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Today in History: September 13, Attica prison standoff ends with 32 inmates and 11 hostages dead
Mon,09/04/23-5:55AM , 14 Reads
Today in History

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2023. There are 109 days left in the year.

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From left to right, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Zambry Abd Kadir, Philippines' Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo, Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand's Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sarun Charoensuwan, Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Laos' Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, Brunei's Foreign Minister Erywan Yusof, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, East Timor's Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas, and ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn, pose for a family photo during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting ahead of the ASEAN Summit, at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Bay Ismoyo/Pool Photo via AP)

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Southeast Asian leaders are besieged by thorny issues as they hold an ASEAN summit without Biden
By NINIEK KARMINI AND EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press
Sun,09/03/23-8:08PM , 54 Reads
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders led by Indonesian host President Joko Widodo are gathering in their final summit this year, besieged by divisive issues with no solutions in sight: Myanmar’s deadly civil strife, new flare-ups in the disputed South China Sea, and the longstanding United States-China rivalry.
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Prisoners stand on the roof of the Turi jail where dozens of prison guards and police officers have been kidnapped by the inmates, in Cuenca, Ecuador, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. In the last 24 hours, Ecuador has been rocked by the explosions of four car bombs and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various detention facilities. (AP Photo/Xavier Caivinagua)

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Ecuador says 57 guards and police officers are released after being held hostage in several prisons
Fri,09/01/23-2:46PM , 101 Reads
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more than a day, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of several large correctional facilities in the South American country.
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The Fulton County Jail is shown April 11, 2023, in Atlanta. Authorities said several people were stabbed, one fatally, during a dispute between men held at the jail in Atlanta that is already under federal investigation. The Fulton County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Friday, Sept. 1, that 23-year-old Dayvion Blake was pronounced dead around 3:30 p.m. Thursday after the stabbings at the County Jail. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback, File)

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One dead, four injured in stabbings at notorious jail in Atlanta that's under federal investigation
Fri,09/01/23-2:04PM , 131 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Five people were stabbed, one fatally, during a dispute among men being held at an overcrowded jail in Atlanta that is already the subject of a
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