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Quake kills more than 18,000 in South Asia
Oct 8 2005 11:22PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful earthquake flattened entire villages of mud-brick homes, triggered landslides and toppled a 10-story apartment building on Saturday, killing more than 18,000 people as it devastated a mountainous swath touching Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.
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U.N. deploys emergency team to Pakistan
Oct 8 2005 10:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The United Nations sent an emergency coordination team to Pakistan immediately to begin relief efforts after an earthquake left more than 18,000 people dead in southern Asia.
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Land mine kills 15 policemen in India
Oct 8 2005 8:04PM (CT)
PATNA, India (AP) - A land mine exploded beneath a police vehicle in eastern India on Saturday, killing at least 15 officers, police said.
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Report: Child malnutrition varies in China
Oct 8 2005 7:51PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Nearly one-third of children living in China's poorest areas suffer from malnutrition, the government said Saturday, underscoring the country's growing economic divide.
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U.S. death toll in Afghanistan hits 200
Oct 8 2005 3:51PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An American soldier who stepped on a land mine became the 200th U.S. military member to be killed in and around Afghanistan since the Taliban was ousted four years ago, officials reported Saturday.
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Earthquake kills 3,000 across South Asia
Oct 8 2005 3:21PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A huge earthquake triggered landslides, toppled an apartment building and flattened villages of mud-brick homes Saturday, killing thousands across a mountainous swath touching Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. The worst damage was in Pakistan, where the dead included 250 girls crushed at a school and 200 soldiers on duty in the Himalayas.
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Indonesia looks for Bali blasts suspects
Oct 8 2005 3:16PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Police took to the air Saturday to press the search for the suspected masterminds of the Bali terror bombings, using a helicopter to scatter pictures of the fugitives on another island where at least one of the pair was thought to be hiding.
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India's best, brightest return from abroad
Oct 8 2005 1:39PM (CT)
BANGALORE, India (AP) - Off the potholed road where chauffeur-driven cars jostle for space with bullock carts, past the gatehouse and the cluster of polite, uniformed guards, you'll find a vision of America.
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Land mine kills soldier in Afghanistan
Oct 8 2005 12:05PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A U.S. soldier was killed after stepping on a land mine while patrolling in southern Afghanistan, the military said Saturday, bringing to 200 the number of American troops slain here since the Taliban was ousted in 2001.
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N. Korea leader said considers successor
Oct 8 2005 9:14AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's spy agency believes North Korean leader Kim Jong Il leans toward having his second son succeed him as head of the communist country, a news report said Saturday.
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N. Korea said increases food distribution
Oct 8 2005 9:12AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea is stepping up efforts to resume full-scale distribution of food across the country, a sign the situation in the communist nation is improving, a U.N. relief agency said.
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Earthquake kills at least 132 in India
Oct 8 2005 5:00AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - The powerful earthquake that jolted South Asia on Saturday killed at least 132 people in Indian-controlled Kashmir, army and police officials said.
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NATO prepares for expanded Afghan mission
Oct 8 2005 4:27AM (CT)
CHAGCHARAN, Afghanistan (AP) - Wrecked Soviet warplanes line the dirt airstrip in this remote NATO outpost, a stark warning to the alliance as it plans a major expansion of its peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan.
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