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Powerful typhoon menaces Tokyo
Aug 25 2005 10:51PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A powerful Pacific storm disrupted air and rail traffic as it slammed Japan with heavy winds and rains Friday, killing one person and injuring two others, authorities said.
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Violence mars Pakistan's elections
Aug 25 2005 7:25PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Clashes between supporters of rival candidates left at least 19 people dead and 100 injured as voters went to polls Thursday in the second phase of municipal elections, officials said.
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China, Russia wrap up military exercise
Aug 25 2005 4:05PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Thousands of Chinese and Russian troops wrapped up their first joint military exercises Thursday with a mock invasion by paratroopers on China's east coast.
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Koreas, Red Cross can't agree on POWs
Aug 25 2005 3:38PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The Red Cross societies of the two Koreas ended talks Thursday without an agreement on the sensitive issues of prisoners of war and civilians the South believes were abducted and still live in the North.
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Prisoners languish in India, Pakistan
Aug 25 2005 1:18PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - He was a young father when he left his coastal fishing town for a few nights' work in the Arabian Sea. His daughter was 3 years old, and his wife was waiting for his return. Thirteen years later, Sakina Hussain is still waiting.
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10 suspected rebels killed in Afghanistan
Aug 25 2005 7:35AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led coalition aircraft and ground troops as well as Afghan forces battled suspected Taliban rebels in three separate firefights in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 10 militants, the U.S. military said Thursday.
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Indonesian measles outbreak kills five
Aug 25 2005 6:47AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A measles outbreak on Indonesia's Sumba island has killed five children and sickened 711 others, UNICEF said Thursday.
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N. Korea rejects South's POW reunion plan
Aug 25 2005 5:15AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea on Thursday proposed family reunions for its prisoners of war and civilians it believes were abducted by the North, but Pyongyang rejected the offer during talks between the countries' Red Cross societies.
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North Korea talks could start Sept. 2
Aug 25 2005 12:50AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - China is considering restarting six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programs on Sept. 2, a Japanese opposition party official quoted Chinese envoy Wu Dawei as saying Thursday.
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Thai premier: Myanmar coup rumors not true
Aug 25 2005 12:26AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Thailand's prime minister said Thursday that rumors of a coup within the ruling military junta in neighboring Myanmar were baseless.
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