Border clashes kill Pakistani civilians near Muzaffarabad
Indian and Pakistani artillery exchange near the Kashmir border kills six Pakistanis, including two brothers aged 8 and 10. Fifteen others wounded on the Pakistani side. no immediate Indian casualties. The children died from shrapnel near Hajira, 100 miles south of Muzaffarabad. Police note the Himalayan region has long been a flashpoint.
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Pakistan
India
Kashmir
Raja Abdul Razzaq
Hajira
Pakistani Kashmir
Afghans Get First Sampling of Films
In Kabul a French organized mobile cinema network begins touring Afghanistan showing three educational films in eight cities this summer. Four wheel drive caravans carry video screens projectors and generators under UN and EU support. The Ministry of Information and Culture produced films on Afghan arts culture and girls education aimed at viewers many of whom have never seen cinema before.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
United Nations
U.N
Manuel de Almeida E Silva
AINA
European Union
Almeida E Silva
Ministry of Information and Culture
Earthquake Shakes Northern Japan No Damage Reported
A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan on Sunday with no immediate damage or injuries. It was centered about 300 miles beneath the seabed off Hokkaido, 800 miles northwest of Tokyo, felt mainly in Aomori and Iwate. The quake is not linked to Saturday’s quakes in Miyagi and posed no tsunami danger.
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Japan
Hokkaido
Meteorological Agency
Aomori
Iwate
Honshu
Miyagi
Israeli attorney general to resign in January
Jerusalem AP reports Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein will step down in January after completing work on criminal cases involving Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and ex PM Ehud Barak. Justice Minister Yosef Lapid says Rubinstein, 56, informed him he wished to quit. The investigations focus on a $1.5 million loan used for campaign expenditures and possible violations of campaign finance laws.
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Lapid
Rubinstein
Mutinous Philippine troops surrender after 19 hour standoff
Mutinous soldiers who seized the Glorietta center in Manila and demanded President Arroyo resign surrendered after 19 hours without a shot fired. About 296 troops, including 70 officers, faced prosecution under the arts of war as General loyalty to Arroyo held.
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Philippines
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Financial District
Glorietta Center
Arroyo
Navy
Antonio Trillanes
Nicanor Paeldon
Glorietta Complex
Oakwood Hotel
Barrier seals off Jerusalem from West Bank in fence plan
Israel advances two barrier sections of electronic fences trenches and razor coil to separate Jerusalem from northern and southern Palestinian areas. The wall on the edge of the West Bank complicates talks with Abbas as Bush calls for it to come down amid violence in Jerusalem with 103 killed and hundreds wounded by suicide bombings.
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Israel
West Bank
Israel-West Bank
Bush
Mahmoud Abbas
Ariel Sharon
Washington
Nabil Amr
Ramallah
Israeli Cabinet approves release of up to 100 militants
Israel's cabinet voted 14 to 9 to release up to 100 jailed Islamic militants including Hamas and Islamic Jihad members, aiming to boost peace talks with the Palestinians and aid Prime Minister Ariel Sharon before his meeting with President George W. Bush.
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Ariel Sharon
Bush
Hamas
Islamic Jihad
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