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(AP) A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck western China on Monday, shaking buildings as far away as Thailand and Vietnam, witnesses and geologists said. Thousands of people were evacuated from buildings in Beijing, some 900 miles from the epicenter.The quake struck 60 miles northwest of the Sichhuan provincial capital of Chengdu at ...
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(AP) The United States launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar on Monday, after prolonged negotiations with the isolated country's military rulers, who have been accused of restricting international efforts to help as many as 1.5 million cyclone survivors at risk of disease and starvation.The flight took off from a base ...
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(AP) The U.S. launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar on Monday after prolonged negotiations with the country's isolationist junta, which considers Washington its enemy and has restricted international aid to as many as 2 million cyclone victims.The unarmed military C-130 cargo plane, packed with supplies, flew out of the Thai ...
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(AP) The U.S. Geological Survey says a major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 has struck western China. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.The quake struck 57 miles northwest of the Sichhuan provincial capital of Chengdu at about 2:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, the survey said on ...
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(AP) The future of Pakistan's fledgling coalition government hung in the balance Monday after failed talks on how to restore judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf.The party of ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was set to discuss later in the day whether to abandon its alliance with the senior party of Asif ...
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(AP) The U.S. launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar on Monday after prolonged negotiations with the country's isolationist junta, which considers Washington its enemy and has restricted international aid to as many as 2 million cyclone victims.The unarmed military C-130 cargo plane, packed with supplies, flew out of the Thai ...
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(AP) The U.S. Geological Survey says a major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 has struck western China. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.The quake struck 57 miles northwest of the Sichhuan provincial capital of Chengdu at about 2:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, the survey said on ...
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(AP) Sudan severed ties with Chad Sunday, accusing its neighbor of backing a rebel assault on the capital and raising the possibility of new border clashes that could worsen Darfur's humanitarian crisis.A curfew was lifted in Sudan's capital but residents hunkered inside and security remained tight a day after the government ...
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(AP) A Japanese court Monday rejected a lawsuit demanding a halt to harbor work to accommodate a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that is to be based south of Tokyo starting in August, a court spokeswoman said.The suit by 635 plaintiffs aimed to stop the deepening of the harbor in Yokosuka, site ...
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(AP) A Japanese court Monday rejected a lawsuit demanding a halt to harbor work to accommodate a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that is to be based south of Tokyo starting in August, a court spokeswoman said.The suit by 635 plaintiffs aimed to stop the deepening of the harbor in Yokosuka, site ...
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(AP) The United States launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar on Monday, after prolonged negotiations with the isolated country's military rulers, who have been accused of restricting international efforts to help as many as 1.5 million cyclone survivors at risk of disease and starvation.The flight took off from a base ...
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(AP) The United States has launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar for last week's cyclone victims.A military C-130 cargo plane packed with supplies left a Thai air force base Monday for Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon. Two more air shipments are scheduled to land Tuesday.Allowing the U.S. flight is a huge ...
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(AP) As of Sunday, May 11, 2008, at least 427 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures May 3 at 10 a.m. EDT.Of ...
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(AP) Sudan severed ties with Chad Sunday, accusing its neighbor of backing a rebel assault on the capital and raising the possibility of new border clashes that could worsen Darfur's humanitarian crisis.A curfew was lifted in Sudan's capital but residents hunkered inside and security remained tight a day after the government ...
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(AP) Pakistani leaders failed Sunday to reach a deal on restoring judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, increasing the likelihood the ruling coalition could shatter after just six weeks in power and plunge the country back into political turmoil.Negotiators from the two main ruling parties held talks in London throughout the ...
