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Aug 08, 2008

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Friday Aug 8

10 die in train crash in Czech Republic

Czech railway officials say at least 10 people are dead after a high-speed train hit a collapsed bridge east of Prague.

Friday Aug 8

E-mail threat turns back plane to Japan

An anonymous bomb threat e-mailed to Air China's Tokyo offices on Friday forced a passenger jet to make an emergency return to Japan, the Japanese Transport Ministry said.

Friday Aug 8

Separatist leaders detained in Indian Kashmir

Three top separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir were placed under house arrest Friday to prevent them from leading a march to protest alleged assaults on Muslims, police said.

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