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Jetliner crashes into Indonesian city
Sep 4 2005 11:53PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian jetliner crashed in a residential neighborhood in the city of Medan shortly after takeoff Monday and burst into flames, killing at least 60 people, officials said.
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Mountaineer retrieves brother's remains
Sep 4 2005 11:16PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A famed Italian mountaineer retrieved his brother's lost remains from Pakistan's perilous Nanga Parbat mountain, 35 years after their conquest of the peak ended in tragedy.
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U.N. urges some staff to leave Afghanistan
Sep 4 2005 8:13PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The United Nations has encouraged some nonessential staff to leave Afghanistan amid security concerns ahead of Sept. 18 elections, and the government warned aid workers Sunday that they are likely targets after a string of assaults on foreigners.
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Small Japanese district shows big change
Sep 4 2005 2:43PM (CT)
ONOMICHI, Japan (AP) - For years, Shizuka Kamei was one of the most powerful politicians in Japan's ruling party, a personification of the conservatism, nationalism and pork-barrel politics that have characterized it since its founding in the 1950s. Now, the Liberal Democratic Party is Kamei's greatest enemy.
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Filipino police brace for protests
Sep 4 2005 10:00AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine police went on alert Sunday ahead of expected anti-government protests and a stormy debate by lawmakers who are to decide this week on the fate of impeachment charges against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
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Police arrest former PM at Nepal protest
Sep 4 2005 8:32AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Police fired tear gas and used bamboo batons to stop pro-democracy demonstrators from marching into the capital's center Sunday, arresting a former prime minister and dozens of other protesters.
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Afghanistan issues warning to aid workers
Sep 4 2005 8:10AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A spate of assaults by suspected Taliban rebels killed four policemen and wounded an election candidate, and Afghanistan warned Sunday that aid workers and other "soft" targets were in danger of attack ahead of elections this month.
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U.S.: N.Korea still building nuke facility
Sep 4 2005 6:43AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea told a visiting U.S. lawmaker the communist nation was still working to build reactors that could produce material for atomic bombs, the congressman said Sunday.
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Encephalitis death toll in India hits 432
Sep 4 2005 12:51AM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - At least 39 children died over the last 24 hours in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, pushing the death toll to 432 since the outbreak began midsummer, officials said Sunday.
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N.Korean Red Cross offers sympathy to U.S.
Sep 4 2005 12:10AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's Red Cross has expressed sympathy to its American counterpart over the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in a rare compassionate remark to the United States, which is viewed by the communist state as its main enemy.
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