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Japanese lawmakers visit Tokyo war shrine
Oct 17 2005 11:12PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - About 100 Japanese lawmakers prayed at a shrine honoring the nation's war dead on Tuesday, a day after a visit by the country's prime minister triggered protests from China and South Korea, which say the shrine glorifies Japan's past militarism.
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Workers warn of more deaths in Pakistan
Oct 17 2005 9:50PM (CT)
KANUR, Pakistan (AP) - Aid workers warned Monday that exposure and infection could trigger a second wave of deaths if thousands of injured and hungry quake victims across the stricken Himalayas are not reached soon.
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Stewardess calls in threat to get day off
Oct 17 2005 5:52PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A SriLankan Airlines stewardess called in a bomb threat because she wanted a day off, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Ethnic violence kills 37 people in India
Oct 17 2005 5:18PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Machete-wielding attackers ambushed a bus and tribal militants set fire to two villages of a rival group in northeastern India on Monday, killing 37 people, officials said.
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Indian army praised for aiding Kashmiris
Oct 17 2005 3:30PM (CT)
SALAMABAD, India (AP) - Indian soldiers are helping Kashmiri earthquake survivors rebuild their shattered lives, unexpectedly finding themselves welcomed by grateful villagers in this disputed territory where the troops have often been seen as occupiers.
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Mules slog through mud to find quake victims
Oct 17 2005 2:53PM (CT)
BISUTI, Pakistan (AP) - A mule train laden with sacks of food plodded into this village Monday, and a slight smile softened Mohammed Mushtaq's gaunt face.
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Richardson to push N. Koreans on nuke deal
Oct 17 2005 2:47PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - North Korea's pledge to give up its nuclear weapons program was a giant step forward in multilateral talks with the reclusive country, but now comes the time to implement the agreement, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Monday before arriving in North Korea for three days of negotiations.
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Children suffered most in Asian earthquake
Oct 17 2005 2:41PM (CT)
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AP) - There's the student whose teacher dug him out of the rubble of his classroom. The boy who slept late while hundreds of his classmates died. Those are the lucky ones, the ones who can tell their story. For the rest, doctors, parents and aid workers offer up the tragic toll of the massive earthquake that devastated northern Pakistan: When the roofs and the walls came down, more often than not they fell on the children.
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Divided Kashmir village mourns tragedy
Oct 17 2005 2:39PM (CT)
TEETHWAL, India (AP) - The other half of this Kashmiri village is a mere 100 feet across roaring whitewater, but it is enough to keep families from finding out if their relatives survived the earthquake that devastated South Asia a week ago.
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Help not reaching remote areas of Pakistan
Oct 17 2005 2:32PM (CT)
BALAKOT, Pakistan (AP) - A week after an earthquake ruined every home in the remote mountain village of Ghanool in northwest Pakistan, Malik Khan Zaman realized help was not coming.
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Scenes from Pakistan's quake zone
Oct 17 2005 2:30PM (CT)
BAGH, Pakistan (AP) - A small cigarette shop opened its shutters Sunday, one of the first stores in Bagh to open since last week's earthquake. Nearby a couple of fruit sellers carefully perched crates of bananas and apples on the rubble.
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Pakistan's quake relief flights resume
Oct 17 2005 1:51PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A halt in heavy rains Monday allowed helicopter relief flights to resume across Pakistan's quake zone, but fresh landslides hampered efforts to move supplies by road. Officials estimated the death toll could now be more than 54,000.
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Revered Chinese author Ba Jin dies at 100
Oct 17 2005 8:38AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Ba Jin, one of China's most revered communist-era writers who attacked the evils of the pre-revolutionary era in novels, short stories and essays, died Monday of cancer in Shanghai, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 100.
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Help not reaching remote areas of Pakistan
Oct 17 2005 4:09AM (CT)
BALAKOT, Pakistan (AP) - A week after an earthquake ruined every home in the remote mountain village of Ghanool in northwest Pakistan, Malik Khan Zaman realized help was not coming.
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