Earthquake toll rises in Japan with large tremor near Nagano
Hundreds of quakes shake central Japan since Saturday with 15 strong enough to be felt and a preliminary magnitude 5.2 in Nagano region. No casualties reported as total quakes exceed 4,340 since Aug. 7, echoing past seismic spates in 1990 and 1967. In India floods kill at least 14 in two states, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, affecting millions. Bangladesh faces disease and hunger with 12 dead and 74,000 ill, as relief efforts struggle.
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Japan
Nagano
Meteorological Agency
India
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi
Bangladesh
Insurgents Shell Lomé As Troops Repel Invasion Attempt
Weapons fire shook Lomé the capital of Togo on Sunday as planes and troops moved to repel what the government said were insurgents shelling from neighboring Ghana. Stray shells hit several neighborhoods but no casualties were reported.
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Togo
Ghana
Lome
Interior and Security
Seyi Memene Bla
Memene
White Christ statue revealed in Barco de Avila
Restorers at a Gothic church in central Spain concluded that a 13th century wooden figure of a black Jesus Christ was originally white. The darkened statue gained its color from candle smoke and pilgrims have long visited the church in Barco de Avila. The town plans to display the whitened Christ in a side chapel with special lighting.
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Spain
Agustin Gonzalez
Barco de Avila
Castilian
Madrid
Gonzalez
Angola Returns to the Brink of War in Renewed Fighting
In Sunda Sur province UNITA rebels and government troops clash killing two soldiers and forcing hundreds to flee as relief workers withdraw. The renewed bush war jeopardizes UN peace efforts, raises refugees to 75,000, and recalls Cold War arms support and stalled 1992 elections.
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Angola
UNITA
Sunda Sur
U.N
AP Puoro
Saurimo
Escape Prompts West Bank Manhunt for Hamas Leader
Palestinian police and Israeli troops conduct a house to house search in Jericho and Ramallah after Imad Awadallah, a Hamas military wing leader, escapes from Jericho detention. A curfew is imposed and roadblocks are set as security forces probe inside help suspicions.
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West Bank
Hamas
Israel
Jericho
Imad Awadallah
Islamic Militant
Palestinian Authority
Ramallah
Awadallah
Aviv Bushinsky
Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu
Haj Ismail
Palestinian Security
Mohiyedine Sharif
Sharif
Palestinian
Jibril Rajoub
Ismail Abu Shanab
Gaza Strip
Abu Shanab
Kunuah
Adel
Jerusalem
Kosovo Serbs brace for Albanian control in Kosovo
In Janina Voda, Kosovo Serbs defend a village as Kosovo Liberation Army rebels arrive and withdraw, sparking fear that ethnic Albanians may seize power province wide. Serbs, a historic minority in Kosovo's two million people, fear autonomy would push many to leave. A villager, initials 5.1, says he plans to flee deeper into Serbia to save his family.
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Kosovo Liberation Army
KLA
Kosovo
Janina Voda
Serbia
Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic
Milosevic
War rumors loom as Kinshasa faithful seek solace in church
In Kinshasa, Congo,hundreds fill the Army of Victory Church as gunfire and outages ripple through the capital. Amid fear of rebel advances on Laurent Kabila's regime, worshippers seek comfort in gospel amid chaos, declaring faith will protect them and peace is possible.
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Kinshasa
Congo
Word of God
Army of Victory
Francois Kapenga
Laurent Kabila
Rwanda
Dieudonne Abula
Kapenga
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