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Efforts to oust Arroyo likely to persist
Feb 26 2006 11:48PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A challenge to Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's leadership by disgruntled marine officers ended without violence Sunday but signaled that efforts to oust the president likely will persist even without widespread popular support.
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Pakistan police: 25,000 protest cartoons
Feb 26 2006 10:26PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - About 25,000 people rallied in Karachi against Prophet Muhammad cartoons Sunday while authorities rounded up scores of Islamic hardliners to stop them from demonstrating in another Pakistani city.
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Rioting inmates seize Afghan prison
Feb 26 2006 9:17PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Hundreds of Afghan soldiers with tanks and grenade-launchers surrounded Kabul's main prison Sunday after rioting inmates seized control of much of the facility in an uprising that officials blamed on al-Qaida and Taliban militants.
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Protesters demand Thai leader's ouster
Feb 26 2006 5:08PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Tens of thousands of protesters on Sunday demanded that Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra resign, and opposition parties called for a meeting with the embattled leader to discuss political reforms.
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Rockets hit Pakistan minister's home
Feb 26 2006 12:48AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Assailants fired rockets Sunday at the home of a provincial Cabinet in Pakistan's restive southwestern Baluchistan province, killing a guest and wounding eight other people, police said.
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