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Philippine militants free 2 kidnapped Germans

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By Oliver Teves Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Two Germans freed after being held for six months in the southern Philippines by a militant group that threatened to behead […]

1st Cambodia genocide trial aims to expose crimes

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By Sopheng Cheang Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP)—The first trial on charges of genocide against Cambodia’s brutal 1970s Khmer Rouge regime opened Friday with a prosecutor saying it will […]

Outcry over Thai soap rapes

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By Jocelyn Gecker and Thanyarat Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — In a famous scene from Thailand’s award-winning soap opera “The Power of Shadows,” the handsome protagonist gets drunk and rapes […]

Nobel: two rival nations, one message of peace

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By Katy Daigle Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — One is Muslim, the other Hindu. One a Pakistani, the other Indian. One a school girl just starting out in life, […]

US nurse with Ebola says she’s ‘doing well’

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By Emily Schmall and Nomaan Merchant Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A nurse who became infected with Ebola while treating the first patient diagnosed in the U.S. said Tuesday that […]

China reveals cases of torture in police detention

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By Louise Watt Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Three police officers and four other people have been convicted of torturing suspects to obtain confessions, China’s official state news agency reported, […]

Killings by China anti-terror cops raise concerns

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By Gillian Wong Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — When attackers from China’s minority Uighurs killed 37 people in a July rampage in far western Xinjiang, police responded by gunning down […]

Bodies retrieved from Mount Rainier: Southeast Asia Intel Managing Director Uday Marty identified

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By Gene Johnson Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The location of the three bodies was revealed by the melting snow, but getting to them was another matter. They were high […]