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Eight killed in Philippine dormitory fire
Jan 7 2006 10:36PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Fire raced through a dormitory in Manila's congested university district on Sunday, killing at least eight people, including some clustered near a second-floor exit, a fire official said.
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Eight killed in Pakistan border explosion
Jan 7 2006 9:07PM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - An explosion at a Pakistani house near the Afghan border killed eight people Saturday, witnesses said. A tribal elder claimed U.S. helicopters had attacked, but the American military denied operating in the area.
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U.S. sailor arrested in Japan slaying
Jan 7 2006 4:27PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese police arrested an American sailor Saturday on charges of robbing and beating a Japanese woman to death _ a case likely to further stoke opposition to U.S. military presence in Japan.
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Quake survivors brace for brutal winter
Jan 7 2006 3:28PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Three months after South Asia's monster earthquake, hundreds of thousands of survivors face a fight to survive the Himalayan winter, huddling in unheated tents and tin shacks near the ruins of their homes.
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China's president urges corruption fight
Jan 7 2006 10:59AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's ruling Communist Party called on its members Saturday to do more to fight widespread corruption and politically explosive problems such as unpaid back wages for migrant workers.
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Aid suspended to two Pakistan quake areas
Jan 7 2006 8:05AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The United Nations said Saturday it has suspended aid missions to two parts of Pakistan's quake-hit Kashmir region where dozens of survivors stormed two U.N. helicopters and forced an airlift out of the devastated area.
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Japan won't join Security Council plan
Jan 7 2006 8:00AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Japan has refused to join Germany, India and Brazil in a new bid for permanent seats on an expanded U.N. Security Council, deciding instead to negotiate with the United States to come up with an alternate proposal.
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8 Pakistani troops killed near Afghanistan
Jan 7 2006 7:58AM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Assailants armed with rockets and assault rifles attacked a newly built checkpoint near the Afghan border in Pakistan on Saturday, killing all eight soldiers there, officials said.
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Report: Bomber kills 5 in Chinese court
Jan 7 2006 7:35AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A farmer angry over a court ruling set off a bomb in a Chinese courthouse, killing himself and four other people, a news report said Saturday.
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Roadside bomb kills one in Jalalabad
Jan 7 2006 1:53AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb blew up Saturday as a van packed with police cadets and trainers was driving through an eastern Afghan city, killing a passer-by and wounding a police colonel and driver, officials said.
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Suspected rebels kill 13 in Sri Lanka
Jan 7 2006 12:11AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - An explosives-rigged fishing boat rammed a Sri Lankan navy patrol early Saturday, killing 13 sailors in a suspected rebel attack, officials said.
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