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12 survive Indonesia jet crash; 90 die
Jan 1 2007 11:40PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers found the smoldering wreckage Tuesday of an Indonesian jetliner that went missing during a storm, and officials said 90 people were killed but 12 survived in the country's second major disaster in days. Monday's crash followed the sinking of a passenger ferry late Friday in Indonesia's Java Sea that left 400 people dead or missing.
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Ousted Thai PM backers eyed in bombings
Jan 1 2007 4:31PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's military-backed government named supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Monday as unofficial prime suspects in New Year's Eve bombings that killed three people and wounded 38 in the capital.
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Japanese emperor celebrates heir's birth
Jan 1 2007 4:03PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Emperor Akihito celebrated the September birth of his grandson _ the imperial family's first male heir in four decades _ in a New Year's poem issued to the public on Monday.
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Survivors rescued from Indonesia ferry
Jan 1 2007 2:14PM (CT)
REMBANG, Indonesia (AP) - Rescue ships collected scores of bloated bodies Monday from seas close to where a ferry sank in the Java Sea, but search teams also spotted survivors on life rafts and dropped food and water to them, officials said.
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Japan births rise for 1st time in 6 yrs.
Jan 1 2007 11:51AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese births rose for the first time in six years in 2006, according to government statistics announced Monday, offering a glimmer of hope for a rapidly aging society.
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