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More than 100 injured in earthquake in Japan
A powerful earthquake rattled parts of northern Japan early Thursday, injuring more than 100 people, triggering landslides and cutting power to thousands of people, officials said.
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A powerful earthquake rattled parts of northern Japan early Thursday, injuring more than 100 people, triggering landslides and cutting power to thousands of people, officials said.
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Rice holds N Korea nuclear talks
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets her North Korean counterpart, the first such talks in four years.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets her North Korean counterpart, the first such talks in four years.
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1 dead in Philippine banana farm raid
AP - Communist rebels attacked a banana farm associated with Dole Foods Co. Thursday and a land mine hit a security vehicle rushing to intervene, killing one and wounding three others, the military said.
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AP - Communist rebels attacked a banana farm associated with Dole Foods Co. Thursday and a land mine hit a security vehicle rushing to intervene, killing one and wounding three others, the military said.
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NKorea angrily reacts to 'enemy' remarks
AP - North Korea lashed out Thursday at the South Korean defense chief for labeling the communist state an enemy.
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AP - North Korea lashed out Thursday at the South Korean defense chief for labeling the communist state an enemy.
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Hu urges athletes to stay cool: official mediaAFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao has visited the country's Olympic athletes, urging them to stay cool as the pressure builds ahead of next month's Beijing Games, state media reported Thursday.
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At least 3 dead in explosion aboard Philippine bus
AP - A Philippine military spokesman says a bomb has exploded in a bus in the country's south, killing at least three people.
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AP - A Philippine military spokesman says a bomb has exploded in a bus in the country's south, killing at least three people.
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Seoul urges groups to cancel visits to NKorea over shootingAFP - South Korea on Thursday urged civic groups to cancel visits to North Korea in a further sign of worsening relations after the fatal shooting of a Seoul tourist in the communist state.
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NKorea, Thai-Cambodia flare-up dominate Asian security talksAFP - Foreign ministers from Asia and key world powers opened security talks here Thursday amid a simmering border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia and progress on North Korean denuclearisation.
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Rice says will continue to speak out on AnwarReuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday Washington would continue to speak out in legal cases such as that of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, despite accusations of meddling.
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US wants to shift $226 million on Pakistan moneyAP - The State Department wants to use about two-thirds of its proposed military equipment aid for Pakistan's anti-terrorism programs to help the key U.S. ally upgrade its aging fleet of U.S.-made F-16 fighter planes.
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