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64 die on India train; militants blamed
Feb 18 2007 11:52PM (CT)
DEWANA, India (AP) - A fire that raked through a train traveling from India to Pakistan early Monday morning killed at least 64 people and India's top railway official said it was an attack by militants trying to harm India-Pakistan relations.
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At least 29 bombs explode in Thailand
Feb 18 2007 11:37PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - At least 29 bombs exploded Sunday in apparently coordinated attacks in parts of southern Thailand plagued by a Muslim insurgency, killing three people and wounding more than 50, the military said.
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'Expatriate crackdown' in Japan blasted
Feb 18 2007 11:33PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea condemned the Japanese government on Monday for what it called a crackdown on expatriate North Koreans amid concerns the group may have a role in the communist state's nuclear and chemical weapons program.
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Philippine newspaper editor fatally shot
Feb 18 2007 11:22PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - An unidentified gunman fatally shot the editor of a weekly newspaper in the southern Philippines, police said Monday, the latest in a string of killings of journalists.
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At least 12 die in Indonesian landslides
Feb 18 2007 10:25PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Twin landslides hit Indonesia's Java island Sunday, killing at least 12 people after they were buried under mounds of earth, officials said.
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8 U.S. troops die in Afghan copter crash
Feb 18 2007 8:00PM (CT)
SHAHJOI, Afghanistan (AP) - After radioing in an unexplained loss of power and engine failure, a military helicopter crashed early Sunday in southeastern Afghanistan, killing eight U.S. service members. Fourteen survived with injuries.
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8 U.S. troops die in Afghan copter crash
Feb 18 2007 8:00PM (CT)
SHAHJOI, Afghanistan (AP) - After radioing in an unexplained loss of power and engine failure, a military helicopter crashed early Sunday in southeastern Afghanistan, killing eight U.S. service members. Fourteen survived with injuries.
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8 U.S. troops die in Afghan copter crash
Feb 18 2007 8:00PM (CT)
SHAHJOI, Afghanistan (AP) - After radioing in an unexplained loss of power and engine failure, a military helicopter crashed early Sunday in southeastern Afghanistan, killing eight U.S. service members. Fourteen survived with injuries.
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Asians greet new year with food, prayer
Feb 18 2007 3:27PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Asians burned incense in temples thick with clouds of eye-stinging smoke and gathered for feasts of chicken, hot pots and dumplings Sunday as they celebrated the first day of the Lunar New Year, ushering in the Year of the Pig.
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Asians greet new year with food, prayer
Feb 18 2007 3:27PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Asians burned incense in temples thick with clouds of eye-stinging smoke and gathered for feasts of chicken, hot pots and dumplings Sunday as they celebrated the first day of the Lunar New Year, ushering in the Year of the Pig.
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Asians greet new year with food, prayer
Feb 18 2007 3:27PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Asians burned incense in temples thick with clouds of eye-stinging smoke and gathered for feasts of chicken, hot pots and dumplings Sunday as they celebrated the first day of the Lunar New Year, ushering in the Year of the Pig.
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Preachers, revenge push Indonesia terror
Feb 18 2007 2:06PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Basri sports a crude tattoo of Mickey Mouse on his wrist and spent his youth drinking alcohol and jamming to Nirvana songs in a rock band. He was never religious, and even now struggles to remember verses from the Quran, Islam's holy book.
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Asians usher in the Year of the Pig
Feb 18 2007 7:04AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Asians flocked to temples, parks and Disneyland on Sunday to pray, play, eat, and celebrate the first day of the Lunar New Year, ushering in the Year of the Pig.
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Asians usher in the Year of the Pig
Feb 18 2007 7:04AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Asians flocked to temples, parks and Disneyland on Sunday to pray, play, eat, and celebrate the first day of the Lunar New Year, ushering in the Year of the Pig.
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Asians usher in the Year of the Pig
Feb 18 2007 7:04AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Asians flocked to temples, parks and Disneyland on Sunday to pray, play, eat, and celebrate the first day of the Lunar New Year, ushering in the Year of the Pig.
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36 detained in Pakistan bombing probe
Feb 18 2007 7:03AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Police in southwestern Pakistan detained 36 people, mostly Afghan refugees, for questioning about a suicide bombing inside a courtroom that killed a judge and 15 other people, an official said Sunday.
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36 detained in Pakistan bombing probe
Feb 18 2007 7:03AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Police in southwestern Pakistan detained 36 people, mostly Afghan refugees, for questioning about a suicide bombing inside a courtroom that killed a judge and 15 other people, an official said Sunday.
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36 detained in Pakistan bombing probe
Feb 18 2007 7:03AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Police in southwestern Pakistan detained 36 people, mostly Afghan refugees, for questioning about a suicide bombing inside a courtroom that killed a judge and 15 other people, an official said Sunday.
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NATO troops mistakenly kill Afghan man
Feb 18 2007 4:58AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO-led forces in southern Afghanistan shot to death an Afghan civilian mistaken for a suicide bomber because of twine and straps protruding from his jacket, the alliance said Sunday.
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