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CHINA Firefighters work near flames emanating from an oil pipeline explosion that occurred Friday in Dalian. Officials said no one was killed in the fire, which burned for 15 hours before being extinguished Saturday. (Associated Press)

Acting on intelligence, a NATO and Afghan commando force captured a Taliban bombmaking expert Friday night in Kabul, NATO said.

Elsewhere, three coalition service members were killed by homemade bombs Saturday, including an American in eastern Afghanistan and a British soldier in the south. A third service member died Saturday in the south, but NATO did not disclose the nationality.

Two others -- a British marine and an American service member -- died in an explosion Friday in the south.

-- Associated Press

PAKISTAN

Insurgent ambush kills 16 in northwest

Men armed with assault rifles ambushed a convoy of civilian vehicles Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, the scene of extensive military operations targeting Islamist insurgents.

Sixteen people were killed in the attack in Char Khel village, in the troubled tribal region of Kurram, while en route to the main northwestern city of Peshawar.

Kurram has witnessed scores of such attacks, robberies and kidnappings for ransom in the past three years.

-- Associated Press