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Pakistan mulls extraditing plot suspect
Aug 28 2006 3:40PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan is considering a British request for the extradition of Rashid Rauf, who was arrested earlier this month in connection with the alleged plot to blow up U.S.-bound jetliners, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
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Sri Lanka military offensive kills 28
Aug 28 2006 3:08PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's armed forces launched airstrikes and fired artillery as they advanced Monday on a strategic Tamil Tiger-held enclave, killing at least 28 people, the military and rebels said.
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Suicide bomber kills 17 in Afghan town
Aug 28 2006 1:23PM (CT)
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber targeting a former police chief blew himself up in a busy town market Monday in southern Afghanistan, killing 17 people and wounding 47. The Taliban claimed responsibility but in a rare move expressed sadness over the deaths of civilians.
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More rioting hits southwestern Pakistan
Aug 28 2006 12:50PM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Riots broke out Monday in southwestern Pakistan over the weekend killing of one of the country's most prominent tribal chiefs, with protesters torching shops and buses in a third day of unrest.
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South Korean: North capable of nuke test
Aug 28 2006 7:39AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has facilities on standby to test a nuclear explosion and could do so at any time, the chief of South Korea's main spy agency said Monday, according to a lawmaker and a government official.
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Suicide bombing in Afghan town kills 17
Aug 28 2006 5:09AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself in a crowded market in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 17 people and wounding 47, officials said.
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Report: NKorea removes missile equipment
Aug 28 2006 2:23AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has removed all long-range missile equipment from a launch site, significantly lowering the possibility of a new test launch, the chief of South Korea's main spy agency said Monday, according to Yonhap news agency.
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