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Typhoon Usagi downgraded to storm
Aug 2 2007 11:12PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Meteorologists downgraded a powerful typhoon to a tropical storm Friday, but warned battered residents of southern Japan of continuing heavy rains and high waves.
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SKorea focuses anger over hostages on US
Aug 2 2007 9:26PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Frustration over the plight of South Koreans seized by the Taliban is starting to focus on the United States, a frequent target of resentment here.
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Location sought for Korea-Taliban talks
Aug 2 2007 3:19PM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - Officials searched Thursday for a neutral meeting place that would be safe for both South Korean negotiators and Taliban captors to hold face-to-face talks about the release of 21 South Koreans held hostage in Afghanistan.
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Location sought for Korea-Taliban talks
Aug 2 2007 3:19PM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - Officials searched Thursday for a neutral meeting place that would be safe for both South Korean negotiators and Taliban captors to hold face-to-face talks about the release of 21 South Koreans held hostage in Afghanistan.
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Location sought for Korea-Taliban talks
Aug 2 2007 3:19PM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - Officials searched Thursday for a neutral meeting place that would be safe for both South Korean negotiators and Taliban captors to hold face-to-face talks about the release of 21 South Koreans held hostage in Afghanistan.
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Location sought for Korea-Taliban talks
Aug 2 2007 3:19PM (CT)
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AP) - Officials searched Thursday for a neutral meeting place that would be safe for both South Korean negotiators and Taliban captors to hold face-to-face talks about the release of 21 South Koreans held hostage in Afghanistan.
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Indian Ocean haze adds to global warming
Aug 2 2007 12:56PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Huge haze clouds over the Indian Ocean contribute as much to atmospheric warming in Asia as greenhouse gases and play a significant role in the melting of the Himalayan glaciers, according to a study published Thursday.
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Strong quake in Russia's east kills 2
Aug 2 2007 11:34AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - A strong quake hit Thursday near Sakhalin island, killing two people and injuring 10 in a Russian fishing town and generating small tsunami waves that struck northern Japan.
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Group: China cracking down on activists
Aug 2 2007 11:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - One year before the start of the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government has failed to live up to promises of greater human rights and has instead clamped down on domestic activists and journalists, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
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Monsoon floods devastate South Asia
Aug 2 2007 11:05AM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Teeming monsoon rains have inundated wide swaths of northern India and neighboring Bangladesh, killing at least 166 people and washing away villages and farmland that 19 million people depend on, officials said Thursday.
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Monsoon floods devastate South Asia
Aug 2 2007 11:05AM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Teeming monsoon rains have inundated wide swaths of northern India and neighboring Bangladesh, killing at least 166 people and washing away villages and farmland that 19 million people depend on, officials said Thursday.
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Monsoon floods devastate South Asia
Aug 2 2007 11:05AM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Teeming monsoon rains have inundated wide swaths of northern India and neighboring Bangladesh, killing at least 166 people and washing away villages and farmland that 19 million people depend on, officials said Thursday.
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Monsoon floods devastate South Asia
Aug 2 2007 11:05AM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Teeming monsoon rains have inundated wide swaths of northern India and neighboring Bangladesh, killing at least 166 people and washing away villages and farmland that 19 million people depend on, officials said Thursday.
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Monsoon floods devastate South Asia
Aug 2 2007 11:05AM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Teeming monsoon rains have inundated wide swaths of northern India and neighboring Bangladesh, killing at least 166 people and washing away villages and farmland that 19 million people depend on, officials said Thursday.
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31 get jail terms in China labor scandal
Aug 2 2007 5:17AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Courts in northern China have sentenced 31 people, including a police officer, to prison terms of up to five years stemming from the use of slave labor in brick kilns, state media reported Thursday.
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IAEA team to inspect plant Monday
Aug 2 2007 5:11AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A team of inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency will begin work next week to collect information at a nuclear power plant severely damaged in a quake last month, an official said Thursday.
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Fisher-Price to recall nearly 1M toys
Aug 2 2007 3:04AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said it would work with the United States to improve product safety amid a massive U.S. recall Thursday of plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor, including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters.
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