Hundreds of monks detained in Myanmar crackdown
Myanmar's junta said hundreds of Buddhist monks were detained during its crackdown on pro democracy protesters and that four more ringleaders were sought. It claimed most monks were freed with 109 in custody, amid disputed death and detention tallies and international concern.
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Yangon
Myanmar
U Kandya
U Visaitta
U Awbatha
U Parthaka
U.N
Ibrahim Gambari
Congo fires transport minister after Kinshasa plane crash
Emergency crews finished dousing flames from a Kinshasa plane crash that killed at least 50. Mourners traced 28 bodies to the crash site neighborhood. 22 more passengers were presumed dead. The cargo Antonov 26, operated by Africa One, hit houses after takeoff from N'Djili Airport.
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Kinshasa
Congo
Saleh Kinyongo
Humanitarian Affairs Ministry
Kuseyo
Associated Press
Aviation
Africa One
European Union
Russia
Foreign Ministry
Civilians and militants killed in Afghan raid and blasts
In eastern Afghanistan a U S led coalition and Afghan troops clashed with insurgents during a raid on compounds in Waza Khwa district Paktika province killing several militants and civilians including a woman and a child. A roadside bomb in Ghazni killed Steven Thomas Stefani a USDA employee.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
NATO
Ghazni
U.S
Waza Khwa
Paktika
Coalition
Chris Belcher
Steven Thomas Stefani
U.S. Agriculture Department
USDA
3 year old lost in Amazon found after 11 days
A 3-year-old boy missing in the Brazilian Amazon was found 11 days later about two miles from Papuai. He survived dehydration and thorn injuries on his feet and legs after wandering with his father and was located by a hunter’s cousin. He remained under medical observation as family awaited hospital discharge.
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Amazon
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Neilson Oliveira Lima
Papuai
Amazonas
Ailson Carvalho
Carvalho
Caraurai
Evanise de Oliveira Lima
CBN Radio
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Minster
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