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Heavy rain slows earthquake aid in Asia
Oct 11 2005 11:39PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Heavy rain and hail grounded helicopters and stopped trucks loaded with relief supplies Tuesday, imposing more misery on hungry, shivering earthquake survivors as the United Nations warned of potentially lethal outbreaks of measles, cholera and diarrhea.
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S. Korea wants to regain military control
Oct 11 2005 11:15PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea has proposed talks to take back wartime control of its military from the United States, the president's office said Wednesday.
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Envoy: North Korea could face isolation
Oct 11 2005 9:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - North Korea will find itself in a "wilderness of isolation" if it walks away from a landmark agreement to give up its nuclear program, but will see a host of economic and diplomatic opportunities if the deal sticks, the chief U.S. envoy for talks with the country said Tuesday.
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Police make first arrest in Bali bombings
Oct 11 2005 8:53PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Investigators announced a key arrest Tuesday in the suicide attacks this month against three Bali restaurants, as the island boosted security for a memorial service to the 202 people killed in the terrorist attacks three years ago.
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Army of volunteers helps quake victims
Oct 11 2005 8:15PM (CT)
BALAKOT, Pakistan (AP) - Sijjad Rehman came from a town down the road, walking the last 10 miles with a pickax over his shoulder. Hassan Durraini came from near the capital, bringing milk and rice and cookies.
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Suspected rebels kill 19 Afghan policemen
Oct 11 2005 7:35PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - About 60 militants ambushed a police convoy as it slowed to cross a river in southern Afghan mountains, sparking a fierce gunbattle that left 19 officers dead in the deadliest blow yet for the fledgling security force, officials said Tuesday.
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China's communists approve economic plan
Oct 11 2005 4:44PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's communist leaders have approved an economic plan aimed at easing the growing and politically explosive gap between its rich and poor, the ruling party announced Tuesday.
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Quake victims get proper Islamic burials
Oct 11 2005 4:03PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - With the smell of rotting corpses hanging in the air, six men in green turbans bowed their heads Tuesday and whispered a prayer over the white shroud-wrapped body of a man who appeared to be in his 40s.
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Desperate quake victims mob relief trucks
Oct 11 2005 3:37PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Hungry survivors didn't wait for the Pakistani relief trucks to unload their cartons of food and water in this quake-shattered city Tuesday. Instead, they mobbed the vehicles, jostling and grabbing whatever they could.
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Quake may have hurt Kashmir militants
Oct 11 2005 2:48PM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - The massive earthquake that rocked Kashmir appears to have dealt a blow to the disputed region's Islamic militants, ripping through their heartland along the mountainous frontier and wrecking their network of camps, safe houses and weapons caches.
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North Korean children perform 'mass game'
Oct 11 2005 2:43PM (CT)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Thousands of North Korean child performers move their arms and legs in perfect unison, leaving the impression they aren't human but smiling robots trained to dance and sing.
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Residents: Cracked building foretold quake
Oct 11 2005 12:02PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The 10-story apartment building was perhaps the plushest in Islamabad: a home to executives and diplomats, with fine marble floors and glorious mountain views.
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Indian PM says survivors facing shortages
Oct 11 2005 11:10AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Calling the earthquake in Indian-ruled Kashmir a national calamity, India's prime minister said Tuesday the government will spare no expense to help the survivors, promising more tents, medicine and other relief supplies.
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U.N. warns of disease in Asia quake zone
Oct 11 2005 10:20AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Measles and waterborne diseases such as cholera and diarrhea could spread quickly among victims of south Asia's devastating earthquake, the United Nations warned Tuesday.
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Japan moves toward postal privatization
Oct 11 2005 8:19AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's powerful lower house of parliament on Tuesday approved a plan to privatize the country's vast postal system, plowing ahead with the prime minister's reform platform following the ruling party's landslide electoral victory.
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Outdoor hospital aids quake victims
Oct 11 2005 3:53AM (CT)
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AP) - It's late at night when the rains soak through the tents on the hospital lawn. The doctors, volunteers and the terrified patients are drenched, and it seems few places could be more unpleasant.
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India air-drops burial shrouds, food
Oct 11 2005 1:58AM (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 past 1,000 in Indian Kashmir.
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Rebels kill 19 policemen in Afghanistan
Oct 11 2005 1:56AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban rebels ambushed a police convoy in southern Afghanistan and killed 19 officers, the deadliest attack ever on the fledgling police force, officials said Tuesday.
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