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'); document.write(''); document.write('AMPATUAN, Philippines (AP) — A scion of a powerful clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday amid mounting pressure on the government to crack down on lawlessness and warlords.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('KABUL (AP) — A helicopter belonging to an international military contractor has gone missing in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The prison chief being tried for running a Khmer Rouge torture center apologized but said he was only following orders and couldn\'t stop the abuse and the thousands of killings there, as prosecutors sought a 40-year prison sentence.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought to expand Tehran\'s influence in Latin America and deepen his alliance with Venezuela\'s Hugo Chavez on Wednesday in a visit that gave him a platform to defend his country\'s nuclear program.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb targeting a police officer exploded in the main northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday, injuring three people in the latest of a wave of attacks to strike the area since the army launched a major anti-Taliban offensive last month.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BEIJING (AP) — It read like a muckraking expose: A magazine revealed a system of secret detention centers in Beijing where Chinese citizens are forcibly held and sometimes beaten to prevent them from lodging formal complaints with the central government.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Wednesday proposed a 10-month halt to new construction in West Bank settlements as a step toward restarting Mideast peace negotiations.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — One of Africa\'s most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries, including the United States and some in Europe, a United Nations report said.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('GENEVA (AP) — Roman Polanski has been granted $4.5 million bail, clearing the way for the fugitive director to move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Alpine resort chalet.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims circled Islam\'s holiest site Wednesday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions — umbrellas and face masks — as the opening of the annual hajj was complicated by torrential rains and fears of swine flu.
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