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Report: U.S. agrees to Japan air base move
Oct 25 2005 11:27PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The United States has agreed to a Japanese proposal to move an American air station on the southern island of Okinawa to inside an existing U.S. base, Kyodo News agency reported Wednesday.
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Stampede at China school kills seven kids
Oct 25 2005 9:52PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A stampede on a stairwell at an elementary school in southwest China killed seven children and injured 37, state media reported Wednesday.
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Relief officials plead for more quake aid
Oct 25 2005 8:50PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - International relief officials are making a desperate appeal for cash for quake-ravaged Pakistan ahead of a key donor's conference, saying Tuesday that only weeks remain to reach hundreds of thousands of helpless villagers before winter cuts off their remote Himalayan communities.
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Bird flu outbreak kills 545 fowl in China
Oct 25 2005 8:34PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A bird flu outbreak has killed 545 chickens and ducks in central China and prompted authorities to destroy 2,487 others, the government said Tuesday.
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Japan approves extension of Afghan mission
Oct 25 2005 8:32PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved a one-year extension of the country's naval mission to support U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan.
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India agrees to Taj Mahal security cameras
Oct 25 2005 8:12PM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Indian archaeological authorities have given police permission to install security cameras at the Taj Mahal because of concerns it could be targeted by terrorists, an official said Tuesday.
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Japan extradites two in alleged 9/11 fraud
Oct 25 2005 7:23PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Two Japanese citizens were extradited to the United States on Tuesday to face charges they swindled thousands of dollars from U.S. aid organizations by falsely claiming they were victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, officials said.
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Militants attack Kabul, killing eight
Oct 25 2005 6:54PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Militants killed six civilians in a botched ambush on a U.S. troop convoy south of Kabul, officials said Tuesday, while to the east, attackers gunned down two senior police officers.
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Panel backs women on Japanese throne
Oct 25 2005 2:08PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - An advisory panel on Japan's monarchy will propose allowing women to ascend the throne, the chairman said Tuesday, in a boost to a measure that has broad support in Japan and could relieve pressure on the imperial family to produce a male heir.
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After quake, pregnant women are at risk
Oct 25 2005 1:29PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - When the walls of her home came crashing down on her, Shehnaz Bibi felt a sharp pain and tasted fear _ not for herself but for her unborn baby.
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Quake diplomacy new for India, Pakistan
Oct 25 2005 12:13PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - If calamities bring the promise of pushing adversaries closer together, South Asia's massive quake is showing the vast potential _ and frustrating limits _ of disaster diplomacy.
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Botched ambush leaves six Afghans dead
Oct 25 2005 10:30AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Militants opened fire on a police vehicle near the capital early Tuesday, killing two senior police officers who were teachers at a police academy, officials said.
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U.S. helps China with nuclear security
Oct 25 2005 10:06AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The U.S. government is trying to help China's booming nuclear power industry tighten security by conducting demonstrations this week of measures meant to prevent the theft of radioactive material, an American official said Tuesday.
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