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Afghanistan

KANDAHAR — Suspected Taliban militants fatally shot a district judge in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after alleged rebels killed a local administrator in the area, officials said. Police are investigating the shooting, but no arrests have been made.

Cuba

HAVANA — Cuba's top woman opposition leader and at least two other dissidents were released Saturday, one day after they and more than a dozen other opponents were detained in an apparent effort to quell an anti-government protest.

Georgia

TBILISI — A man who admitted throwing a live grenade toward President Bush during a rally in Georgia in May said in a video broadcast Saturday he aimed to spray shrapnel over the bulletproof glass protecting the U.S. leader.

Germany

BERLIN — The pilot who died when his ultralight plane crashed near the German parliament was questioned over the disappearance of his wife and expressed "suicidal intentions" before the flight, officials said Saturday.

Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The deadline for voter registration will likely have to be postponed to September to allow more people to register for Haiti's first elections since the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the interim prime minister said Saturday.

Iran

TEHRAN — Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Saturday condemned the hanging of two teenagers accused of raping younger boys in northeastern Iran, a punishment that also prompted protests by the international community and rights groups.

Japan

TOKYO — North Korea took another swipe at Tokyo on Saturday, saying it "feels no need" to sit down directly with Japan at upcoming nuclear talks because the country is insisting on discussing the North's past abduction of Japanese citizens.

Kenya