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Rescuers try to reach Asia quake survivors
Oct 9 2005 11:36PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Rescuers struggled to reach remote, mountainous areas Sunday after Pakistan's worst-ever earthquake wiped out entire villages, buried roads in rubble and knocked out electricity and water supplies. The death toll stood at 20,000 and was expected to rise.
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India quake survivors complain of slow aid
Oct 9 2005 11:07PM (CT)
URI, India (AP) - Angry villagers blocked roads in earthquake-ravaged regions of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Sunday, complaining the government was too slow in getting rescue and aid efforts to them.
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North Korea calls for stronger military
Oct 9 2005 9:36PM (CT)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - North Korea promised to pursue a stronger military as it marked a major anniversary, but made no mention of its long-running nuclear standoff with the outside world.
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Pakistan appeals to world for quake aid
Oct 9 2005 9:34PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf appealed for international aid Sunday in response to the earthquake that devastated the country's mountainous northeast, calling especially for cargo helicopters to bypass roads blocked by mudslides.
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U.N.: Millions homeless after earthquake
Oct 9 2005 9:05PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - More than 2.5 million people have been left homeless by the devastating 7.6-magnitude earthquake that shook Pakistan and India, a United Nations official said Sunday.
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Nepal sets municipal elections for Feb. 8
Oct 9 2005 8:33PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's royal government set a date Sunday for municipal elections, a tentative step toward restoring democracy in the Himalayan kingdom whose king seized absolute power earlier this year.
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Many students among dead in S. Asia quake
Oct 9 2005 7:09PM (CT)
BALAKOT, Pakistan (AP) - It was just before 9 a.m. and 17-year-old Uzair Mohammed Qureshi was reading his chemistry book as the ground began to shake. Seconds later, the roof caved in, showering Qureshi and his classmates with debris. He was one of the few to survive.
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S. Asia quake hits area where Osama hides
Oct 9 2005 11:21AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - No evidence suggests that the deadly earthquake that rocked Pakistan on Saturday injured or killed the world's top terror leader, Osama bin Laden.
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4 British officials hurt in Afghan blast
Oct 9 2005 10:52AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suspected Taliban suicide attacker rammed a car laden with explosives into an armored vehicle carrying British government officials Sunday in southern Afghanistan, wounding four of them, a U.S.-led coalition commander said.
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S. Asia quake damages 'Peace Bridge'
Oct 9 2005 9:42AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - The newly reopened "Peace Bridge" linking the Indian and Pakistani portions of disputed Kashmir nearly collapsed during the South Asia earthquake, a blow to a symbol of the recent thawing of decades of tensions, officials said Sunday.
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Kim Jong Il said to meet China delegation
Oct 9 2005 9:21AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il received a message from China's president and met a high-ranking delegation from Beijing for talks expected to deal with Pyongyang's nuclear program, the North's state media reported Sunday.
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Pakistan raises quake death toll to 19,136
Oct 9 2005 5:44AM (CT)
BALAKOT, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's government raised the country's death toll on Sunday to 19,136 people with 42,397 injured in the earthquake that struck Pakistani-controlled Kashmir and nearby areas in the northwest.
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