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Hotel fire in southern China kills 30
Jun 10 2005 10:19PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A fire raced through the top three floors of a hotel in southern China, killing 30 people and injuring 15 others, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday.
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Pakistan court to release 12 in gang rape
Jun 10 2005 8:19PM (CT)
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani court has ordered the release of a dozen men detained in connection with the 2002 gang-rape of a woman in what she said was a retaliatory "honor" attack.
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Japan's middle-aged men start to preen
Jun 10 2005 5:37PM (CT)
NAGAKUTE, Japan (AP) - The dance music throbs as the men jaunt down the runway, showing off the latest in summer corporate fashion: pinstripe jackets and shirts unbuttoned rakishly to mid-chest.
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Philippine police clash with protesters
Jun 10 2005 3:13PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Police clashed Friday with protesters who accused President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of cheating to win last year's election. At least 12 people were injured, officials said, and three protesters were arrested.
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Afghan fighting leaves U.S. soldier dead
Jun 10 2005 2:27PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An American soldier was killed and three U.S. troops were wounded when insurgents ambushed a patrol Friday in eastern Afghanistan _ the third deadly attack on U.S. forces in the border region in a week.
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Two Americans, Austrian win Kyoto Prizes
Jun 10 2005 11:11AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Two American scientists and an Austrian conductor won this year's Kyoto Prizes, the Japanese awards for achievement in the arts and sciences.
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China flood hits school, killing 29
Jun 10 2005 8:56AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A torrent of water rushed down a mountain in northeast China on Friday and hit a primary school, killing 29 people, most of them students, and leaving another four people missing, the government said.
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Explosive wounds 58 at Japan high school
Jun 10 2005 7:36AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - An 18-year-old student tossed a homemade bomb into a high school classroom in southern Japan on Friday, injuring 58 teenagers when the gunpowder-filled jar exploded and sprayed shards of glass near the teacher's desk, officials said.
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Bush, S. Korean leader differ on N. Korea
Jun 10 2005 6:55AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's efforts to draw North Korea back to disarmament talks are being complicated by U.S. diplomatic strains with South Korea and China. Boasts by the North of its atomic bomb capability and harsh rhetoric by American officials aren't helping, analysts suggest.
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Party threatens to quit Sri Lanka gov't
Jun 10 2005 6:17AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A key member of Sri Lanka's ruling coalition threatened to quit Friday unless the government scraps its plan to let Tamil rebels help dole out billions of dollars in tsunami aid.
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