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Red Cross: Asia storm toll may hit 700
Dec 2 2006 11:23PM (CT)
PADANG, Philippines (AP) - Doomed by geography and hobbled by poverty, the Philippines has long struggled to minimize damage from the onslaught of typhoons it faces each year.
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4 seriously injured 4 in Bhutan blast
Dec 2 2006 8:45PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - A bomb exploded in southwest Bhutan near the border with India Saturday, seriously injuring four people and shattering the calm of the isolated Himalayan kingdom, Bhutanese police said.
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U.S. troops kill Afghan policeman
Dec 2 2006 5:20PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An American troop convoy fired on Afghan policemen in waning daylight in eastern Afghanistan, killing one officer and wounding another, officials said Saturday.
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33 die as bridge falls on train in India
Dec 2 2006 4:13PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A colonial-era footbridge collapsed onto railroad tracks in eastern India on Saturday, burying a train beneath tons of red rock and killing at least 33 passengers.
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Nepali rebels reported still recruiting
Dec 2 2006 3:58PM (CT)
DASHARATHPUR, Nepal (AP) - Young men and women sit around learning how to shoot and clean guns at a muddy camp set up by communist rebels on the edge of this Himalayan village.
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Clinton visits tsunami reconstruction
Dec 2 2006 9:59AM (CT)
HIN LOOK DIO, Thailand (AP) - Touring a Thai gypsy village damaged by the 2004 tsunami, former President Clinton on Saturday expressed concern that most of the people left homeless by the massive waves are still living in temporary shelters.
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