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Taiwan candidate cleared of graft
Dec 27 2007 10:53PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's High Court cleared opposition presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou of graft charges Friday, securing a place for the former Taipei mayor in the March presidential race.
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Analysis: Bhutto's death shakes Pakistan
Dec 27 2007 10:18PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto deals a stunning blow to liberal political forces trying to combat rising Islamic extremism in Pakistan.
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Bhutto target of many militant groups
Dec 27 2007 9:37PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was the target of threats from virtually all of the militant groups who make Pakistan their home _ from al-Qaida to homegrown terrorists to tribal insurgents on the Afghan border.
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Bhutto target of many militant groups
Dec 27 2007 9:37PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was the target of threats from virtually all of the militant groups who make Pakistan their home _ from al-Qaida to homegrown terrorists to tribal insurgents on the Afghan border.
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack
Dec 27 2007 7:50PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack
Dec 27 2007 7:50PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack
Dec 27 2007 7:50PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack
Dec 27 2007 7:50PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack
Dec 27 2007 7:50PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack
Dec 27 2007 7:50PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack
Dec 27 2007 7:50PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack
Dec 27 2007 7:50PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack
Dec 27 2007 7:50PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack
Dec 27 2007 7:50PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack
Dec 27 2007 7:50PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack
Dec 27 2007 7:50PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack
Dec 27 2007 7:50PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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Pakistan's Bhutto killed in attack
Dec 27 2007 7:50PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down Thursday as she waved to supporters from the sunroof of her armored vehicle. The death of President Pervez Musharraf's most powerful opponent threw the nation into chaos just 12 days before elections, and threatened its already unsteady role as a key fighter against Islamic terror.
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
Dec 27 2007 5:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was many things _ zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
Dec 27 2007 5:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was many things _ zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
Dec 27 2007 5:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was many things _ zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
Dec 27 2007 5:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was many things _ zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
Dec 27 2007 5:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was many things _ zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
Dec 27 2007 5:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was many things _ zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
Dec 27 2007 5:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was many things _ zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
Dec 27 2007 5:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was many things _ zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
Dec 27 2007 5:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was many things _ zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
Dec 27 2007 5:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was many things _ zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
Dec 27 2007 5:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was many things _ zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
Dec 27 2007 5:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was many things _ zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
Dec 27 2007 5:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was many things _ zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
Dec 27 2007 5:55PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto was many things _ zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
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Afghanistan expels EU, UN diplomats
Dec 27 2007 4:01PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan government expelled two senior European diplomats Thursday over accusations they held unauthorized meetings with Taliban militants, officials said.
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Afghanistan expels EU, UN diplomats
Dec 27 2007 4:01PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan government expelled two senior European diplomats Thursday over accusations they held unauthorized meetings with Taliban militants, officials said.
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Sharif's party to boycott elections
Dec 27 2007 1:51PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif announced Thursday his party was boycotting next month's elections following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. He demanded that President Pervez Musharraf resign immediately.
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Sharif's party to boycott elections
Dec 27 2007 1:51PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif announced Thursday his party was boycotting next month's elections following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. He demanded that President Pervez Musharraf resign immediately.
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Sharif's party to boycott elections
Dec 27 2007 1:51PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif announced Thursday his party was boycotting next month's elections following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. He demanded that President Pervez Musharraf resign immediately.
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Sharif's party to boycott elections
Dec 27 2007 1:51PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif announced Thursday his party was boycotting next month's elections following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. He demanded that President Pervez Musharraf resign immediately.
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Sharif's party to boycott elections
Dec 27 2007 1:51PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif announced Thursday his party was boycotting next month's elections following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. He demanded that President Pervez Musharraf resign immediately.
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Victims pulled from Indonesia landslides
Dec 27 2007 1:32PM (CT)
LEDOKSARI, Indonesia (AP) - Crying relatives watched in horror Thursday as rescuers pulled muddy corpses from Indonesian villages devastated by landslides and floods. At least 87 people were dead or missing, and tens of thousands have been forced from their homes.
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Victims pulled from Indonesia landslides
Dec 27 2007 1:32PM (CT)
LEDOKSARI, Indonesia (AP) - Crying relatives watched in horror Thursday as rescuers pulled muddy corpses from Indonesian villages devastated by landslides and floods. At least 87 people were dead or missing, and tens of thousands have been forced from their homes.
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Victims pulled from Indonesia landslides
Dec 27 2007 1:32PM (CT)
LEDOKSARI, Indonesia (AP) - Crying relatives watched in horror Thursday as rescuers pulled muddy corpses from Indonesian villages devastated by landslides and floods. At least 87 people were dead or missing, and tens of thousands have been forced from their homes.
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Victims pulled from Indonesia landslides
Dec 27 2007 1:32PM (CT)
LEDOKSARI, Indonesia (AP) - Crying relatives watched in horror Thursday as rescuers pulled muddy corpses from Indonesian villages devastated by landslides and floods. At least 87 people were dead or missing, and tens of thousands have been forced from their homes.
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Victims pulled from Indonesia landslides
Dec 27 2007 1:32PM (CT)
LEDOKSARI, Indonesia (AP) - Crying relatives watched in horror Thursday as rescuers pulled muddy corpses from Indonesian villages devastated by landslides and floods. At least 87 people were dead or missing, and tens of thousands have been forced from their homes.
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Hindus, Christians clash in India
Dec 27 2007 1:04PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hindu extremists torched nearly a dozen churches and the home of a Christian leader Thursday, defying a curfew imposed to quell three days of religious violence in eastern India. Christians retaliated by setting fire to several homes belonging to Hindus.
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Hindus, Christians clash in India
Dec 27 2007 1:04PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hindu extremists torched nearly a dozen churches and the home of a Christian leader Thursday, defying a curfew imposed to quell three days of religious violence in eastern India. Christians retaliated by setting fire to several homes belonging to Hindus.
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Sri Lankan minister attacks TV station
Dec 27 2007 11:58AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A government minister and his bodyguards rampaged through the offices of a state television station Thursday, assaulting its news director before employees fought back and took them hostage, officials and witnesses said.
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US backs Afghan reconciliation talks
Dec 27 2007 10:09AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The United States supports reconciliation talks with Taliban fighters who have no ties to al-Qaida and accept Afghanistan's constitution, the U.S. ambassador said Thursday.
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Sri Lanka forces bomb rebels naval base
Dec 27 2007 7:45AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Air force jets destroyed a Tamil naval base in Sri Lanka's north Thursday, a day after a fierce sea battle and a wave of infantry attacks killed at least 66 rebels and 14 government troops, the military said.
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Former Thai prime minister faces arrest
Dec 27 2007 6:57AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be arrested if he returns home from a self-imposed exile as planned, even if his victorious allies form a government following last weekend's general election, officials said Thursday.
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Russia frees 6 more Japanese fishermen
Dec 27 2007 6:03AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Russia has released six more Japanese fishermen who had been detained earlier this month after their boats were seized in disputed waters, Japan's Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
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NKorea may miss deadline for declaration
Dec 27 2007 2:43AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea may miss a year-end deadline to declare all its nuclear programs, South Korea's foreign minister said Thursday, after the North warned it would also slow work to disable its atomic facilities due to delayed aid.
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China may retain relaxed reporting rules
Dec 27 2007 2:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese official hinted Thursday that the country's easing of reporting rules for foreign journalists ahead of the Summer Olympics in Beijing could be extended past the end of the Games.
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Minister: China's wealth gap widens
Dec 27 2007 12:50AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The politically sensitive gap in incomes between China's booming cities and the poor countryside is widening, according to a Cabinet minister quoted by a state news agency.
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S.Korea finds cargo ship wreckage
Dec 27 2007 12:25AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The apparent wreckage of a cargo ship that disappeared along with 14 sailors has been found, but lay too deep in the water to raise immediately, South Korean officials said Wednesday. Meanwhile, the search continued for the missing.
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S.Korea finds cargo ship wreckage
Dec 27 2007 12:25AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The apparent wreckage of a cargo ship that disappeared along with 14 sailors has been found, but lay too deep in the water to raise immediately, South Korean officials said Wednesday. Meanwhile, the search continued for the missing.
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