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Encephalitis kills 79 children in India
Aug 18 2005 8:16PM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - An outbreak of mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis has killed at least 79 children in a north Indian state over the past week, with dozens of other children in serious condition, officials said Thursday.
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Envoy predicts tough times in Afghanistan
Aug 18 2005 5:53PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A reinvigorated insurgency killed two U.S. soldiers Thursday when a roadside bomb hit a military convoy protecting road workers, and the new American ambassador warned that violence by Afghan rebels would not end soon.
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Chinese farmers still wary of bird flu
Aug 18 2005 12:50PM (CT)
CHANGJI, China (AP) - Li Zhiqiang's chicken coop stood empty for weeks after a bird flu outbreak on a neighbor's farm in June prompted officials to destroy his 2,700 chickens in an effort to contain the disease.
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Pakistan clashes leave 7 dead, 82 hurt
Aug 18 2005 12:01PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A homemade bomb exploded near a polling station Thursday, while clashes between supporters of rival candidates in Pakistani municipal elections left seven dead and 82 injured, police said.
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Group: China detains U.S. church workers
Aug 18 2005 9:24AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Authorities in northern China detained five American church workers in raids on unofficial Protestant church groups, a U.S.-based monitoring group said Thursday.
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Two U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Aug 18 2005 6:36AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan on Thursday killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded two, the U.S. military said.
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U.S. envoy: Afghan elections will be safe
Aug 18 2005 5:25AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - There are enough international and Afghan security forces in place to safeguard landmark legislative elections next month despite violence that is likely to continue, the new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan said Thursday.
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Bangladeshi police question 50 detainees
Aug 18 2005 4:10AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Police questioned about 50 people in connection with a series of more than 100 explosions that shook nearly every major city in Bangladesh, killing two people and wounding at least 125.
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Bodies of 17 Spanish soldiers flown home
Aug 18 2005 3:23AM (CT)
HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) - Flag-draped caskets containing the bodies of 17 Spanish soldiers killed when their helicopter crashed in western Afghanistan were loaded onto a transport plane in an emotional ceremony Thursday.
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Rumsfeld on swing through Latin America
Aug 18 2005 2:40AM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, on a brief swing through Latin America, is seeking observations from countries friendly to the United States about the influence of Cuba and Venezuela in the region.
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