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Afghanistan: Villagers fleeARGHANDAB — Afghan civilians piled belongings onto trucks Wednesday and fled two villages infiltrated by hundreds of Taliban militants outside Afghanistan's second-largest city. U.S., Canadian and Afghan troops had about 250 of the insurgents surrounded.
The troops killed 50 militants in three days of fighting 15 miles north of Kandahar city, the provincial police chief said. Three policemen and one Afghan soldier also died.
Japan: 11-story jump
The unidentified woman, who appeared to be in her 30s or 40s, appeared to have jumped from the building onto a busy Tokyo street and was declared dead at the scene, Kyodo News agency reported.
She hit a 47-year-old male pedestrian who suffered a brain injury, the report said.
Mauritania: Slavery charges
Mohamed Ould Nobi, 51, and his 85-year-old mother, Marieme Mint Kneiba, were arrested Monday for allegedly forcing the two children to work without pay in Guerrou.
Myanmar: Monks march again
The monks marched for nearly an hour in the town of Pakokku, chanting a Buddhist prayer that has come to be associated with the pro-democracy cause. They did not carry signs or shout slogans, but their action was clearly in defiance of the military government, as one monk spelled out in a radio interview.
Pakistan: Bhutto cancels trip
She said at a hastily arranged news conference that senior party aides told her President Gen. Pervez Musharraf might impose emergency measures if the Supreme Court found that his recent election win was unconstitutional.
Russia: Bus blast kills 8
One official speculated the blast in Togliatti was a terrorist attack, but others said that was only one possibility. They said investigators were also looking into whether it resulted from a turf battle between criminals or even the careless handling of explosives.
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