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Japanese court supports A-bomb survivors
Aug 4 2006 11:16PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese court ruled Friday that the government had wrongfully denied 41 Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors recognition as sufferers of radiation sickness, but rejected the plaintiffs' demands for damages, the court said.
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Sri Lanka military kills 35 Tamil rebels
Aug 4 2006 10:55PM (CT)
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka (AP) - Government troops repulsed a Tamil rebel attack in northeastern Sri Lanka and killed 35 insurgents, the military said Saturday.
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Death toll from storm in China hits 31
Aug 4 2006 10:25PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's death toll from Tropical Storm Prapiroon rose to at least 31, with 14 more people missing, after the storm knocked down houses and set off landslides, a government news agency reported.
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25 Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan
Aug 4 2006 2:58PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led soldiers and Afghan forces killed 25 Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan's volatile south and NATO-led Canadian troops narrowly escaped a suicide bombing Friday near the site of a battle that killed four fellow soldiers a day earlier.
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China orders mass slaughter of dogs
Aug 4 2006 12:08PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - For the second time in days, Chinese authorities have ordered a mass slaughter of dogs to curb a rabies outbreak _ drawing criticism from animal lovers but also support from many who say it's the only way to contain a disease that kills more than 2,000 Chinese a year.
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Flooding kills 31 more people in India
Aug 4 2006 7:47AM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - Floods caused by heavy monsoon rains swept away people and destroyed homes in southern India, killing at least 31 people, officials said Friday.
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Official: N. Korea urgently needs food
Aug 4 2006 5:37AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea urgently needs food after devastating floods and is willing to accept aid from the South Korean government, a North Korean official said Friday.
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Rebel leader's son killed in Philippines
Aug 4 2006 4:43AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The son of a senior rebel commander was killed in a U.S.-backed Philippine offensive against an al-Qaida-linked Muslim militant group, officials said Friday.
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Afghan violence worsens: car bomb kills 21
Aug 4 2006 3:47AM (CT)
PANJWAYI, Afghanistan (AP) - Bloodied shoes and caps littered the road where a car bomb exploded in this Afghan market town, leaving an unspeakable carnage.
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