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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 Wednesday amid mounting pressure on the government to crack down on lawlessness and warlords.
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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('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('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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'); document.write(''); document.write('VIENNA (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency urged Iran on Wednesday to endorse a plan that would strip it of most of its enriched uranium, saying Tehran could not defuse fears about its nuclear program with proposals that included keeping the material.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Iran holds state-run ceremonies this week for an important Islamic feast day, there will be one very noticeable change: former President Hashemi Rafsanjani will not be leading the prayers.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan charged seven men in last year\'s Mumbai attacks on Wednesday, its first indictment in a case being monitored by India and the United States to see if Islamabad makes good on promises to bring those responsible to justice.
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