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Afghan coalition forces kill 45 militants
Jun 16 2006 11:54PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Coalition forces attacked Taliban militant camps in southern Afghanistan, killing about 45 insurgents, coalition officials said Saturday.
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Report: N.Korea preparing for missile test
Jun 16 2006 10:37PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea loaded booster rockets onto a launch pad and moved about 10 fuel tanks to a launch site in preparation to test-fire a long-range missile that could reach as far as the U.S. mainland, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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China chemical plant explosion kills 10
Jun 16 2006 10:22PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China killed 10 people and injured 26, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday.
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56 Sri Lanka bus attack victims buried
Jun 16 2006 9:51PM (CT)
KABITHIGOLLEWA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Fifty-six men, women and children killed in a suspected rebel attack were buried Friday in mass graves _ each wrapped in a white sari or sarong, red paper flowers in their open palms.
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Rebels to join interim Nepal government
Jun 16 2006 1:51PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - The chief of Nepal's Maoist rebels emerged from a landmark meeting with government leaders Friday to announce the guerrillas would join a new interim administration for the Himalayan kingdom.
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No sign of verdict for NYT researcher
Jun 16 2006 1:41PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese researcher for The New York Times pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of leaking state secrets in a case that rights activists say underscores Beijing's continued rejection of press freedom.
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East Timor rebels hand over weapons
Jun 16 2006 1:38PM (CT)
MAUBISSE, East Timor (AP) - East Timor rebel soldiers surrendered the first of their weapons to Australian peacekeepers Friday, beginning a process deemed vital to ending months of bloody unrest.
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Forces kill 40 insurgents in Afghanistan
Jun 16 2006 1:27PM (CT)
MUSA QALA, Afghanistan (AP) - Airstrikes and ground troops killed at least 40 militants during combat operations in support of a massive anti-Taliban campaign across southern Afghanistan, military officials said Friday.
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2 men die in bunker at Indonesian volcano
Jun 16 2006 1:19PM (CT)
MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) - Two men were found dead Friday in the emergency bunker where they had sought shelter from Indonesia's erupting Mount Merapi, one in a bathtub where he had tried to escape the heat.
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Dams, pumps help slow China river spill
Jun 16 2006 1:11PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A mass of toxic sludge moving down a river in north China appeared to have slowed Friday after fire trucks pumped out the pollution and workers raced to build dozens of makeshift dams.
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Pakistani journalist found shot to death
Jun 16 2006 1:10PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani journalist who reported on a U.S. airstrike that killed an al-Qaida operative was found shot to death in a remote tribal region Friday six months after vanishing, his brother and a government official said.
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U.S. within range of new N. Korea missile
Jun 16 2006 1:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - North Korea is accelerating preparations for testing a missile that has the potential to strike the United States, a U.S. government official said Friday. A test of the Taepodong-2 long-range missile may be imminent, the official said.
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Myanmar dismisses 8 deputy ministers
Jun 16 2006 9:20AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military government reshuffled its Cabinet on Friday by dismissing eight deputy ministers, state-run radio and television said.
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Chinese forced-labor suit tossed in Japan
Jun 16 2006 8:56AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit by a group of Chinese who sought compensation from Japan's government and 10 companies for allegedly using them as slave laborers during World War II.
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U.S. military erects Afghan desert base
Jun 16 2006 3:36AM (CT)
MUSA QALA, Afghanistan (AP) - A week ago, this spot of land outside the village of Musa Qala was nothing but a barren, dusty patch of desert, seemingly devoid of value.
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3 nations to transfer security in Iraq
Jun 16 2006 1:06AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - British, Australian and Japanese troops will transfer security responsibilities in southern Iraq to Iraqi authorities next week, and withdraw from the area soon afterward, Kyodo News said Friday.
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Bombing pushes Sri Lanka closer to war
Jun 16 2006 12:37AM (CT)
KABITHIGOLLEWA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Suspected Tamil separatists attacked a crowded bus Thursday, triggering a pair of hidden bombs that killed at least 64 people _ the worst violence since a 2002 cease-fire began unraveling in recent months.
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Bombing pushes Sri Lanka closer to war
Jun 16 2006 12:37AM (CT)
KABITHIGOLLEWA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Suspected Tamil separatists attacked a crowded bus Thursday, triggering a pair of hidden bombs that killed at least 64 people _ the worst violence since a 2002 cease-fire began unraveling in recent months.
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