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India air-drops burial shrouds, food
Oct 10 2005 11:54PM (CT)
BUNIYAR, India (AP) - Authorities air-dropped burial shrouds and food Monday to remote villages hit by the weekend's devastating earthquake and the death toll climbed to 865 in Indian Kashmir.
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Desperate Pakistanis await earthquake aid
Oct 10 2005 11:49PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Desperate Pakistanis huddled against the cold and some looted food stores Monday because aid still had not reached remote areas of Kashmir, where a devastating earthquake flattened villages, cut off power and water, and killed tens of thousands.
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U.S. sends aid to Pakistan quake victims
Oct 10 2005 6:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The decision to send military cargo planes and helicopters to assist earthquake victims in Pakistan should not hinder operations in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday.
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Desperate Pakistanis await earthquake aid
Oct 10 2005 6:34PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Desperate Pakistanis huddled against the cold and some looted food stores Monday because aid still had not reached remote areas of Kashmir, where a devastating earthquake flattened villages, cut off power and water, and killed tens of thousands.
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Kashmiri separatists dispense quake aid
Oct 10 2005 6:10PM (CT)
JULLA, India (AP) - Shaukat Khan hiked across a valley to collect food and supplies he thought were being handed out by authorities. Instead, he found what thousands of others discovered after the earthquake that shattered their villages: the help was coming from Kashmiri separatists on the Indian side of the disputed territory.
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India to send relief material to Pakistan
Oct 10 2005 5:23PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India and Pakistan set aside their often-bitter rivalry Monday when Islamabad accepted an offer of aid for earthquake victims _ an outpouring of sympathy with vast political implications in easing mistrust between the nuclear neighbors.
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Victims cry out for help days after quake
Oct 10 2005 3:42PM (CT)
GARHI HABIBULLAH, Pakistan (AP) - "Where is the help? Where are the authorities? We have nothing. We are living under the open sky, alone," cried Arshad Nawaz, whose 10-year-old niece, Sitra, was killed in this weekend's devastating temblor.
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U.S. soldier, 3 Afghans killed in attacks
Oct 10 2005 2:22PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suspected Taliban militant detonated explosives strapped to himself, killing a former militia commander and two others Monday in a southern Afghan city, while a second suicide bomber was thwarted when he blew himself up as he fled police.
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Hungry looters raid shops in Pakistan
Oct 10 2005 11:23AM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Along a line of broken storefronts, young men burrow into the rubble, scavenging cooking oil, rice and biscuits. Elsewhere, angry grocers wielding big sticks beat back looters seeking a different quarry: flour.
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Pakistan to accept quake relief from India
Oct 10 2005 11:14AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Pakistan said Monday it will accept relief aid for earthquake victims from its longtime rival India, a move that carries immense political implications for the neighbors who have fought three wars.
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U.S. pledges $50M in Pakistan quake aid
Oct 10 2005 9:33AM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Eight American helicopters that will carry supplies and rescue teams to remote areas hit by a weekend earthquake landed here Monday as the United States pledged $50 million for relief in a gesture that officials hope will show sometimes skeptical Pakistanis that Washington is a true ally.
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N. Korea ruling party marks 60th year
Oct 10 2005 6:46AM (CT)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reviewed a massive military parade Monday in Pyongyang as the communist state marked the 60th anniversary of its ruling party with vows to "mercilessly crush" U.S. imperialists if they attack.
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Rumors of another quake keep Kashmiris out
Oct 10 2005 6:39AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Hundreds of Kashmiris still on edge from the weekend's devastating earthquake rushed out of their homes and spent the frigid night outdoors after hundreds of mosques announced warnings of a new quake.
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Suicide bombings kill 3 in Afghan city
Oct 10 2005 5:11AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Two suicide attackers exploded bombs in the main southern Afghan city Monday, killing at least three people and wounding eight, officials said.
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Ex-North Korean spies yearn to go home
Oct 10 2005 2:36AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - After 40 years in capitalist South Korea where he survived decades of torture in prison aimed at getting him to renounce his communist ideology, ex-North Korean spy Kang Dam still yearns to return to his homeland.
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