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Tsunami kills at least 262 on Java island
Jul 17 2006 11:15PM (CT)
PANGANDARAN, Indonesia (AP) - A tsunami crashed into beach resorts and fishing villages on Java island Monday, killing at least 262 people and leaving more than 160 missing after bulletins failed to reach the region because no warning system was in place.
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Japan preparing sanctions on N. Korea
Jul 17 2006 10:08PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan has begun preparations to impose its own set of economic sanctions on North Korea after the hardline regime rejected a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning its ballistic missile tests, top government official said Tuesday.
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Australian PM Howard visits East Timor
Jul 17 2006 9:54PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard arrived in East Timor's convulsed capital on Tuesday to start the first visit by a foreign leader since a new prime minister took office in the crisis-torn country.
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Taliban takes control of 2 Afghan towns
Jul 17 2006 9:46PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants seized two towns in tumultuous southern Afghanistan, forcing police and government officials to flee, officials said Monday.
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Death toll from China storm hits 188
Jul 17 2006 9:26PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's death toll from tropical storm Bilis has jumped to 188 after torrential rains swept away houses and triggered devastating mudslides, the government's main news agency said Tuesday.
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Beijing shows no sign of letting yuan rise
Jul 17 2006 6:22PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Worried that China's sizzling economic growth could ignite a financial crisis, the country's leaders have raised interest rates and imposed regulatory controls. But they have avoided the step that Washington most wants: a sharp rise in the value of China's currency.
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Powerful military explosive used in India
Jul 17 2006 6:21PM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - Investigators said Monday that RDX _ a military explosive favored by Islamic militants in India's part of Kashmir _ was used in the deadly attack on Bombay's rail system.
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Japan completes troop withdrawal from Iraq
Jul 17 2006 5:23PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The last batch of Japanese troops touched down in Kuwait from southern Iraq on Monday, ending the country's largest and most dangerous overseas mission since World War II.
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Death toll in Indonesia tsunami at 86
Jul 17 2006 3:33PM (CT)
CIAMIS, Indonesia (AP) - An earthquake sent a tsunami crashing into beach resorts on Java island Monday, killing at least 86 people, leaving scores missing and sending thousands fleeing in an area spared by the devastating Asian tsunami of 2004, officials, witnesses and media reports said.
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Turkey wants Kurdish guerrilla crackdown
Jul 17 2006 1:22PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey called Monday for Iraq and the United States to crack down on Kurdish guerrillas based in northern Iraq, and issued a veiled threat to attack the rebel bases if there is no progress.
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11 minutes that wreaked havoc in Bombay
Jul 17 2006 1:20PM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - At first, all he felt was a jolt. For the first few moments, with his train packed with tired commuters, driver Anjani Kumar thought he had hit a rock.
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Indian attacks reflect militants' ambition
Jul 17 2006 9:59AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Bombs ripped through a market thronged with holiday shoppers in India's capital. Then a packed temple in Hinduism's holiest city. Then overflowing commuter trains in the country's financial and entertainment hub.
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Fire reported at Venezuelan oil refinery
Jul 17 2006 8:47AM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A fire broke out early Monday at a major oil refinery in western Venezuela, a state oil company official said. Officials were still gathering information about the fire at the 635,000 barrel-a-day Amuay refinery, and no further details were immediately available, a spokeswoman from Petroleos de Venezuela SA said.
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75 hurt in fights at S. Korea steelmaker
Jul 17 2006 8:05AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - About 75 people have been injured in scuffles the last several days between police and striking workers who are occupying the headquarters of South Korean steelmaker Posco, police and media reports said Monday.
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26 villagers killed in rebel in India
Jul 17 2006 6:05AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hundreds of suspected communist rebels attacked a government-run relief camp and two police stations Monday in eastern India, killing at least 26 villagers. Four rebels also died.
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U.S. Marine accused of rape in Philippines
Jul 17 2006 2:14AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A 21-year-old U.S. Marine on trial for allegedly raping a Filipino woman says the case has ruined his life and career.
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Blast, flood in China coal mines kill 64
Jul 17 2006 2:02AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An explosion in one mine and flooding in another killed 64 workers and left seven missing in the latest disasters to strike China's mining industry, state media reported Monday.
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