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Yahoo! News: Asia News
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Afghanistan welcomes Pakistani role in peace talks
(AP)
AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai says Pakistan has an "important" role to play in peace talks with the Taliban.
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Thailand deploys 50,000-strong force ahead of protests
(AFP)
 AFP - Thai authorities Thursday began deploying 50,000 troops on the streets of Bangkok ahead of rallies by anti-government protesters that they fear could turn violent, the deputy prime minister said.
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Complaints persist as US frees Afghan detainees
(AP)
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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Afghanistan does not want proxy wars: Karzai
(AFP)
 AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai told Pakistan on Thursday that his country did not want to become a battle ground for proxy wars between India, Pakistan, Iran and the United States.
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Japan to fight global trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna
(AFP)
 AFP - Japan vowed Thursday to fight a global trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna, the pricey mainstay of sushi and sashimi, as Europe and the United States step up moves to protect the species.
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Injury-hit England gear up for Bangladesh Test
(AFP)
 AFP - England go into the opening Test against Bangladesh on Friday hoping their depleted pace attack delivers and Kevin Pietersen ends his dismal run with the bat.
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Experts on WMD taking part in US-S.Korea war games
(AFP)
 AFP - US experts in weapons of mass destruction are taking part in a military exercise simulating an attack by North Korea on South Korea, the US commander in the South said Thursday.
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Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from voting
(AP)
AP - Not only is Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi effectively barred from upcoming elections, but she will not be allowed to vote — and her opposition party's landslide win at the last polls has been formally invalidated, according to new election laws published Thursday.
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Australian authors protest China visa refusal
(Reuters)
Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.
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Police, military crackdown in Tibet on anniversary
(AFP)
 AFP - Chinese security forces have stepped up a crackdown in Tibet's capital Lhasa, two years after protests marking a failed 1959 uprising erupted in deadly violence, the police and reports said Thursday.
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China to toughen requirements for reporters
(AP)
AP - China will toughen requirements for reporters by launching a new certification system that includes 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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Aussie 'miracle' elephant baby gaining strength
(AP)
 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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2 Australians charged in vicious attack on tourist
(AP)
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)
 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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US aid group attacked in NW Pakistan; 6 dead
(AP)
 AP - Suspected militants armed with assault rifles and a homemade bomb attacked the offices of a U.S.-based Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six Pakistani employees, police and the organization said.
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China's troublemakers bond over 'drinking tea'
(AP)
 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)
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)
 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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Dalai Lama: China aims to annihilate Buddhism
(AP)
 AP - The Dalai Lama lashed out at China on Wednesday, accusing it of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet and rebuffing all his efforts to reach a compromise over the disputed Himalayan region.
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Tasmanian devil colony shows immunity to cancer
(AP)
 AP - The discovery of a genetically distinct colony of Tasmanian devils may save the species from being wiped out by a contagious cancer that has decimated the population, Australian scientists said Wednesday.
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