Australia on terrorism CANBERRA – A report that the attackers in a failed London terrorist plot planned to trigger car bombs with mobile phone calls from Australia is probably wrong, Australia’s attorney general has said.
* More deaths in Mogadishu MOGADISHU – A truck carrying dozens of people fleeing violence in the Somali capital overturned, killing 10 people – including a 2-year-old child – and wounding more than 60, officials said. * Tiananmen protester released BEIJING – A protester jailed after the 1989 Tiananmen protests has been released while another activist who was jailed and freed years ago for his role in the pro-democracy uprising has been detained again by police, a human rights watchdog said.Sun Hong, 36, was released from jail on Saturday, according to the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy.* Japan PM Abe defends farm minister TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe strongly defends his scandal-hit agriculture minister n Sunday, as opposition leaders attacked Abe’s beleaguered government before elections later this month.Nampa-AP* Tiananmen protester released BEIJING – A protester jailed after the 1989 Tiananmen protests has been released while another activist who was jailed and freed years ago for his role in the pro-democracy uprising has been detained again by police, a human rights watchdog said.Sun Hong, 36, was released from jail on Saturday, according to the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy.* Japan PM Abe defends farm minister TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe strongly defends his scandal-hit agriculture minister n Sunday, as opposition leaders attacked Abe’s beleaguered government before elections later this month.Nampa-AP
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