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Nine dead after Asian tropical storm
Sep 6 2005 9:36PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A powerful tropical storm churned over the sea between Japan and the Korean peninsula Wednesday, leaving a string of landslides and ravaged towns in southern Japan its wake. At least nine people were killed, and 16 people were missing, including two in neighboring South Korea.
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Boy survives plane crash in Indonesia
Sep 6 2005 8:30PM (CT)
MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) - A 5-year-old boy given up for dead in a plane crash in Indonesia that killed 148 people has been found in a hospital and reunited with his parents.
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Pakistan sends more troops to border
Sep 6 2005 1:19PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Security is being beefed up on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border as fears rise that militants are plotting to disrupt Afghanistan's legislative elections in two weeks, officials said Tuesday.
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Impeachment charges against Arroyo dropped
Sep 6 2005 12:16PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Legislators on Tuesday ended the impeachment case against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, leaving the streets as the last resort for the frustrated opposition.
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Asian countries offer U.S. hurricane aid
Sep 6 2005 11:41AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Some of the world's poorest nations _ Bangladesh, Afghanistan and tsunami-hit Thailand _ have offered the United States aid and expertise to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Typhoon Nabi kills 5 in Japan, S. Korea
Sep 6 2005 10:35AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Typhoon Nabi lashed southern Japan and South Korea on Tuesday, killing five people, injuring dozens and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes.
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Separatists said carry out China attacks
Sep 6 2005 9:55AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Muslim separatists in western China have carried out 260 attacks in the past decade, killing 160 people and injuring 440, state media reported Tuesday in a rare disclosure.
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Pakistan deploys 9,500 troops at border
Sep 6 2005 5:50AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan has sent 9,500 more troops to the border with Afghanistan to prevent infiltration by militants intent on disrupting Afghan elections later this month, the army said Tuesday.
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N. Korea may resume nuke talks Sept. 13
Sep 6 2005 5:23AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has proposed to China that six-nation talks on the elimination of its nuclear weapons program resume Sept. 13, according to news reports Tuesday.
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13 suspected Taliban killed in Afghanistan
Sep 6 2005 12:53AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Two hundred Afghan police, supported by U.S.-led coalition forces, killed 13 suspected Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan following a spate of guerrilla-style strikes in the area over the weekend, an Afghan official said Monday.
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