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Indian officials find 15 skulls at house
Dec 29 2006 11:22PM (CT)
NOIDA, India (AP) - Investigators discovered 15 skulls at a house near New Delhi where a domestic servant has confessed to sexually assaulting and killing children, authorities said Saturday.
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S. Korea report calls N. Korea a threat
Dec 29 2006 8:31PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's Defense Ministry said North Korea is believed to have about 110 pounds of plutonium, enough to produce up to seven nuclear weapons.
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Taliban chief vows to drive out troops
Dec 29 2006 2:26PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fugitive Taliban chief Mullah Omar pledged to drive foreign troops out of Afghanistan in a statement released Friday, as NATO and Afghan forces killed more than 12 of his fighters in the volatile south.
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Convicted Marine out of Manila jail
Dec 29 2006 1:34PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A U.S. Marine convicted of raping a Filipino woman was whisked away from a Manila jail to the U.S. Embassy Friday, a spokesman said, almost a month after the U.S. and Philippine governments urged a local court to transfer him to American custody during his appeal.
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Pakistani refugees suffering in camps
Dec 29 2006 12:12PM (CT)
MURID BUGTI, Pakistan (AP) - Shah Mohammed Bugti says his 9-month-old son has died and his daughter may soon follow if humanitarian aid does not reach tens of thousands of desperate tribesmen who fled a civil conflict in Pakistan's tense southwest.
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China pledges peaceful growth of army
Dec 29 2006 12:08PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Friday it will strengthen its military to thwart any attempt by Taiwan to push for independence, but vowed that it was committed to the peaceful development of the world's largest army.
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Death toll in Indonesian floods rises
Dec 29 2006 4:54AM (CT)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers reached remote villages, delivering food and medicine Friday to thousands of people displaced by floods and rain-induced landslides that have claimed at least 126 lives on Indonesia's Sumatra island.
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Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan
Dec 29 2006 4:15AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO and Afghan forces killed more than 10 Taliban fighters during a clash in southern Afghanistan, police said Friday.
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Ex-rebel leader named governor in Aceh
Dec 29 2006 2:34AM (CT)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - A former rebel leader won the election for governor of Aceh province, the electoral commission said Friday, confirming initial quick-count results earlier this month.
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1 dead after ferry capsizes near Sumatra
Dec 29 2006 2:33AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A passenger ferry capsized in rough waters off the coast of Sumatra, leaving one dead and 36 missing, officials said Friday.
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3 killed in Thailand's restive south
Dec 29 2006 2:13AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Two teachers were shot and burned to death Friday and a government worker gunned down in attacks blamed on Muslim insurgents in Thailand's restive south.
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