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Abdullah urges Muslim nations to unite
Oct 12 2005 10:12PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - This month's suicide bombings on Indonesia's Bali island are a reminder that Muslim nations must unite against extremists "who are distorting the teachings of Islam," Jordan's King Abdullah II said Wednesday.
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Aftershock hits Pakistan as aid pours in
Oct 12 2005 10:04PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - As rescue efforts gave way to aid relief, a strong aftershock shook Pakistan early Thursday morning, five days after an earthquake killed tens of thousands and left millions homeless. Still, miracles emerged amid the misery: A Russian team rescued a 5-year-old girl trapped for nearly 100 hours under the rubble of her family home.
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U.N. official calls for new relief fund
Oct 12 2005 9:02PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The devastating South Asia earthquake underscores the need for a new worldwide relief fund that would disburse cash to get aid to the neediest victims within hours, a U.N. official said Wednesday.
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Chinese bishop who served time dies
Oct 12 2005 8:38PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An underground Chinese Catholic bishop who served 24 years in jail for his loyalty to the Roman Catholic pontiff has died, a U.S.-based religious monitoring group said Thursday.
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Afghan fighting erupts before Rice visit
Oct 12 2005 5:51PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fighting erupted across Afghanistan ahead of a visit Wednesday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, with 10 suspected rebels, six police and five medical workers killed and rockets slamming into the capital.
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AP: Remote Pakistani village awaits help
Oct 12 2005 5:48PM (CT)
SANGER, Pakistan (AP) - For four nights, the people of this ruined mountain village have slept in the cold, surrounded by hundreds of freshly dug graves and the cries of people injured in the weekend earthquake. There is no medicine here, little food and, until very recently, no help.
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Aftershock hits Pakistan following quake
Oct 12 2005 4:33PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A strong aftershock shook Pakistan's capital early Thursday morning, four days after an earthquake killed tens of thousands and left millions homeless.
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S. Asia quake rips open Line of Control
Oct 12 2005 4:14PM (CT)
ISHAM, India (AP) - The earthquake that leveled villages and cracked open mountains also tore open the tightly restricted area around the Line of Control separating Indian and Pakistani Kashmir _ giving the world a glimpse of the secretive area and bringing new hope to residents cut off for decades, even from other Kashmiris
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Girl, 5, rescued from rubble in Pakistan
Oct 12 2005 3:17PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Trapped for nearly 100 hours under a stairwell of her quake-hit home, 5-year-old Zarabe Shah was pulled from the debris alive on Wednesday as hopes faded of finding other survivors.
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Rice promises more U.S. aid for Pakistan
Oct 12 2005 2:34PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita fresh in mind, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice promised Wednesday that the United States would provide help over the long haul for Pakistan's recovery from a killer earthquake.
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Indonesians demand death for Bali bombers
Oct 12 2005 2:10PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Hundreds of protesters demanding death for the Bali bombers broke down the gates of a prison on the third anniversary of the nightclub attacks, amid rising anger following fresh terrorist strikes on the resort island this month.
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U.S. deserter discusses life in N. Korea
Oct 12 2005 11:42AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - First he abandoned the American military and fled across one of the world's most heavily armed borders into North Korea. Then, after living for nearly 40 years in the isolated nation, he moved to Japan and surrendered to U.S. authorities.
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Indian aid relief arrives, after a delay
Oct 12 2005 9:18AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - An Indian plane delivered 25 tons of relief goods for earthquake victims in archrival Pakistan before dawn Wednesday _ a politically significant event still hampered by glitches typical of tensions between the longtime enemies.
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Pakistani girl spent four days in rubble
Oct 12 2005 7:26AM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - For nearly 100 hours, 5-year-old Zarabe Shah lay trapped under the stairwell in the rubble of her quake-hit home. On Wednesday, Russian rescuers pulled the dazed, dust-covered girl from the debris, a boost for the relief effort as hopes faded of finding other survivors.
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Quake relief efforts pick up in India
Oct 12 2005 5:17AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Military helicopters on Wednesday resumed drops of urgently needed supplies to earthquake survivors in inaccessible areas of Indian Kashmir, after nearly 12 hours of disruption caused by torrential rain and snow, officials said.
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Peace bus passengers homes destroyed
Oct 12 2005 2:37AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - A few weeks ago a young woman from Pakistan's part of Kashmir boarded a bus bound for the Indian side of the disputed Himalayan territory. Nausheen Khwaja was accompanied by her parents, her brother and six sisters.
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Bali prepares to mark '02 suicide attacks
Oct 12 2005 12:29AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Survivors and relatives of those killed in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings gathered at the site of the attacks Wednesday to remember the 202 people killed and to send a defiant message to the al-Qaida linked terrorists who allegedly carried them out.
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