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Four questioned in Cambodia hostage ordeal
Jun 18 2005 10:30PM (CT)
SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) - Police on Saturday continued to question four men suspected of taking dozens of children hostage at an international school in an attack that left a 2-year-old Canadian boy dead.
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South Korean soldier kills 8 comrades
Jun 18 2005 8:14PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean soldier threw a grenade and went on a shooting spree Sunday near the border with communist North Korea, killing eight fellow soldiers, the Defense Ministry said.
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Taliban take 11 Afghan police hostage
Jun 18 2005 4:10PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban rebels ambushed a police convoy in southern Afghanistan, taking at least 10 officers and a district police chief captive, while fighting elsewhere left six insurgents and an Afghan soldier dead, officials said Saturday.
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Afghan floods leave at least 25 dead
Jun 18 2005 1:58PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Airplanes loaded with food, tents and other emergency supplies rushed to northern Afghanistan on Saturday after floods left dozens dead and thousands homeless, officials said.
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Protests to highlight Suu Kyi captivity
Jun 18 2005 1:47PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Global protests will be staged and thousands of birthday cards sent to draw attention to the plight of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who turns 60 on Sunday _ her 3,523rd day under military detention.
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Tsunami survivors search for missing kin
Jun 18 2005 1:03PM (CT)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - Word came that workers had dug up another body in a wrecked neighborhood. Teuku Salahuddin headed over, took a look, then pulled out his phone and described the remains to his sister: no hair, no hands, looks like a girl wearing yellow or green sweat pants.
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South Korea envoys to hold consultations
Jun 18 2005 10:57AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean envoys will fly to Washington, Moscow and Beijing for consultations after North Korea's leader raised hopes of resuming international talks on curbing its nuclear programs, officials said Saturday.
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Afghan minister says al-Qaida regrouping
Jun 18 2005 2:27AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network is regrouping and preparing to bring Iraq-style bloodshed to Afghanistan, the defense minister said Friday, warning his country may face intense violence ahead of key legislative elections this fall.
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Pakistani nuke father leaves hospital
Jun 18 2005 1:50AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The father of Pakistan's nuclear program, who confessed to running a clandestine nuclear black market, was released from a hospital after tests on his heart, an army spokesman said Saturday.
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