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Killing sparks violence in Pakistan
Aug 27 2006 11:20PM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Mobs burned shops, banks and buses in a second day of rioting over the killing of a top tribal chief by Pakistani troops, raising fears that a decades-old conflict in the country's volatile southwest could widen.
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Dozens feared dead in Nepal mudslide
Aug 27 2006 10:06PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Mudslides washed away two mountainside villages in a remote region of Nepal and dozens of people were feared dead, police said Monday.
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Strong quake strikes off Taiwan coast
Aug 27 2006 8:48PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A strong earthquake struck off Taiwan's east coast Monday, the Central Weather Bureau said. No damage or injuries were immediately reported.
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Briton, 10 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
Aug 27 2006 8:13PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Insurgent attacks in southern Afghanistan killed a British soldier and wounded seven other troops Sunday, while police killed 10 suspected Taliban militants who struck a government compound, officials said.
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Water tank collapses, kills 45 in India
Aug 27 2006 3:47PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A water tank collapsed Sunday during a village fair in western India, killing 45 people who had climbed on top of it to watch a wrestling match, a news agency reported, citing a local official.
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Pakistani chieftain had violent tactics
Aug 27 2006 3:03PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - An urbane, English-speaking former interior minister, tribal chieftain Nawab Akbar Bugti led a decades-long violent campaign for increased benefits for his impoverished southwestern province, Baluchistan.
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Prosecutor, Chinese lawmakers dismissed
Aug 27 2006 11:21AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The chief prosecutor of one of China's biggest cities and three members of parliament were dismissed Sunday amid separate allegations of misconduct, the main state news agency said.
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Afghan insurgents kill 1 NATO soldier
Aug 27 2006 1:29AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Insurgent attacks killed a NATO-led coalition soldier and wounded six Afghan troops and another NATO soldier Sunday, NATO said.
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