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India police nab notorious tiger poacher
Jun 30 2005 7:28PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A notorious poacher accused of involvement in the disappearance of all the tigers from a national reserve park in northern India was arrested Thursday.
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All 16 U.S. troops killed in Afghan crash
Jun 30 2005 4:26PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - All 16 U.S. troops on a special forces helicopter were killed when the chopper was shot down by insurgents, the U.S. military said Thursday after rescuers recovered the bodies from the wreckage in a mountainous ravine.
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Cambodia flu outbreak kills 2 infants
Jun 30 2005 2:22PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - A flu outbreak has hospitalized more than 1,000 children in the Cambodian capital and taken the lives of two babies, forcing some young patients to share beds and catching doctors by surprise.
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All 16 U.S. troops killed in Afghan crash
Jun 30 2005 2:16PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. military confirmed Thursday that all 16 servicemembers aboard a special forces helicopter died when it crashed into a mountain ravine in eastern Afghanistan earlier this week, apparently after being shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade.
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Arroyo's Cabinet member quits amid scandal
Jun 30 2005 1:57PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, facing charges she rigged elections and demands that she resign, lost a key Cabinet supporter Thursday and sent her husband, himself accused of corruption, into exile in Hong Kong.
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S. Korea defense chief survives vote
Jun 30 2005 11:18AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Opposition lawmakers failed to muster enough support Thursday to dismiss South Korea's defense minister after a conscript's deadly shooting spree. The vote came as photos of soldiers forced to stand naked raised new concerns of abuse in the military.
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Rafael Hui named Hong Kong's No. 2 leader
Jun 30 2005 3:54AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - China announced Thursday that Hong Kong's new No. 2 leader is Rafael Hui, a veteran civil servant who pledged to focus on economic development, creating jobs and making the government more efficient.
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