Navy exchanges fire with suspected pirates
Mar 18 2006 11:53PM (CT)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Two U.S. Navy warships exchanged gunfire with suspected pirates Saturday off the coast of Somalia, and one suspect was killed and five others were wounded, the navy said.
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200K said killed in Algeria insurgency
Mar 18 2006 8:44PM (CT)
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Up to 200,000 Algerians have died in a 15-year Islamic insurgency, the head of the government human rights body said Saturday _ the highest official toll ever given.
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Prosecutor: Int'l court should be faster
Mar 18 2006 7:09PM (CT)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The International Criminal Court, which has a Congolese rebel leader in jail as its first defendant, will have speedier proceedings than the U.N. special tribunal for Yugoslavia, the court's chief prosecutor said Saturday.
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