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at 0:17 on July 5, 2009, EDT.

Latest launches show NKorean capability, accuracy are improving, officials

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea's weekend missile launches show the communist country is improving its capability and accuracy and are a cause for concern, officials said Sunday.

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at 0:43 on July 5, 2009, EDT.

Bomb blast near cathedral kills 3, wounds dozens in the southern Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Suspected Muslim guerrillas detonated a bomb near a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least three people and wounding more than two dozen others.

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at 21:21 on July 4, 2009, EDT.

Exiled Honduran president vows to return, calls on followers to meet him at airport

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Saturday that he would return to Honduras to try to retake office following last week's military-backed coup, despite warnings of a potentially bloody confrontation and the interim government's vow to arrest him and put him on trial.

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at 8:42 on July 4, 2009, EDT.

Fallen Canadian soldier begins journey home after solemn sendoff

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at 15:30 on July 4, 2009, EDT.

UN chief leaves Myanmar 'disappointed' with junta after bid to see Suu Kyi rejected

YANGON, Myanmar - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ended a mission to Myanmar on Saturday saying he was "deeply disappointed" that the isolated nation's top military ruler denied him a visit to jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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at 13:38 on July 4, 2009, EDT.

Iranian hardliner calls opposition leader US agent

TEHRAN, Iran - A top aide to Iran's all-powerful leader has accused the country's main opposition leader of being an American agent who should be tried for treason, increasing the pressure on reformists disputing the outcome of last month's presidential election.

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at 12:41 on July 4, 2009, EDT.

Yemeni authorities say parts of plane wreckage recovered off Comoros islands

SAN'A, Yemen - A Yemeni aviation committee says pieces of wreckage from the passenger jet that crashed off the Comoros islands have been recovered.

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at 15:43 on July 4, 2009, EDT.

US teenage girl shot in father's store becomes 5th slain by suspected serial killer

GAFFNEY, South Carolina - Authorities say a teenage girl shot in her father's store has become the fifth person slain by a suspected serial killer.

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at 2:02 on July 4, 2009, EDT.

Honduras renounces OAS charter for trying to impose 'indignant resolutions'

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras will no longer recognize the Organization of American States charter, claiming the diplomatic body attempted to impose "unilateral and indignant resolutions" on a new government that took power in a coup.

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at 22:58 on July 4, 2009, EDT.

At least 9 killed as bus plunges off road in eastern India, 40 passengers injured

NEW DELHI - A bus overtaking another vehicle at high speed as they crossed a bridge in eastern India crashed through the railings and fell nearly 30 feet (9 metres) onto a railroad track, leaving at least nine people dead, a news report said.

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