06/13/05 World News: American Human Rights Activist Deported From Laos

Laos has released and deported the last of four Americans detained a week ago during the surrender of about 170 ethnic Hmong. A U.S. embassy spokesman said today (Monday) that Sia Cher Vang, a Hmong-American, was released Saturday and deported to Thailand.

A bomb planted in a garbage truck exploded outside a police station in southern Thailand today (Monday), killing a sanitation worker and wounding three other people.

Indonesian soldiers reportedly are searching for five cars believed to be carrying bombs constructed by a group linked to the al-Qaida terror network.

A powerful bomb blast has hit a U.S. military convoy near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, wounding several soldiers. Local authorities say a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into the convoy. U.S. military officials say four American soldiers were hurt and evacuated for treatment, including one soldier who suffered serious injuries. Earlier, local officials said some of the soldiers were killed by the bast

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