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Water supplies to 28,000 Chinese suspended
Feb 19 2006 11:34PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Toxic wastewater was flushed untreated into a river in southern China, prompting the government to cut water supplies to 28,000 people for at least four days, a local official and a Chinese newspaper said Monday.
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Landslide victims buried in mass grave
Feb 19 2006 11:08PM (CT)
GUINSAUGON, Philippines (AP) - Standing in a light drizzle, the handful of mourners didn't know any of the 30 people laid side by side in a mass grave Sunday as workers began burying the few victims recovered since a mudslide wiped out this farming village.
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Hundreds arrested in Pakistan protests
Feb 19 2006 10:32PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani security forces arrested hundreds of Islamic hard-liners, virtually sealed off the capital and used gunfire and tear gas Sunday to quell protests against caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Filipino survivors describe mudslide
Feb 19 2006 3:07PM (CT)
ANAHAWAN, Philippines (AP) - A tree trunk saved Florencio Libaton as a flood of mud, boulders and trees swept him along. For Irenea Velasco, it was a pool table.
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Chirac to focus on business ties in India
Feb 19 2006 1:52PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - French President Jacques Chirac arrived in India on Sunday for a two-day visit, hoping to strengthen business ties with one of the world's fastest growing economies and ensure that traditionally strong Franco-Indian ties are not undermined by a series of recent controversies.
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Japanese volcano has minor eruption
Feb 19 2006 7:47AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A volcano on a small island off eastern Japan had a minor eruption, and residents were warned of volcanic gases and possible mudslides.
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Blast at Indian railway station injures 13
Feb 19 2006 1:25AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A bomb exploded at a railway station in the western Indian city of Ahmadabad, injuring at least 13 people early Sunday, officials said.
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