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Photographer's death condemned in Pakistan
Jun 17 2006 10:50PM (CT)
MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) - Scores of journalists marched in Pakistan's capital Saturday to condemn the slaying of a colleague who vanished after reporting the death of an al-Qaida operative in a U.S. missile strike.
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N. Korea denies it's about to test missile
Jun 17 2006 9:48PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The United States and Japan urged North Korea not to proceed with reported plans to test-fire a long-range missile that could reach the U.S. mainland, saying Saturday that a launch would be dangerous and provocative.
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Sri Lankans: Troops fired on civilians
Jun 17 2006 3:55PM (CT)
MANNAR, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan troops in boats and helicopters battled Tamil rebels Saturday, and witnesses accused government forces of opening fire in a fishing village, killing five people _ one inside a church _ and wounding dozens.
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Coalition forces kill 45 in Taliban camps
Jun 17 2006 3:50PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan and coalition troops killed about 45 insurgents in attacks on Taliban camps in southern Afghanistan as U.S.-led forces pressed on with their largest offensive since 2001, military officials said Saturday.
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Writer, militant give hope to India region
Jun 17 2006 1:43PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Every week or so the phone rings in the professor's home, a tidy ground-floor apartment set behind a wooden gate and a flower-filled garden, and a voice echoes from a guerrilla hideout far to the east.
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Village: Chinese river filthy before spill
Jun 17 2006 1:40PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese authorities rushed to soak up a toxic coal tar spill in a river Saturday before it reached a city reservoir downstream, but villagers said the water has been filthy and undrinkable for years.
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N. Korea denies it's about to test missile
Jun 17 2006 9:00AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - North Korean officials denied that the country is preparing to test-launch a missile, a news report said Saturday, citing a South Korean official.
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Thousands of Taiwanese rally for president
Jun 17 2006 7:25AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Thousands of Taiwanese turned out Saturday for a street rally supporting their president, but the protest was smaller than one earlier this month by those who want him to resign.
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China chemical plant explosion kills 14
Jun 17 2006 5:37AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China killed 14 people and injured 30, the government said Saturday, in the third major industrial disaster to strike China this week.
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