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Japanese police question student bomber
Jun 11 2005 11:59PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - An 18-year-old student accused of throwing a homemade bomb into a classroom in southern Japan said he planned the attack because "his pride had been hurt" by other students.
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Flood, hotel fire kills 95 in China
Jun 11 2005 10:46PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A torrential flood hit a school in northeast China and swept 91 people _ most of them children _ to their deaths, while a fire in the south raced through the top floors of a hotel and killed 31, state media reported Saturday.
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Pakistan PM denies terror camps exist
Jun 11 2005 10:20PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The prime minister on Saturday denied the existence of terror camps in Pakistan, adding that he is seeking information from the FBI about an American accused in the U.S. of receiving jihadist training here.
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Group said to oppose Koizumi shrine visit
Jun 11 2005 8:37PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A powerful conservative group representing families of Japan's war dead has asked Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to reconsider his visits to a war shrine that also honors war criminals because of tensions they are causing with other Asian countries, media reports said Saturday.
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Eight arrested in Afghan kidnapping
Jun 11 2005 7:22PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan police have arrested eight people suspected of involvement in the kidnapping of an Italian aid worker, who was freed after three weeks in captivity, the interior minister said Saturday.
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Filipinos demand ouster of president
Jun 11 2005 3:16PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - An estimated 5,000 protesters demanded Saturday that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo step down, marking the biggest anti-government rally since allegations surfaced that she fixed last year's election and her family received gambling kickbacks.
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Three Afghans killed in truck-bus crash
Jun 11 2005 10:29AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan army truck collided with a bus Saturday in southern Afghanistan, killing three villagers and wounding seven, the interior minister said.
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Death toll from China school flood at 64
Jun 11 2005 10:13AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The death toll from a flash flood that hit a primary school in northeast China rose to 64 on Saturday, as information began trickling out from the remote area a day after the tragedy.
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U.S. troops review safety in South Korea
Jun 11 2005 9:13AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - U.S. soldiers in South Korea have stopped all non-emergency services and training to review safety measures after a fatal accident involving an American military truck, the U.S. military said Saturday.
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Pakistan rape victim's movement restricted
Jun 11 2005 7:01AM (CT)
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani woman who was gang-raped on orders from a village council asked the government on Saturday to lift restrictions on her movement.
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Japanese police question student bomber
Jun 11 2005 6:30AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Police questioned an 18-year-old student on Saturday about why he threw a homemade bomb into a high school classroom in southern Japan, wounding 58 teenagers when the gunpowder-filled jar exploded, spraying the room with glass shards and nails.
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Hotel fire in southern China kills 30
Jun 11 2005 5:31AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A fire raced through the top three floors of a hotel in southern China, killing 30 people and injuring 15 others, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday.
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Afghan fighting leaves U.S. soldier dead
Jun 11 2005 4:53AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An American soldier was killed and three U.S. troops were wounded when insurgents ambushed a patrol Friday in eastern Afghanistan _ the third deadly attack on U.S. forces in the border region in a week.
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For divided Korean kin, reunions on hold
Jun 11 2005 4:51AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Han Ham-youn vividly remembers the day in December 1950 when his family broke apart. China had entered the Korean War, and as its forces stormed south, refugees were boarding ships at the Heungnam port in North Korea. There wasn't much room, and priority was being given to soldiers and war supplies. Han, being fit, single and 17 years old, was placed on a boat and headed to a new life in South Korea, leaving his parents behind. "That was the last time I saw them," he sa
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