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BEIJING - Genome mapping showing that pandas may prefer a bamboo-based diet because they can't taste meat could unlock secrets to ensuring the survival of the endangered species. Full Story »
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DNA map shows pandas may lack meat taste buds
AP – Mon Dec 14, 6:45 am ET
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Police restore shaky order to restive Indian state
AP – Mon Dec 14, 4:53 am ET
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HYDERABAD, India - Most trains and buses started running again Monday and businesses and schools reopened in Andhra Pradesh following three days of violent protests against the government's plan to split up the southern Indian state. Full Story »
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Highlights of UN resolution against NKorea
AP – Mon Dec 14, 1:15 am ETKey points in the U.N. Security Council resolution adopted in June imposing additional sanctions on North Korea for its second nuclear test in defiance of an earlier ban. Full Story »
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Philippine Muslim rebels deny hand in jail break
AP – Sun Dec 13, 10:25 pm ET
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MANILA, Philippines - Muslim rebels who have resumed peace talks with the Philippine government said Monday they were not behind a deadly jail break in the country's volatile south that freed 31 criminals and guerrillas, including militants accused of beheadings. Full Story »
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Aussie, Chinese officials urge pandas to reproduce
AP – Sun Dec 13, 10:17 am ETADELAIDE, Australia - Australian and Chinese officials urged two bamboo-munching giant pandas on Sunday to consider reproducing during their 10-year residency Down Under. Full Story »
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Militants attack Philippine jail, 31 inmates freed
AP – Sun Dec 13, 9:14 am ETMANILA, Philippines - Scores of suspected Islamic militants burst through a concrete wall then barged into a jail in the volatile southern Philippines on Sunday, freeing 31 inmates in a nighttime attack that sparked a gunbattle in which two people were killed. Full Story »
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Fighting in Pakistan kills 7 militants, 2 troops
AP – Sun Dec 13, 3:50 am ET
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PARACHINAR, Pakistan - Pakistani soldiers battled militants in a tribal region close to the Afghan border Sunday, killing seven insurgents but losing two of their own in skirmishes in an area where al-Qaida and the Taliban have long sought sanctuary, officials said. Full Story »
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Peshawar on front line of Pakistan's militant war
AP – Sun Dec 13, 3:04 am ET
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Grisly ghosts haunt 8-year-old Saira Khan's dreams. Full Story »
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Sri Lanka war refugees face uneasy homecoming
AP – Sun Dec 13, 12:09 am ET
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BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka - Three years ago, Vairamuttu Bavani left her home in eastern Sri Lanka to attend her cousin's wedding in the north. Full Story »
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Man accused of killing 12 people captured in China
AP – Sun Dec 13, 12:06 am ETBEIJING - State media say authorities in central China have captured a man who went on a shooting spree with a shotgun, killing 12 people including his father. Full Story »
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