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14 killed as Philippines ferry sinks
Nov 25 2006 11:47PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A ferry capsized in rough waters in the southern Philippines on Saturday, leaving at least 14 people dead and 18 missing, including a town mayor.
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Blasts kill at least 53 Chinese miners
Nov 25 2006 10:53PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Explosions in two Chinese coal mines have left at least 53 workers dead and six missing, the official Xinhua News Agency and safety officials said Sunday.
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Taliban, convicts may be Afghan recruits
Nov 25 2006 1:22PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants and common criminals may have infiltrated an Afghan program that trains thousands of men affiliated with local militias to fight the country's growing insurgency.
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Taliban kidnap 2 Pakistani reporters
Nov 25 2006 9:01AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - The Taliban kidnapped two Pakistani journalists in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the militant group and a wife of one of the missing men said Friday. The Taliban said the men were safe and would released soon.
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Rebel suicide camp bombed in Sri Lanka
Nov 25 2006 5:31AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan warplanes on Saturday attacked a camp housing Tamil Tiger rebel suicide bombers in the country's north, the military said.
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300 Thai schools to close amid attacks
Nov 25 2006 5:18AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - More than 300 schools in Thailand's restive south will close indefinitely Monday after attacks by suspected Muslim insurgents left two teachers dead, a regional representative for teachers said.
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Prominent Chinese AIDS activist missing
Nov 25 2006 4:45AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A prominent Chinese AIDS activist has gone missing after meeting with police, the activist's organization said Saturday, amid a suspected clampdown ahead of World AIDS Day.
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2 injured in Afghan suicide car bombing
Nov 25 2006 4:44AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle near a convoy of Afghan police and NATO soldiers on Saturday, wounding two civilians who were walking on the street, an official said.
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Khmer Rouge trial rules still not set
Nov 25 2006 4:43AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Organizers of the Khmer Rouge genocide trials said Saturday they have been unable to agree on the judicial rules that will govern proceedings, but they still expect to convene the long-awaited tribunal in mid-2007.
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Indonesians to join U.N. in Lebanon
Nov 25 2006 2:10AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A third batch of Indonesians left Saturday to join a U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, bringing the Asian nation's Middle East deployment to more than 830 troops.
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