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Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attack

MUMBAI, India (AP) — The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes…

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees

MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun…

Coal mine blast kills 42 in China, 66 trapped

HARBIN, China (AP) — Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped a third of a mile (half a…

Rocket hits outside luxury hotel in Afghan capital

KABUL (AP) — A rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan's capital late Saturday, wounding two people, the Interior…

Afghan road builder's dream thwarted by violence

KABUL (AP) — Khalid Khan stares through the dusty window pane, down across the rooftops of the capital, and wonders if they really know…

China says 42 dead, 66 trapped in mine explosion

BEIJING (AP) — A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people and leaving 66…

Security forces: Blast near Kabul's Serena Hotel

KABUL (AP) — Afghan security forces say there has been a large explosion near the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan's capital. There…

Buddhists from 2 Koreas hold joint ceremony

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Buddhist monks from South and North Korea held a joint ceremony at a temple in the communist country Saturday…

3 men blow themselves up in Pakistani Kashmir

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Three suspected militants blew themselves up as police gave chase Saturday in the Pakistani part of disputed Kashmir,…

Afghan police are weak link in security force

KABUL (AP) — Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious…

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