Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
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MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least five militants in northwestern Pakistan.

Malaysia Islamic body bans yoga for Muslims
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's top Islamic body on Saturday ruled against Muslims practicing yoga, saying it has elements of other religions that could corrupt Muslims.

Philippine leader heads to summit
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TOKYO (AP) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo departed Saturday for Los Angeles from Osaka, where her plane made an emergency landing in Japan the previous day after her husband fell ill on board, according to media reports.

Myanmar court hands comedian 45-year prison term
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's courts continued a crackdown on activists Friday, handing out a 45-year prison sentence to a comedian who went to the delta to help cyclone victims and criticized the junta's slow relief response.

Grenade wounds 8 outside Thai PM office
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BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A grenade attack on anti-government protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's office wounded eight people early Saturday, officials said.

Tibetan exiles debate the future of the movement
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DHARMSALA, India (AP) - Out of the hundreds of Tibetan leaders who have flocked here for a pivotal summit on Tibet's future, few understand the hardships there better than a recently arrived barley farmer.

Afghan official: suicide bomb attack kills 3
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber drove his car into the gate of an army base in southern Afghanistan on Friday and detonated his explosives, killing three civilians, a provincial official said.

Chinese journalist sentenced to 3 years
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BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese writer and journalist who was arrested after protesting against a power plant in southwest China was sentenced Friday to three years in prison on charges of subverting state power, his lawyer said.

Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified
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TOKYO (AP) - Samurai warriors, housewives and children were crucified, thrown into hot springs and tortured, but refused to renounce their religion. Japan's extraordinary but relatively unknown history of Christian persecution is finally receiving recognition in a beatification of 188 martyrs.