Typhoon Songda hammers southern Japan injuring dozens
Typhoon Songda lashed southern Japan bringing landslides and floods leaving tens of thousands without power and injuring at least 23 people. Aftershocks shook western regions after two quakes that injured 43. The storm, winds up to 90 mph, moved toward Kyushu as 24 inch rainfall eyed for parts of the island.
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Illness Keeps Princess Masako From Duties This Year
Crown Prince Naruhito heads to Brunei for the sultanate wedding while palace doctors say Masako, 44, still needs time to recover from a stress induced illness. The royal couple’s public appearances have been limited and calls for openness have grown amid Japan’s imperial crisis.
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Viking burial site found in England near Cumwhitton
Archaeologists in northwestern England uncovered a burial site dating to the early 10th century containing six Viking men and women with swords, spears, jewelry, fire-making gear, and riding equipment. It is described as Britain’s first Viking burial ground, near Cumwhitton, with the only other Viking cemetery at Ingleby East. Local metal specialist Peter Adams reported the find to the Portable Antiquities Scheme at March end.
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Darfur talks deadlocked in Abuja mediation effort
Mediator says negotiations between Sudan's government and the Darfur rebels stall over disarmament. The two-week Abuja talks aim to end a 19 month conflict that has displaced about 1.2 million people and earned the region the label of a severe humanitarian crisis.
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Pakistan dismisses claim of progress in bin Laden hunt
Pakistan officials rejected a U S claim of progress in locating Osama bin Laden calling the American remarks political statements. Spokesman Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said Islamabad has no information on bin Laden and a senior security official said no close contact or hidouts were shared by counterterrorism official J C Black during talks in Islamabad.
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Israel says Ofek-6 spy satellite fails to reach orbit
A failed Palmachim launch caused the Ofek-6 satellite to plunge into the Mediterranean near Ashdod. The Defense Ministry blamed booster malfunction during the third flight phase and launched an inquiry with Israel Aircraft Industries. The loss weakens Israel's space based monitoring of Iran, Iraq, and Syria.
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