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Militants target Pakistani security; dozens killed
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) - Militants launched a string of bold strikes against Pakistani law enforcement Thursday, leaving at least 36 police officers and civilians dead, authorities said.
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/pakistan.blast/art.fia.afp.gi.jpg caption="A bomb disposal squad member removes a suicide jacket from a body at the FIA in Lahore on Thursday. "]
At least 11 militants also died in the fighting, while others were missing.
Three nearly simultaneous assaults were carried out mid-morning in the eastern city of Lahore, said police spokesman Rai Nazar Hayat.
Militants stormed Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency, along with two police training centers. The attackers gained entrance to each facility, setting set off explosives and taking hostages in some cases. At least 25 people died in the Lahore attacks.
In northwestern Pakistan, a suicide car bomber hit a police station in the Kohat district, killing at least 11 people - eight civilians and three police, said Kohat Police Chief Dilawr Bangish. A dozen people were injured in the attack.
American dad in Japan custody case set free
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TOKYO, Japan (CNN) - An American man who had been accused of trying to take his children from his ex-wife was released from jail on Thursday and charges against him were dropped.
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/japan.custody.battle/art.father.wtvf.jpg caption="Christopher Savoie was jailed in Japan after trying to get kids back from their mother."]
Police in the rural southern town of Yanagawa said Christopher Savoie was let go, under the condition that he not try to snatch the children again.
Savoie, 38, a Tennessee native and naturalized Japanese citizen, allegedly abducted his children - 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca - as his ex-wife walked them to school on September 28 in Yanagawa.
With the children, Savoie headed for the nearest U.S. consulate, in the city of Fukuoka, to try to obtain passports for them. Screaming at guards to let him in the compound, Savoie was steps from the front gate but still standing on Japanese soil when he was arrested.
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Snowe: Health care reform 'like turning around the Titanic'
Health care reform has cleared a major hurdle in the Senate. Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee approved a broad ten-year $829 billion bill to remake the nation's health care system.
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The only Republican to vote in favor of the measure, Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, spoke to Kiran Chetry on CNN’s “American Morning” Wednesday. Below is an edited transcript of that interview.
Kiran Chetry: You’ve certainly become a household name during this entire health care debate. They're calling you the "it" senator on the Hill right now. Tell us what it's been like for you with so many people courting your vote and watching how you voted on this measure.
Olympia Snowe: You know, I didn't consciously set out to be the only Republican, interestingly enough. It all developed as part of the bipartisan group that Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Senator Baucus convened four months ago to build bipartisan support for a bill, and it turned out I was the one remaining along with the Democrats, but that doesn't mean to say that Republicans don't have some good ideas that should be incorporated in this legislation.
So I believe in solving problems, in trying to work through the legislative process to get it done. It's a monumental issue. It's very complex. It takes time. It should take time. That's what the American people expect. We've just got to give it the time and patience that it deserves to work through the legislative process to get this to be in the best place for the best policy possible on such an issue that affects every American.
'Miracle on the Hudson' pilot returns to the scene
You've heard from Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger about how he saved his passengers, when U.S. Airways Flight 1549 went down in what's been called the "Miracle on the Hudson."
Now, for the first time, Captain Sully goes back to the scene. In a revealing interview, see what he told our John Roberts about the father he lost and how he feels about being called a hero now.
Read an excerpt from Capt. Sullenberger's new book, "Highest Duty."
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