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Dozens of small bombs rattle Bangladesh
Aug 17 2005 2:51PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - More than 100 homemade bombs planted by suspected Islamic militants exploded nearly simultaneously across Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing two people, including a young boy, and wounding at least 125.
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Fear keeps Afghan candidates off streets
Aug 17 2005 2:44PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fear of attacks by Taliban-led rebels kept many candidates off the streets Wednesday as Afghanistan began its campaign period for landmark Sept. 18 legislative elections, the country's next step toward democracy.
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WWII prison kids revisit China war camp
Aug 17 2005 1:30PM (CT)
WEIFANG, China (AP) - Mary Previte, a New Jersey state legislator, was the 7-year-old daughter of missionaries living in China when she and her siblings were captured by Japanese forces in 1941.
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Envoy: N. Korea may return to nuke treaty
Aug 17 2005 10:26AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian envoy who recently met with Kim Jong Il said Wednesday the North Korean leader told him Pyongyang could return to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty if the United States stops its perceived threats, the Interfax news agency reported.
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Official: Afghan copter crash was accident
Aug 17 2005 9:43AM (CT)
HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) - Two NATO peacekeeping helicopters that went down in Afghanistan, killing 17 Spanish troops, did not come under hostile fire, a top Afghan defense ministry official said Wednesday after visiting the crash site with Spain's defense minister.
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Indonesia cuts sentences for Bali bombers
Aug 17 2005 7:58AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The Indonesian government Wednesday reduced prison sentences for 19 people, including the alleged spiritual head of an al-Qaida-linked group, convicted in the Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people. One other person was freed.
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