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Nine possible North Korean defectors who sailed to Japan have been moved to a patrol boat off the coast of northern Japan as officials continue to question them, authorities said Wednesday.

A man accused of strapping a fake bomb around an 18-year-old Australian girl’s neck in an attempt to extort money from her family is scheduled to appear at an extradition hearing Wednesday afternoon, prosecutors said.

Fighting that raged for hours in Kabul after a dramatic Taliban attack on the U.S. Embassy and NATO’s command calmed down greatly during the evening hours, a military spokesman told CNN. PAST ATTACKS |

Japanese Coast Guards found a small wooden boat Tuesday morning drifting off Japan’s western coast with nine men, women and children on board claiming they are from North Korea, a Coast Guard spokesman said.

Heavy rains and flooding in Pakistan’s southeastern Sindh province has killed some 226 people over the past month, the National Disaster Management Authority said Tuesday.

Attorney Jose Baez, best known for his defense of Casey Anthony, said Tuesday he has been hired by a man suspected in the disappearance of an American woman in Aruba.

An Argentinian court absolved former President Carlos Menem on Tuesday of charges that he violated international weapons embargoes.

Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, two American hikers accused of being spies in Iran, will be released from an Iranian prison after a $500,000 bail is paid for each of them, their attorney said Tuesday.