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MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine foreign secretary said Friday that he has recommended President Benigno Aquino III pull out all Filipino U.N. peacekeepers from the Golan Heights following the abduction of four by Syrian rebels, the second such incident in two months.

BEIJING, China - The foreign ministers of China and India have glossed over a recent standoff along their countries' disputed border in an apparent sign that the incident will not harm future high-level contacts.

PALMDALE, Calif. - Authorities in rural Los Angeles County were warning people to be on the lookout for four pit bulls suspected of killing a 63-year-old jogger Thursday, and they have seized several dogs in a search for those who may have taken part in the attack.

SYDNEY - No trace of an Australian couple believed to have fallen off a cruise ship has been found despite an intense, day-long search, officials said Friday.

WASHINGTON - A buttoned-down Prince Harry joined Michelle Obama in honouring military families Thursday and toured an exhibition in Congress about land-mines, opening a weeklong U.S. visit devoted to the wounded victims of war. Shrieking onlookers gave him the pop-star treatment, but he was all royal business.

DHAKA, Bangladesh - The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from a fresh fire at a sweater manufacturer showed the entanglement of the industry and top Bangladeshi officials.

DHAKA, Bangladesh - The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed outside the Bangladesh capital has passed 1,000, as recovery workers continue pulling bodies from the wreckage more than two weeks after the disaster.

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Death toll in Bangladesh factory collapse has risen above 1,000 as recovery operation continues.

WORCESTER, Mass. - The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was entombed in an unknown gravesite Thursday after police said an anonymous person stepped forward to help arrange the secret burial.