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China jails Tibetan monks convicted in bomb blast (AP)
14 10 2008 AP - Eight Buddhist monks convicted of bombing a government building in Tibet during an anti-government uprising in March have been sentenced to prison, two of them for life, a judge said Tuesday.

Cambodia: Thai troops retreat from disputed border (AP)
14 10 2008

Thai soldiers stand guard near a pagoda close to Preah Vihear temple in Cambodia. Cambodia has warned of the risk of a large-scale armed conflict with Thailand as ministers from the two neighbours failed to reach a breakthrough in talks on their border dispute.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)

AP - Thai troops retreated from a disputed border area Tuesday, easing tensions after Cambodia's prime minister issued an ultimatum that the troops withdraw or face unspecified consequences.

NKorea to resume nuclear dismantlement (AP)
14 10 2008

South Korean protesters burn defaced portraits of North Korean Leader Kim Jon Il during a rally against the United States which removed North Korea from its terrorism blacklist near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. North Korea said Sunday it will resume disabling its main nuclear facilities, hours after the United States removed the communist country from a list of states Washington says sponsor terrorism.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

AP - North Korea planned to resume dismantling its nuclear program Tuesday for the first time in two months, days after the United States removed the communist regime from a terrorism blacklist as a reward under a disarmament pact.

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