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Sarasota, Fla. - The suspect linked to a missing 11-year-old girl whose abduction was captured by a surveillance camera is not co-operating with investigators, authorities said Thursday. Joseph Smith, 37, is not answering any questions about the disappearance of Carlie Brucia, who has been missing since Sunday evening, Sarasota County Sheriff Bill Balkwill said. "We want to know where Carlie is," Balkwill said. Islamabad, Pakistan - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf pardoned the father of Pakistan's nuclear program Thursday for giving technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea. The Pakistani leader's pardon headed off a showdown with the political and religious groups that strongly opposed punishment for Abdul Qadeer Khan. Musharraf accepted the scientist's plea for mercy after he admitted the leaks in a televised apology. Bangkok, Thailand - China's vast size and its still-developing disease-reporting systems have made it "weak and vulnerable" against bird flu, a top Chinese official said Thursday, while hard-hit Vietnam slapped a ban on all poultry sales. The avian influenza sweeping Asia has killed 16 people, and jittery governments have slaughtered some 50 million chickens and other fowl to stop the disease from spreading. Indonesia added its name to the list Thursday, saying it would cull 10 million birds.
