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Pakistan probes video of apparent army executions (AP)

October 8th, 2010

AP - Pakistan’s army chief ordered an inquiry Friday into video clips that show men in soldiers’ uniforms gunning down a group of bound and blindfolded detainees. The footage has…

DomRep probes 16 baby deaths at public hospital (AP)

September 15th, 2010

AP - Health officials are investigating the recent deaths of 16 newborns in the capital’s largest maternity hospital, hinting that unhygienic conditions are to blame.

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NZ probes skydiving plane crash that killed 9 (AP)

September 5th, 2010

The scene of the crash where nine people died including an Australian, a German, an Englishman and an Irishman  when their aircraft believed to be carrying a group of skydivers crashed shortly after taking off from the air strip at Fox Glacier, New Zealand, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/NZPA, Hokitika Guardian)  ** NEW ZEALAND OUT **AP - Investigators expressed confidence Sunday that they will learn why an airplane carrying skydivers crashed in flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, killing four…

UN body probes possible Koreas truce violation (AP)

May 22nd, 2010

South Korean farmers work on the field in Ganghwa Island, located inside of the civilian passage restriction line that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, South Korea, Friday, May 21, 2010.  The top U.S. diplomat said Friday that North Korea should face binternational/b consequences over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship, while the South said the U.N. would investigate whether the attack violated the Korean War truce.  (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - The United Nations Command launched a probe Saturday into whether the deadly sinking of a South Korean navy ship blamed on North Korea violated the Korean War truce…