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Philippine volcano prompts evacuations
Jun 18 2006 11:29PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippines' restive Bulusan volcano spewed ash and pebbles in a new explosion Sunday, prompting the evacuation of nearly 100 villagers.
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Toll in China chemical blast rises to 16
Jun 18 2006 10:30PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The death toll in a chemical plant explosion in eastern China has risen to 16, with 24 workers hospitalized with injuries, a state-run newspaper said Monday.
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Father demands Guantanamo suicide probe
Jun 18 2006 10:09PM (CT)
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - The father of a Yemeni detainee found hanged in his Guantanamo cell said Sunday he will only receive his son's body for burial once an international investigation is launched into the death.
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U.S. warns North Korea on missile test
Jun 18 2006 9:08PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea appeared close Sunday to test-firing a long-range missile capable of reaching the United States, prompting the White House to warn of an appropriate response and Japan to threaten a "fierce" protest to the United Nations.
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U.S. aims to sever Taliban transport lines
Jun 18 2006 8:15PM (CT)
BAGHRAN VALLEY, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. soldiers descended on a mountain ridge Sunday, quickly setting up fortified posts and mortar positions overlooking a key Taliban transport route as the coalition pressed a major offensive that has killed dozens of suspected militants.
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Critics say Sri Lanka targeting civilians
Jun 18 2006 6:47PM (CT)
PESALAI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Nearly everyone in this seaside hamlet _ the old women bent from a lifetime of toil, the fishermen weathered from days at sea, the children in tattered hand-me-downs _ fled to the church Sunday as soon as they heard a police patrol was coming.
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Cleanup efforts slow toxic spill in China
Jun 18 2006 4:18PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese authorities said a toxic coal tar spill flowing down a northern river had slowed as they rushed Sunday to stop it from reaching a reservoir that serves a city of 10 million and is a standby source for the 2008 Olympics.
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Offensive kills about 90 Afghan militants
Jun 18 2006 2:22PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants killed five people in an ambush Sunday while U.S.-led coalition troops moved deeper into Afghanistan's southern mountains in an offensive that has killed about 90 insurgents in less than a week, officials said.
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Sri Lanka villagers flee military patrol
Jun 18 2006 5:44AM (CT)
PESALAI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Ethnic Tamil villagers frightened by an approaching Sri Lankan military patrol took refuge Sunday in the same church where they say soldiers fired on them a day before. A mine blast blamed on Tamil Tigers rebels killed three police elsewhere in the troubled country.
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