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Gunfire heard at Bakiyev rally in Kyrgyzstan (AP)

April 15th, 2010

Kyrgyz interim leader Roza Otunbayeva gives a speech during mass burials of the victims at the Ata-Beyit memorial complex outskirts of Bishkek on April 10. Otunbayeva has refused to offer any compromise to deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, demanding he face trial for the bloodshed in protests last week.(AFP/File/Vyacheslav Oseledko)AP - Gunfire broke out Thursday at a rally where the deposed president of Kyrgyzstan was speaking to supporters. Kurmanbek Bakiyev was quickly hustled into a car and driven away…

3 loud blasts heard in NW Pakistani city (AP)

April 5th, 2010

Map of Pakistan locating Lower Dir. A bomb attack has killed 25 people at a celebration organised by a political party in northwest Pakistan, with fears the death toll could rise further, police said.(AFP/Graphic)AP - Three explosions have rocked the largest city in northwestern Pakistan hours after a suspected suicide bomber attacked a political rally elsewhere in the troubled region.


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Sounds heard in China mine where 153 trapped (AP)

April 2nd, 2010

Mine workers carry pipes to the entrance of the Wangjialing coal mine. Rescuers at the coal mine in north China have heard signs of life from a flooded shaft where 153 workers have been trapped for five days, state television reported.(AFP/Peter Parks)AP - Sounds of tapping and maybe shouts were heard Friday coming from the pipes of a flooded Chinese coal mine where 153 workers were trapped more than five days…

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