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11 dead in Pakistan mosque attack, rampage
May 30 2005 11:35PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up during evening prayers at a Shiite mosque Monday, killing one worshipper and wounding 20. The bomber slipped into the mosque during a gunbattle with police that left another attacker and two officers dead.
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Miss Canada is crowned 2005 Miss Universe
May 30 2005 10:41PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Miss Canada, Natalie Glebova, was crowned Miss Universe in the 54th annual pageant held in the Thai capital of Bangkok. The brunette from Toronto was chosen over Miss Puerto Rico Cynthia Olavarria.
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Clinton OK on easing Indonesia arms ban
May 30 2005 10:24PM (CT)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - Former President Clinton said Monday he favored easing restrictions on sales of military equipment to Indonesia, maintaining that America should do all it can to help it rebuild after the tsunami.
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U.S. reopens Indonesia diplomatic offices
May 30 2005 9:26PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The United States reopened its diplomatic offices in Indonesia on Tuesday after shutting them last week because of an unspecified security threat.
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Koizumi pays respects at soldiers' tomb
May 30 2005 6:13PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister paid respects Monday at the country's tomb of the unknown soldier, laying flowers at a secular memorial that many point to as an alternative to the nearby Shinto war shrine opposed by China.
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Japan pulls diplomats from Philippines
May 30 2005 6:05PM (CT)
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AP) - Japanese diplomats left the southern Philippines on Monday after four days of unsuccessfully trying to verify reports that two former soldiers from the Imperial Japanese Army had survived in the mountains since World War II.
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At least 30 climbers scale Mount Everest
May 30 2005 3:34PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - At least 30 climbers scaled Mount Everest on Monday, exploiting a break in treacherous weather to reach the world's highest peak, officials said.
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Blasts shake Afghan capital, injure seven
May 30 2005 11:26AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two blasts rocked the Afghan capital Monday, with a rocket slamming into the headquarters of NATO's 8,000-member security force, damaging a building but causing no casualties, and a bomb exploding on a busy road, wounding seven civilians, officials said.
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Court upholds Japan nuke reactor approval
May 30 2005 9:27AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The Supreme Court upheld Japan's approval of an experimental fast-breeder nuclear reactor Monday, paving the way for the reopening of a plant that was shut down a decade ago by an accident and cover-up.
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Indonesia begins mass polio vaccination
May 30 2005 7:45AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia's first polio outbreak in a decade widened Monday with two new cases reported, as the government kicked off a massive eradication campaign that aims to vaccinate 6.4 million children in one day.
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Singapore reporter detained in China
May 30 2005 6:06AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A veteran correspondent for a Singapore newspaper has been detained in China for the past month for allegedly obtaining "national secrets," his wife said Monday.
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Indonesians bury 20 dead after bombings
May 30 2005 1:50AM (CT)
TENTENA, Indonesia (AP) - Tearful mourners on Sunday began burying the victims of twin bombings that killed at least 20 people in a crowded marketplace in a Christian-dominated town _ the deadliest terror attacks in Indonesia since the 2002 Bali bombings that killed hundreds.
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Amnesty reports persecution of Afghan women
May 30 2005 1:47AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan women are in constant risk of abduction, rape and forced marriage and the government is doing little to address their plight, the human rights group Amnesty International said in a report released Monday, 3 1/2 years after the ouster of the hardline Taliban regime.
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