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Airstrikes kill 178 Afghan rebel suspects
Jun 25 2005 11:34PM (CT)
MIANA SHIEN, Afghanistan (AP) - The bodies of 76 suspected rebels were found in the mountains of southern Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry said Saturday, bringing to 178 the number of insurgents killed in one of the deadliest bombardments by U.S. and Afghan forces since the Taliban fell in 2001.
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Pakistan police fired in lip-sewing probe
Jun 25 2005 10:03PM (CT)
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) - Seven Pakistani police officers have been fired after media reports that they sewed shut a prisoner's lips to stop him from shouting insults at them, an official said on Saturday.
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Musharraf: No data on bin Laden location
Jun 25 2005 5:22PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's president said Saturday there were no authentic reports on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, and anyone who believed the al-Qaida chief was in his country should give his location.
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Tsunami victims remembered in Indonesia
Jun 25 2005 5:15PM (CT)
ULEE LHEU, Indonesia (AP) - Gathering in the shadow of a tsunami-battered mosque, local leaders and international donors took stock Saturday of a disaster that wiped out vast stretches of Indonesia's Aceh province, saying rebuilding efforts were picking up after months of delays.
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S. Korea decries N. Korea nuke ambitions
Jun 25 2005 9:04AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - President Roh Moo-hyun said Saturday that North Korea's nuclear ambitions were the biggest threat to regional peace, and he called for a prompt resumption of six-nation disarmament talks.
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Hong Kong leader seeks to rebuild trust
Jun 25 2005 6:41AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong's new leader on Saturday pledged to rebuild trust in the government, a day after he was sworn into office in Beijing in the first leadership change since Britain returned the territory to China eight years ago.
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Taiwan reimposes ban on U.S. beef imports
Jun 25 2005 6:24AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan on Saturday reimposed a ban on imports of American beef after the United States confirmed its second case of mad cow disease. Chen Lu-hung of the Heath Department's Food Control Section said the ban would take effect immediately.
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Death toll rises to 567 in China flooding
Jun 25 2005 5:36AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The death toll in two weeks of flooding in areas throughout China has risen by 31 to at least 567, with roads and rail lines cut in its southern industrial heartland and more rains forecast, the government said Saturday.
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Report says tsunami hit the poor harder
Jun 25 2005 5:14AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Last year's Asian tsunami hit poor people far harder than the middle class and wealthy, and the aid effort could worsen the income gap between the rich and the poor in affected regions, a major aid group warned Saturday.
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