COORDINATED ATTACKS: A string of shootings, bombings and acts of arson in southern Thailand killed at least one person and wounded scores more
Suspected Muslim militants set off four more explosives yesterday in continued bombings, shootings and arsons across southern Thailand that killed at least one person and injured 28 in less than 48 hours, police said.

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Groups of women wearing burkas in Indian Kashmir have raided brothels, smashed wine bottles and chastized canoodling teenagers in internet cafes to "arrest moral degradation."

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A third of voters plan to support Japan's ruling party in upcoming parliamentary elections, a newspaper poll said yesterday, showing Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi maintaining a wide lead over his main rival.

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PILGRIM TRAGEDY: Mass funerals began for those killed in a stampede, but many people were still searching hospitals, hoping to find their relatives alive
Thousands of grieving Iraqis were searching for their loved ones yesterday as mass funerals were due to be held for the nearly 1,000 Shiite pilgrims killed in a deadly stampede on a Baghdad bridge.

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PROTEST: Human rights lawyers say detainees are rebelling because the US failed to bring the camp into compliance with the Geneva Conventions, as was promised
Scores of detainees have started a new hunger strike at the US prison for terror suspects in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and some are threatening to starve to death unless they are put on trial or released, human rights lawyers said on Wednesday.

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A judge sanctioned six lawyers representing the owners of the Ringling Bros circus and ordered them to pay US$51,000 in fines to the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for contempt of court and other violations.

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Stabbing suspects arrested
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