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'); document.write(''); document.write('MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops found 21 bodies in the country\'s restive south after dozens of gunmen on Monday hijacked a convoy of politicians and supporters filing their nominations for next year\'s elections, officials said.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('KABUL (AP) — Four U.S. service members were killed in the past 24 hours in Afghanistan, NATO forces said Monday.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese dissident was sentenced Monday to three years in prison after criticizing the government\'s response to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that killed about 90,000 people.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania\'s centrist president will face a socialist former foreign minister in a Dec. 6 runoff election, partial results showed Monday, in a race key to helping the country emerge from a political and economic crisis.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — A French amphibious assault ship like the one Russia hopes to buy arrived Monday in St. Petersburg, fueling concern in Georgia and other ex-Soviet nations that Russia is upgrading its navy to intimidate its neighbors.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('HEGANG, China (AP) — Grieving family members demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SYDNEY (AP) — A U.S. Navy serviceman was found not guilty Monday of sexually assaulting a prostitute at a brothel while on shore leave in Australia\'s biggest city.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers returned to choppy waters off Indonesia\'s Sumatra island Monday to search for 21 passengers still missing after a ferry sank in a storm. Officials say 254 survivors were pulled from the sea and at least 29 other people drowned.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military strike by Israel.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BAGHDAD (AP) — A stepped-up campaign by Iraq\'s prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections.
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