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China premier warns of winter hardship in quake zone

BEIJING (AFP) - Premier Wen Jiabao has warned winter will bring hardship for people in China's quake zone, as he indicated the confirmed death toll from the disaster was over 80,000, state media said Wednesday.
09 5 2008 2:41AM (...more)

Japan quake death toll rises to 12

TOKYO - Police say rescue workers have recovered another body from a landslide triggered by a powerful earthquake in northern Japan, bringing the confirmed death toll to 12.
06 21 2008 6:27PM (...more)

Schoolboy charged with fatal stabbing of teen in London: police

LONDON(AFP) (AFP) – A 13-year-old boy was charged with murder Tuesday following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in London, police said, which has fuelled concern over youth violence on the capital's streets. The schoolboy was arrested on Saturday after 17-year-old Jahmal
05 29 2009 6:02PM (...more)

More than 60 killed in Afghan violence: officials

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - Violence raged across southern Afghanistan with about 60 people killed in a series of bombings and clashes, authorities said Sunday as the country prepared to celebrate independence day.
08 18 2008 1:15AM (...more)

Death toll from Iraq funeral bombing reaches 27

JALAWLA (AFP) – At least 27 people were killed in a suicide attack against Kurdish mourners in central Iraq, according to a new official toll issued on Tuesday. Ibrahim
03 25 2009 7:25AM (...more)

Iraq bomber kills at least 25 at funeral in disputed region

BAGHDAD — At least 25 people were killed and 45 were injured when a man walked into a tent of mourners and detonated himself in a town north of Baghdad on Monday evening. The death toll was expected to rise, hospital officials said.
03 24 2009 9:03PM (...more)

Canadian defense minister takes aim at Fox News

OTTAWA (AFP) – Defense Minister Peter MacKay on Monday blasted US broadcaster Fox News for mocking Canada 's
03 24 2009 7:21PM (...more)

Death toll rises to 19 in Kashmir forest battle

SRINAGAR (Reuters) – At least 19 people have been killed after four days of gunfighting between Indian soldiers and Muslim militants in disputed Kashmir near the Pakistan border, the army said on Monday. Four soldiers
03 24 2009 9:07AM (...more)

US soldier dies from non-combat causes in Iraq

BAGHDAD – The U.S. military says an American soldier has died from non-combat causes in Iraq . A statement issued
03 21 2009 2:49PM (...more)

Pakistan suicide attack toll rises to 14

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AFP) – The death toll from a suicide bombing in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi has risen to 14, with another 18 people wounded, police said
03 18 2009 1:28AM (...more)