the expense of its neighbors.
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| Sudan's 'trouser lady' continues to fight decency laws Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:00 PM PST KHARTOUM, SUDAN -- A few months after she was arrested for wearing pants, Lubna Hussein was lounging around her home in a shady, upper-class neighborhood in this capital along the Nile River. It was a hot afternoon, but the 34-year-old Sudanese journalist was wearing thick jeans adorned with sequins...
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| Alleged Sept. 11 planner will be tried in New York Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:00 PM PST Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and four co-conspirators will be tried in Manhattan federal courthouse less than a mile from Ground Zero, the Justice Department announced Friday, the most concrete demonstration yet of the Obama administration'...
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| For smug KSM, federal court could be perfect arena Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:00 PM PST When two planes struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001, Khalid Sheik Mohammed was sitting in an Internet cafe in Karachi, Pakistan, monitoring the attacks. At first, Mohammed later told CIA interrogators, he was disappointed. He said that he expected the...
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| The alleged Sept. 11 conspirators, at a glance Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:00 PM PST Five alleged conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks will be transferred to the United States for trial in federal court.
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