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Flames engulf Indonesian jet, killing 49
Mar 6 2007 11:48PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian jetliner carrying 140 people burst into flames as it landed on Java island on Wednesday, trapping a number of people inside the burning plane, the airline and witnesses said. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said officials confirmed at least 49 deaths and dozens injured. The Garuda airlines jet shook violently as it prepared to land and then overshot the runway, hitting fences and slamming into a rice field shortly before 7 a.m., survivors said.
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Flames engulf Indonesian jet, killing 49
Mar 6 2007 11:48PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian jetliner carrying 140 people burst into flames as it landed on Java island on Wednesday, trapping a number of people inside the burning plane, the airline and witnesses said. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said officials confirmed at least 49 deaths and dozens injured. The Garuda airlines jet shook violently as it prepared to land and then overshot the runway, hitting fences and slamming into a rice field shortly before 7 a.m., survivors said.
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Flames engulf Indonesian jet, killing 49
Mar 6 2007 11:48PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian jetliner carrying 140 people burst into flames as it landed on Java island on Wednesday, trapping a number of people inside the burning plane, the airline and witnesses said. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said officials confirmed at least 49 deaths and dozens injured. The Garuda airlines jet shook violently as it prepared to land and then overshot the runway, hitting fences and slamming into a rice field shortly before 7 a.m., survivors said.
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Flames engulf Indonesian jet, killing 49
Mar 6 2007 11:48PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian jetliner carrying 140 people burst into flames as it landed on Java island on Wednesday, trapping a number of people inside the burning plane, the airline and witnesses said. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said officials confirmed at least 49 deaths and dozens injured. The Garuda airlines jet shook violently as it prepared to land and then overshot the runway, hitting fences and slamming into a rice field shortly before 7 a.m., survivors said.
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S.Korean prime minister resigns
Mar 6 2007 10:29PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's prime minister stepped down Wednesday, saying she would think about running for the nation's top job.
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U.S., NKorea optimistic after talks
Mar 6 2007 9:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The United States and North Korea wrapped up historic talks on establishing diplomatic ties on an optimistic note Tuesday but the U.S. wants Pyongyang to "come clean" about any uranium enrichment program and eliminate all nuclear weapons before normalizing relations.
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Jetliner catches fire in Indonesia
Mar 6 2007 8:04PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A commercial jetliner caught fire as it landed at an airport on Indonesia's Java island on Wednesday, an airline official said.
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NATO launches offensive against Taliban
Mar 6 2007 5:59PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - In its largest offensive yet, thousands of NATO troops moved Tuesday into the mountains of southern Afghanistan where hundreds of hardcore Taliban insurgents hold sway _ an operation in the world's biggest opium-producing region aimed at winning over a population long supportive of militant fighters.
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Powerful Indonesian earthquake kills 70
Mar 6 2007 2:03PM (CT)
SOLOK, Indonesia (AP) - A powerful earthquake jolted western Indonesia on Tuesday, killing at least 70 people and injuring hundreds as they fled shaking hotels, homes and hospitals. Two children were crushed by debris on a playground.
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Japan Empress has intestinal bleeding
Mar 6 2007 8:19AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Empress Michiko is being treated for intestinal bleeding and other ailments apparently brought on by stress, and will take a break from her duties, a palace official said Tuesday.
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Thai gov't to run independent TV station
Mar 6 2007 5:18AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's military-installed government took over the country's only independent television station Tuesday and said it would be temporarily pulled off the air after it failed to pay millions of dollars in unpaid license fees.
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Philippine leader signs anti-terror law
Mar 6 2007 5:01AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Tuesday signed into law a package of anti-terror measures that has drawn protests as a threat to civil liberties.
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Coalition airstrike kills Afghan family
Mar 6 2007 4:00AM (CT)
JABAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A coalition airstrike destroyed a mud-brick home after a rocket attack on a U.S. base, killing nine people from four generations of an Afghan family including a 6-month-old, officials and relatives said Monday _ one of the latest in a string of civilian deaths that threaten to undermine the government.
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Coalition airstrike kills Afghan family
Mar 6 2007 4:00AM (CT)
JABAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A coalition airstrike destroyed a mud-brick home after a rocket attack on a U.S. base, killing nine people from four generations of an Afghan family including a 6-month-old, officials and relatives said Monday _ one of the latest in a string of civilian deaths that threaten to undermine the government.
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Coalition airstrike kills Afghan family
Mar 6 2007 4:00AM (CT)
JABAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A coalition airstrike destroyed a mud-brick home after a rocket attack on a U.S. base, killing nine people from four generations of an Afghan family including a 6-month-old, officials and relatives said Monday _ one of the latest in a string of civilian deaths that threaten to undermine the government.
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Fire kills 21 in southeast Bangladesh
Mar 6 2007 12:51AM (CT)
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AP) - A fire raged through a congested slum in southeastern Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people, including 10 children, a police official said.
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China general warns of response to Taiwan
Mar 6 2007 12:46AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's top general said the nation's military would block any attempt by Taiwan to formalize its independence, restating long-standing policy following remarks by the self-governing island's president that it should be an independent nation.
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3 rare lions killed in India sanctuary
Mar 6 2007 12:25AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Poachers killed three highly endangered Asiatic lions in their only remaining sanctuary in western India, removing their claws and bones and raising fears for the future of these rare cats, wildlife officials said Tuesday.
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