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Raids kills 4 Afghan militants, 2 women
Apr 28 2007 11:42PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces conducted a raid early Sunday on a suspected car bomb cell in eastern Afghanistan, and the ensuing gun battle left four militants and two female civilians dead, the coalition said.
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Rebels bomb fuel facilities in Sri Lanka
Apr 28 2007 11:13PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Tamil Tiger rebels bombed a fuel refinery and gasoline storage facility near the Sri Lankan capital early Sunday, and authorities cut power to the city, officials said. Hours later, the military pounded rebel positions in the north.
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Rebels bomb fuel facilities in Sri Lanka
Apr 28 2007 11:13PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Tamil Tiger rebels bombed a fuel refinery and gasoline storage facility near the Sri Lankan capital early Sunday, and authorities cut power to the city, officials said. Hours later, the military pounded rebel positions in the north.
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Taliban release French aid worker
Apr 28 2007 9:38PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A French aid worker tearfully thanked the Taliban for releasing her Saturday after more than three weeks in captivity, and pleaded for the freedom of four colleagues still held in southern Afghanistan.
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Ex-diplomat: Afghan's Karzai faltering
Apr 28 2007 6:57PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Afghanistan's U.S.-backed government, tarnished by corruption and unable to control large swaths of its own territory, is rapidly losing the support of ordinary Afghans, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke said Saturday.
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22 die as Pakistan bomb targets official
Apr 28 2007 4:27PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber trying to assassinate Pakistan's interior minister detonated his explosives in a crowd surrounding the official Saturday, killing 22 people and wounding 35.
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Helicopter crash in Philippines kills 8
Apr 28 2007 2:18PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - An air force helicopter crashed on a busy street in a central Philippine city on Saturday, pinning a motorcycle taxi and hitting another with its spinning rotors. At least seven people on the ground and one airman were killed.
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In Afghan village, a Taliban challenge
Apr 28 2007 12:08PM (CT)
KHAKAR, Afghanistan (AP) - There isn't a single foreign aid worker helping this village of illiterate have-nots. Visits by U.S. troops to dole out medicine, cooking oil and teddy bears are rare events. And when they leave, the Taliban move in from the mountains to undo their work.
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U.S. Tibet activists return to Nepal
Apr 28 2007 7:23AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Five Americans who were detained on Mount Everest after protesting for Tibetan independance from China said Saturday they feared for their lives while being held by Chinese security guards and were deprived of sleep, food and water for hours.
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U.S. Tibet activists return to Nepal
Apr 28 2007 7:23AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Five Americans who were detained on Mount Everest after protesting for Tibetan independance from China said Saturday they feared for their lives while being held by Chinese security guards and were deprived of sleep, food and water for hours.
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Purported al-Qaida leader in new video
Apr 28 2007 5:03AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A purported al-Qaida commander has accused Shiite Muslims of fighting alongside American forces in Iraq and claimed that mujahedeen would crush foreign troops in Afghanistan.
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Purported al-Qaida leader in new video
Apr 28 2007 5:03AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A purported al-Qaida commander has accused Shiite Muslims of fighting alongside American forces in Iraq and claimed that mujahedeen would crush foreign troops in Afghanistan.
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China releases Mass.-based activist
Apr 28 2007 1:41AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A U.S.-based Chinese activist has been released after serving a five-year prison term on charges of spying for rival Taiwan and entering China illegally, his lawyer said Saturday.
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Gunmen attack mosque in Thailand
Apr 28 2007 1:13AM (CT)
PATTANI, Thailand (AP) - Gunmen shot up a mosque in southern Thailand early Saturday, exactly three years after Thai security forces killed more than 100 Muslims there, police said.
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China's Hu calls for closer Taiwan ties
Apr 28 2007 12:24AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's president called Saturday for closer business ties with Taiwan to help squelch the self-ruled island's pro-independence movement as he met with a former Taiwanese opposition leader.
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