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Sketches released of India bomb suspects
Feb 20 2007 10:57PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Two men were allowed to jump from a Pakistan-bound train shortly before it erupted in flames and killed 68 people, officials said Tuesday, releasing sketches of the men and raising questions about security along the India-Pakistan rail link.
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Afghanistan weighs amnesty in war crimes
Feb 20 2007 1:37PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The upper house of parliament passed a resolution Tuesday that calls for an amnesty for Afghans _ including some lawmakers and members of the government _ who are suspected of war crimes during a quarter-century of fighting, an official said. President Hamid Karzai will now decide whether it should become law, said Kadamali Nekpai, chief of the upper house's press department.
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Suicide bomber targets Afghan hospital
Feb 20 2007 1:18PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber dressed in a doctor's white coat slipped into a hospital compound in eastern Afghanistan, where he was challenged by police and NATO soldiers before detonating his explosives. Seven NATO troops and a hospital employee were injured, a local official said.
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In China, a move against privatization
Feb 20 2007 12:38PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A group of Chinese scholars and retired officials has petitioned China's legislature to halt the privatization of state companies, arguing it has widened the country's income gap and fueled social unrest, a petitioner said Tuesday.
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Boat capsizes in India; 22 children dead
Feb 20 2007 11:10AM (CT)
COCHIN, India (AP) - A river boat carrying children on a school trip capsized in southern India on Tuesday, and at least 18 children and four teachers drowned, a local official said. Sixteen children were missing as night fell.
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Thai military says 3 held over violence
Feb 20 2007 9:55AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Three men who said they boosted their courage with narcotics and cough syrup were arrested and confessed to involvement in deadly bombings and other attacks in southern Thailand blamed on Muslim insurgents, an army officer said Tuesday.
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14 arrested in Kabul alcohol raid
Feb 20 2007 8:42AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan authorities raided dozens of guesthouses suspected of illegally serving alcohol and arrested 14 people, including five foreigners, in a crackdown on vice in this Islamic country, an official said Tuesday.
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Indonesia quake trigger tsunami warning
Feb 20 2007 6:20AM (CT)
MANADO, Indonesia (AP) - A powerful earthquake in northeastern Indonesia on Tuesday caused panicked residents to flee shaking buildings on islands in the Maluku Sea and briefly triggered a tsunami warning, officials said.
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Cheney to talk security on Japan visit
Feb 20 2007 4:19AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney arrived Tuesday for a meeting with the emperor, dinner with the prime minister and a pep rally for U.S. troops aboard the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk.
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India, Pakistan seek peace after bombing
Feb 20 2007 3:59AM (CT)
DEWANA, India (AP) - Leaders of India and Pakistan pressed ahead Monday with their peace process, hours after twin bombs _ apparently intended to disrupt their relations _ sparked a fire that killed 67 people aboard a train that links the two rivals.
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India, Pakistan seek peace after bombing
Feb 20 2007 3:59AM (CT)
DEWANA, India (AP) - Leaders of India and Pakistan pressed ahead Monday with their peace process, hours after twin bombs _ apparently intended to disrupt their relations _ sparked a fire that killed 67 people aboard a train that links the two rivals.
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Suicide bomber targets Afghan hospital
Feb 20 2007 3:45AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide attacker blew himself up at a hospital opening ceremony in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, wounding at least two NATO soldiers and a health worker, the provincial governor said.
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Screams heard from bombed, burning train
Feb 20 2007 1:58AM (CT)
DEWANA, India (AP) - Two of its cars ablaze from saboteurs' bombs, the Samjhauta Express barreled past fields of wheat and mustard, the screams of trapped passengers filling the night.
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Afghan refugee beheaded in Pakistan
Feb 20 2007 1:56AM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Suspected Islamic militants killed an Afghan refugee they accused of spying for the United States and dumped his beheaded body by a road in a Pakistani tribal region, an intelligence official said Tuesday.
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