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3 coalition soldiers die in Afghanistan
Aug 11 2006 10:44PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Three U.S.-led coalition soldiers died in a battle with extremists in northeastern Afghanistan on Friday, while a suicide bomber killed a NATO soldier in the south, officials said.
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Typhoon kills 105 in China; 190 missing
Aug 11 2006 10:34PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's southeast braced for more torrential rain on Saturday after Typhoon Saomai slammed into the region, killing 105 people and leaving another 190 missing.
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Strong quake rocks northwest Indonesia
Aug 11 2006 9:22PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A strong earthquake rocked parts of Indonesia's Sumatra island early Saturday, causing some people to flee their homes, but there were no reports of damage and no tsunami was triggered.
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South Koreans rally for U.S. alliance
Aug 11 2006 4:37PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Thousands of South Koreans, including former defense ministers wearing their old military uniforms, rallied Friday in Seoul demanding the president halt moves to retake wartime command of the country's military from the United States.
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Pakistan nabs 17 in airplane terror plot
Aug 11 2006 4:19PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani intelligence agents have arrested as many as 17 people, some of them British nationals and at least one with alleged ties to al-Qaida, in the plot to blow up jetliners flying from Britain to the United States.
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Turkmen leader orders giant pyramid
Aug 11 2006 3:40PM (CT)
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) - Turkmenistan's authoritarian leader called for building a 130-foot-high pyramid in the middle of the capital to mark the Central Asian nation's independence from the Soviet Union 15 years ago, a government-run Web site said Friday.
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U.S. Embassy warns of attacks in India
Aug 11 2006 12:56PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Foreign militants, possibly from al-Qaida, may be planning to bomb New Delhi and Bombay, the U.S. Embassy warned Friday, raising fears that Osama bin Laden's network may be targeting India for its rising economic power and links to the United States.
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Indonesia delays militiamen's executions
Aug 11 2006 12:15PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian officials issued a last-minute stay of execution Friday night for three Christian militiamen on death row, but they added that the sentences would still be carried out.
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Militants attack 2 Pakistani troop posts
Aug 11 2006 9:11AM (CT)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Islamic militants fired dozens of rockets at two military posts in northwest Pakistan, an official said Friday.
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Sri Lankan air force bombs rebel areas
Aug 11 2006 8:10AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan air force bombed Tamil Tiger-held areas in the east Friday, a rebel official said, risking the ongoing conflict on the control of a waterway spreading to new areas.
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Japan suspects it's target of drug trade
Aug 11 2006 3:12AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The freighter Turubong 1 sailed from the North Korean port of Chongjin. Somewhere in the Sea of Japan off the coast of the quiet village of Sakaiminato, its crew dumped 522 pounds of amphetamines overboard for retrieval by smugglers.
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