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Typhoon Jangmi roared toward eastern China on Monday after lashing Taiwan with torrential rains and powerful winds that killed two people and injured more than 30.
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A suicide car bomber killed four security forces and wounded passing schoolchildren Tuesday in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, where the government is under...
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North Korea runs a cyber warfare unit that tries to hack into U.S. and South Korean military networks to gather confidential information and disrupt service, a news...
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A senior police official says a suicide car bomber has killed at least four paramilitary security forces in northwestern Pakistan.
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AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked an engagement ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people. Two girls survived after the...
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AP, Asuncion
A former dictatorship-era official considered a brutal torturer by human rights groups has made a surprise return to Paraguay, where he faces six pending trials for the...
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AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
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AP, Mexico City
Mexico announced a return to “normalcy” on Monday, preparing to reopen businesses and schools even as the virus sickened more than 1,200 people in 20...
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AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 44 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
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AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 44 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
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AP, Sao Paulo
The Southern Hemisphere has been mostly spared in the swine flu epidemic. That could change soon as winter sets in with no vaccine in place, leaving half the planet out...
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AP, Ankara
Turkey’s NTV television, citing authorities, says 41 people have been killed and three have been wounded in an attack on a wedding in the southeast.
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AP, Jakarta
The chief of Indonesia’s anti-corruption watchdog was arrested Monday and named a suspect in the murder of a prominent state company official, police and his...
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AP, Mexico City
Mexico’s president says universities will reopen Thursday and all other classes will resume nationwide next week, citing an ebb in the swine flu outbreak.
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AP, Ankara
Assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 20 others, new organizations...
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AP, United Nations
Russia has invited Security Council ministers to a meeting next week to give “new impetus” to the Middle East peace process.
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AP, Ankara
Turkish media say at least 16 people have been killed and 20 others wounded in an attack on a wedding ceremony in the southeastern part of the country.
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Iraq’s government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that...
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AP, Kabul
President Hamid Karzai chose a powerful warlord accused of rights abuses as one of his vice presidential running mates on Monday, hours before leaving for meetings in...
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Israel dispatched top officials to the U.S. and Europe on Monday in a diplomatic offensive aimed at softening the hawkish image of Prime Minister Benjamin...
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AP, Paris
The French are living up to their image as lovers of food and can add a new love to the mix, sleep, according to a survey released Monday. In fact, the French excel at...
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AP, Taipei
Taiwan authorities issued a sea and land warning Saturday as a powerful typhoon barreled toward the island.
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AP, Hanoi
Vietnamese authorities prepared to evacuate people from high-risk areas as Typhoon Hagupit moved toward the country after hitting southern China’s Guangdong...
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AP, Guangzhou
Typhoon Hagupit has swirled into southern China’s Guangdong province after causing flooding and minor damage in Hong Kong.
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AP, Taipei
Torrential rains and rivers swollen by Typhoon Sinlaku killed at least four people and left seven others missing and presumed dead in central Taiwan, authorities said...
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AP, Taipei
Raging floods and rivers swollen by Typhoon Sinlaku killed at least two people and left a further seven missing and presumed dead in central Taiwan, authorities said...
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AP, Taipei
Typhoon Sinlaku slammed into Taiwan with heavy rain and strong winds Sunday, flooding low-lying regions and causing landslides that disrupted traffic and halted trains...
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Taiwan is bracing for Typhoon Sinlaku as the storm gains strength while approaching the island.
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AP, Manila
Landslides killed three young brothers and an elderly woman in the northern Philippines as a powerful typhoon battered the region Wednesday, prompting authorities to...
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A powerful typhoon packing winds of 87 mph battered the northern Philippines with heavy rains Wednesday, closing schools and putting authorities on alert for flash...
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A fast approaching typhoon is on track to make landfall over the northern Philippines within the next 24 hours, the weather bureau reported Tuesday.
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AP, Taipei
Soldiers and Buddhist volunteers helped Taiwanese villagers clean up their homes Tuesday after a powerful typhoon churned through, killing at least two people and...
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AP, Taipei
A powerful typhoon struck Taiwan early Monday, closing schools and businesses and grounding domestic and international air traffic.
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AP, Taipei
Taiwanese stacked sand bags at doors and boarded up windows Sunday as Typhoon Fung Wong approached the island, whipping up waves along its coast and triggering a rock...
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Taiwan issued a land warning for Typhoon Fung-Wong (Phoenix) early Sunday, as the storm was approaching the island from the Pacific Ocean.
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Divers having difficulty removing bodies from a capsized ferry were forced to take photographs of the dead so anguished relatives could identify their loved ones,...
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Flash floods and landslides killed at least 17 people in the southern Philippines on Saturday as heavy rains from Typhoon Fengshen inundated the region, causing...
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Officials say flashfloods and landslides have killed at least 12 people in the southern Philippines.Heavy rains and strong winds triggered by Typhoon Fengshen caused...
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AP, Guangzhou
Tropical storm Neoguri brushed over China’s southern Hainan island on Saturday, leaving 18 fishermen missing and stranding thousands of travelers, state-run media...
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AP, Guangzhou
Typhoon Neoguri weakened into a tropical storm Friday after hitting China’s southern island province of Hainan, where 120,000 people fled low-lying areas and...
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Off Sibuyan Sea:
In this June 25, 2008 file photo, a U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter hovers around the sunken passenger ferry, the MV Princess of the Stars, as Philippine rescuers, joined by U.S. Navy divers, continue their search and rescue operation off Sibuyan Sea in...
