Iranian cultural official jailed over failure to act after public kiss
In Yazd Iran cultural official Mohammad Ali Pakdel was jailed on an arrest-failure charge after actress Gowhar Kheirandish and actor Ali Zamani publicly kissed at a festival. He was later freed on bail of 6250 dollars as Iran bans socializing between unrelated men and women and public kissing.
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North Korea claims deaths of eight Japanese abductee victims
Families of abductees doubt North Korean accounts as officials cite eight more deaths from self harm, crashes, gas poisoning, illness, and drowning. One daughter Megumi Yokota vanished in 1977. North Korea says she died in 1993 in Pyongyang. Public skepticism grows as US talks begin.
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Chinese gift lions arrive at Kabul Zoo as peace gesture
Beijing donates two Chinese lions to Afghanistan's Kabul Zoo along with two deer two bears two pigs and a wolf. Chinese experts will train Afghan staff to care for the new arrivals in a patch of land near a frequently dry river bed in Kabul. locals express weariness with decades of violence and seek renewed hope in the gesture.
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U S says Asia al Qaida link tied to Sept 11 threats
U S counterterrorism officials identify Hambali Riduan Isamuddin as Jemaah Islamiya operations chief with al Qaida ties. They link him to thwarted plans to bomb at least one U.S. embassy on Sept 11 anniversary. Details on targets and roles remain undisclosed.
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