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Afghanistan condemns air strike deaths
Jul 5 2005 9:32PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - In a rare rebuff, Afghanistan's government sharply criticized the U.S. military Tuesday for killing up to 17 civilians in an air strike and ordered an immediate inquiry. The United States called it a "very unfortunate situation" and said it also would investigate.
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Six attackers slain at shrine in India
Jul 5 2005 5:35PM (CT)
AYODHYA, India (AP) - A suicide bomber blew up a security fence Tuesday and gunmen used the breach to storm a Hindu shrine complex at the center of Hindu-Muslim strife, setting off a two-hour gunbattle that left all six attackers dead, police said.
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Philippine leader ready to face trial
Jul 5 2005 4:21PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is ready to face an impeachment trial and confident that she can refute the allegations of election fraud against her, her spokesman said Tuesday.
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Hmong refugees in Thailand evicted
Jul 5 2005 1:07PM (CT)
HUAY NAM KHAO, Thailand (AP) - Soaked by rain, thousands of poor ethnic Hmong refugees from Laos were living without shelter in northern Thailand on Tuesday, forced from their homes under a Thai campaign to pressure them to return to their native land.
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Indonesia to charge only one mining exec
Jul 5 2005 11:46AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia will charge only one of six Newmont Mining Corp. executives accused of dumping toxic waste into a bay, prosecutors said Tuesday, in a legal victory for the U.S. gold mining giant.
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North Korea, U.N. on Japan's mind
Jul 5 2005 3:00AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - With the focus for this week's G8 summit set on African aid and meetings with outsiders like China, India and Brazil, Japan is determined to exploit every opportunity to push for two issues dear to its heart _ North Korea and the United Nations.
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