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Filipinos gather for burial of Cardinal
Jun 27 2005 9:49PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Thousands of Filipinos mourned during the funeral Tuesday of Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Sin, one of Asia's most prominent religious leaders who rallied the Philippines to pro-democracy protests that ousted two presidents.
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Japan emperor sees WWII memorial in Saipan
Jun 27 2005 9:44PM (CT)
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) - Bowing deeply atop a cliff where his countrymen plunged to their deaths during a key World War II battle, Japan's Emperor Akihito paid tribute Tuesday to the tens of thousands who died on this tiny Pacific island in the successful U.S. invasion.
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Pakistan victim wants acquittals changed
Jun 27 2005 5:17PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani woman gang-raped three years ago on tribal council orders took her case from her dusty village to the capital Monday, demanding the Supreme Court reinstate the death penalty against five of her alleged attackers.
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Philippine leader denies rigging election
Jun 27 2005 4:18PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo denied rigging last year's ballot but apologized Monday for "a lapse in judgment" in telling a Philippine election official she wanted a million-vote victory margin.
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Pakistan frees 17 ex-Guantanamo inmates
Jun 27 2005 2:18PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistanis freed from Guantanamo Bay claimed Monday they saw American interrogators throw, tear and stand on copies of Islam's holy book, and one former detainee said naked women sat on prisoners' chests during questioning.
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S. Korea's point man on North goes to D.C.
Jun 27 2005 12:14PM (CT)
SEOUL,South Korea (AP) - A South Korean official who met recently with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and raised hopes that Pyongyang might return to international nuclear disarmament talks will travel to Washington this week, his office said Monday.
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Rebels free 90 students abducted in Nepal
Jun 27 2005 6:08AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Communist rebels have freed 90 high school students who were seized from their classrooms last week, officials said Monday.
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U.S. army reasserts control in Afghanistan
Jun 27 2005 4:46AM (CT)
KHAKERAN VALLEY, Afghanistan (AP) - American troops pushed far into a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan's Khakeran Valley on Monday, seeking to reassert control after a spate of attacks raised fears the war here is worsening.
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