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Japan quake leaves 1 dead, 80 injured
Mar 24 2007 11:45PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A powerful, deadly earthquake struck Japan early Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring 110 others as it violently shook buildings and triggered a small tsunami that hit the coast, officials and media reports said.
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Panel voting on Hong Kong's next leader
Mar 24 2007 10:44PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Members of an elite committee loaded with tycoons and special interest figures voted Sunday for Hong Kong's next leader in an election that many pro-democracy advocates have dismissed as a sham.
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Late China leader Mao Zedong's son dies
Mar 24 2007 8:22AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Mao Anqing, the only known surviving son of Mao Zedong, the late founder of China's communist government, has died, a government news agency reported Saturday. He was 84.
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Hindu named Pakistan's chief justice
Mar 24 2007 4:44AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A senior judge from Pakistan's tiny Hindu minority was sworn in as acting chief justice Saturday amid a judicial crisis embroiling the government of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
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Iraqi VP: U.S. withdrawal will not help
Mar 24 2007 3:26AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A quick withdrawal of American troops would not benefit Iraq or Western interests, Iraq's vice president said Saturday, after the House voted narrowly approved a cutoff deadline for the Iraq war.
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Afghan clashes kill 9 suspected Taliban
Mar 24 2007 2:51AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan security forces battled suspected Taliban insurgents in two separate clashes in southern Afghanistan, leaving nine militants and two police dead, officials said Saturday.
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