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Canada: Refugees healthy

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Hundreds of Tamil asylum-seekers from war-ravaged Sri Lanka spent a grueling three months at sea in a cramped, ramshackle cargo ship but arrived in fairly good condition, Canadian officials said Saturday.

The ship, carrying at least 450 refugees, was modified in order to maximize profits for a human smuggling operation likely organized by the Tamil Tigers, Canada's top security official, Vic Toews, said. Canadian officials said some refugees were nauseous and dehydrated but were mostly in good spirits.

Chile: Trapped miners

SANTIAGO — Chile's mining minister says rescuers hope that probes they are drilling will reach 33 trapped miners by Monday.

Minister Laurence Golborne says the most advanced probe is 1,715 feet deep as of Saturday. It's aimed at an emergency refuge 2,297 feet below the surface. The workers have been trapped by an Aug. 5 collapse at the San Jose gold and silver mine in northern Chile. Rescuers have had no contact with them.

England: Bomb injures 3

LONDON — Three children suffered minor injuries in a bomb attack seemingly timed to attack police and emergency services in Northern Ireland, officers and a lawmaker said Saturday.

Police said a device exploded close to a school in Lurgan, Co. Armagh, about 22 miles west of Belfast, injuring two 12-year-olds and a two-year old who were struck by flying debris. At the time of the blast, police had been evacuating homes in the area following reports of a separate device.

India: Unrest in Kashmir

SRINAGAR — Two people were shot dead by security forces Saturday as deaths continued to mount during weeks of defiant protests against India's rule over the predominantly Muslim region of Kashmir.

Unrest that has killed at least 57 people since June shows no signs of abating despite the deployment of thousands of troops and calls from India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for calm. Tens of thousands of Kashmiris staged angry demonstrations Friday after government forces killed four people and wounded 31 others.

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