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Japanese trying to contact WWII soldiers
May 28 2005 11:39PM (CT)
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AP) - Japanese diplomats pressed ahead Saturday with efforts to contact two World War II soldiers reportedly living in the southern Philippines since they were separated from their division six decades ago.
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Two Indonesia bomb explosions kill 20
May 28 2005 11:37PM (CT)
TENTENA, Indonesia (AP) - Two bombs exploded in a crowded market in a Christian-dominated town in central Indonesia on Saturday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 40, police said. The blasts came two days after unspecified security threats prompted the United States to close its diplomatic offices.
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Bill Clinton pares down Maldives tour
May 28 2005 11:35PM (CT)
MALE, Maldives (AP) - Former President Clinton canceled a planned tour Saturday of tsunami-hit areas of the Maldives. One U.N. official said the former U.S. leader was exhausted, while another said the cancellation was due to the weather.
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Pakistani: Al-Qaida-linked militants gone
May 28 2005 12:50PM (CT)
KARAVAN MANZA, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani security forces have eliminated al-Qaida-linked militants from a mountainous tribal region bordering Afghanistan after months of gunbattles that killed hundreds on both sides, a senior Pakistan army commander said Saturday.
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Twin bomb explosions in Indonesia kill 22
May 28 2005 12:09PM (CT)
PALU, Indonesia (AP) - Two bombs exploded in a crowded market in a Christian-dominated town in central Indonesia on Saturday, killing at least 22 people and wounding 40, police said. The blasts came two days after unspecified security threats prompted the United States to close its diplomatic offices.
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Japanese man says brother killed in Iraq
May 28 2005 11:33AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese man confirmed Saturday that his older brother, a security worker kidnapped in Iraq, was the dead man shown on an extremist Islamic militant group's Web site, an official said. Iraqi authorities immediately condemned the killing.
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Clinton backs Sri Lanka tsunami-aid plan
May 28 2005 8:24AM (CT)
KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Former President Clinton on Saturday endorsed a proposal by Sri Lanka's president to share tsunami aid with the Tamil rebel group that controls parts of the country's north and east.
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N.Korea: U.S. plotting S.Korea occupation
May 28 2005 5:30AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Saturday criticized Washington's alliance with Seoul as a facade to cover up a U.S. plan to occupy South Korea by force.
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20 dead in suicide bombing at Muslim shrine
May 28 2005 3:50AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected suicide bomber struck Friday at a Muslim shrine close to the prime minister's official residence and the capital's diplomatic enclave, killing at least 20 Muslim worshippers.
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