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Nato says 55 suspected insurgents killed
Oct 28 2006 11:48PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO and Afghan troops battled a large group of insurgents who attacked a military base in southern Afghanistan, killing 55 suspected militants, the alliance said Sunday.
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Report: China puts satellite into orbit
Oct 28 2006 10:41PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China rocketed a domestically produced communications satellite into orbit Sunday to provide wider and more advanced television services across the country, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
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Report: 14 miners die in western China
Oct 28 2006 9:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An explosion Saturday inside a western China coal mine trapped and killed 14 miners and burned six others, state-run media reported.
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Suharto's son expected to be paroled
Oct 28 2006 9:40PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The youngest son of former Indonesian dictator Suharto is expected to be released from prison next week after serving two-thirds of a sentence for orchestrating the murder of a Supreme Court judge, a prison official said Saturday.
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Report: U.S. mulls defenses for Tokyo
Oct 28 2006 9:27PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. is considering deploying its advanced Patriot missile defense system near Tokyo after North Korea's recent missile and nuclear tests, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Pro-Taliban tribesmen rally against U.S.
Oct 28 2006 9:01PM (CT)
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) - About 5,000 pro-Taliban tribesmen held an anti-America rally in a remote tribal region near the Afghan border on Saturday, vowing to keep waging a holy war against "infidels."
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Watchdog warns NATO on civilian deaths
Oct 28 2006 4:17PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An international human rights group criticized NATO-led troops in Afghanistan, saying their tactics increasingly endanger civilians and are turning the population against the Western alliance.
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Reports: Seoul eyes suspected nuke site
Oct 28 2006 4:06PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean and U.S. officials are trying to confirm whether recent movements at North Korea's suspected nuclear testing site indicate the communist regime is planning another test explosion, news reports said Saturday.
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Suspected rebels kill Sri Lankan soldier
Oct 28 2006 3:57PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels fatally shot a government soldier and wounded six police officers in two bomb attacks Saturday as peace talks between the two sides began in Switzerland.
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Bomb kills 1, wounds 8 in Pakistan
Oct 28 2006 1:48PM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A bomb on a bicycle exploded near a market in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding eight, an official said.
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Iraq, China to revive 1997 oil deal
Oct 28 2006 1:32PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China and Iraq are reviving a $1.2 billion deal signed by Beijing and Saddam Hussein's government in 1997 to develop an Iraqi oil field, Baghdad's oil minister said Saturday.
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Bangladesh political riots leave 11 dead
Oct 28 2006 1:23PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A retired justice whose appointment as Bangladesh's interim leader led to deadly riots declined the position on Saturday, but the political crisis that has paralyzed the country for two days appeared no closer to a resolution.
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Bus plunges off Nepal road, killing 42
Oct 28 2006 8:25AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - An overcrowded bus plunged off a mountain road in western Nepal on Saturday, leaving at least 42 people dead and 45 injured, police said.
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6 wounded by grenade in Indian Kashmir
Oct 28 2006 3:47AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Suspected Islamic militants hurled a hand grenade Saturday at a police patrol in the Indian-controlled section of Kashmir, wounding at least six people, police said.
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