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Fighting in Afghanistan kills more than 30
Jun 14 2006 11:48PM (CT)
MUSA QALA, Afghanistan (AP) - Coalition and national troops battled militants in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the eve of a sweeping anti-Taliban offensive by U.S.-led forces _ their biggest since the Islamic extremist government's 2001 ouster.
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Bus bomb kills 10 workers in Afghanistan
Jun 14 2006 11:29PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb hidden on a bus carrying Afghan laborers from a coalition base in southern Afghanistan exploded Thursday, killing 10 and wounding 15, police said.
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Chinese find only one body in mine flood
Jun 14 2006 10:41PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese rescuers have recovered just one body after a monthlong search for 56 miners lost in a mine flood, the government said Wednesday.
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Wild boar reportedly kills Malaysian
Jun 14 2006 10:39PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A wild boar possibly enraged by an injury attacked and killed a worker at a rubber plantation in southern Malaysia, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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Two trapped after Indonesia volcano erupts
Jun 14 2006 9:42PM (CT)
MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers dug through volcanic debris Thursday to reach two people trapped when Indonesia's most volatile volcano erupted, nearly enveloping a village with a searing gas cloud and forcing thousands of residents to flee.
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Japanese nuclear reactor shuts down
Jun 14 2006 8:38PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese nuclear reactor shut down automatically Thursday because of a shaking turbine, and there was no release of radioactivity, Kyoto News agency reported.
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Iran situation shadows Shanghai summit
Jun 14 2006 3:57PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday for the summit of a regional security group, a visit that could indicate whether the forum will evolve into an anti-U.S. bloc.
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Ex-S. Korean leader calls for unification
Jun 14 2006 1:42PM (CT)
GWANGJU, South Korea (AP) - Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung called for the peaceful unification of the divided peninsula at a celebration Wednesday marking his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il six years ago.
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Cuteness a hot-selling commodity in Japan
Jun 14 2006 1:39PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Cute is cool in Japan. Look anywhere and everywhere: Cartoon figures dangle from cell phones, waitresses bow in frilly maid outfits, cherries and bows adorn bags, even police departments boast cuddly mascots.
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30 die in Afghan fighting before offensive
Jun 14 2006 10:55AM (CT)
MUSA QALA, Afghanistan (AP) - Fierce battles killed at least 30 people across Afghanistan on Wednesday as the U.S.-led coalition readied to launch its largest anti-Taliban offensive since the Islamic extremist government's 2001 ouster.
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Afghans declare Gitmo conditions 'humane'
Jun 14 2006 10:19AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan delegation returning from a 10-day visit to the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay said Wednesday that prison conditions there were "humane."
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Marine accused of rape says sex consensual
Jun 14 2006 9:51AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A U.S. Navy investigator testified Wednesday that a U.S. Marine accused of rape said he had consensual sex with his Filipino accuser while three other servicemen cheered him on.
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Pakistani forces destroy militant camp
Jun 14 2006 8:02AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani security forces backed by helicopter gunships destroyed a camp for suspected tribal militants in the insurgency-wracked southwestern part of the country, killing five suspects and capturing seven others, a government spokesman said Wednesday.
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Japan may keep its troops in Iraq longer
Jun 14 2006 7:40AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Wednesday that Japan may not pull its noncombat troops from Iraq until after he is scheduled to step down in September.
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Coalition, Afghan forces kill 26 militants
Jun 14 2006 7:12AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Coalition and Afghan forces killed 26 suspected militants Wednesday in fighting in eastern mountains near the Pakistani border, a provincial governor said. Four civilians died when their home was hit in a separate rebel rocket attack.
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Philippine inmates kill 2 guards, escape
Jun 14 2006 6:49AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Eleven prisoners escaped from a jail in the eastern Philippines after killing two guards and wounding two others, police said Wednesday.
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East Timor president says gov't paralyzed
Jun 14 2006 6:46AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor's president cautioned Wednesday that the government has become paralyzed and was partly to blame for the worst outbreak of violence since the country's bloody break from Indonesian rule in 1999.
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2 coalition soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Jun 14 2006 6:30AM (CT)
MUSA QALA, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban militants killed one U.S. soldier and wounded two in an attack in southern Afghanistan, sparking a coalition retaliation that left 12 militants dead or wounded, officials said Wednesday.
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Indonesia releases Militant Islamic cleric
Jun 14 2006 4:55AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A reputed top leader of an al-Qaida-linked terror group that has been blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings and other deadly attacks walked free from prison Wednesday to cries of "God is great" from cheering supporters.
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Taiwan launches charter flights with China
Jun 14 2006 2:53AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan and China said Wednesday they've agreed to launch direct charter passenger flights between them during major holidays, a key trust-building step toward restoring regular direct flights cut five decades ago amid civil war.
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