China raises death toll from Rananim to 147
China raised the official death toll from Typhoon Rananim to at least 147 as villagers dug through landslides for 40 missing people. The storm battered the southeastern coast, cutting roads and power, with damage pegged at about $2 billion and thousands homeless. Rescue crews and soldiers aided efforts while four sailors remained missing after a fishing boat sank near Taizhou.
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Chavez Wins Venezuela Referendum On Staying In Power
Hugo Chavez defeats recall bid as nearly 60 percent vote against his removal. Opponents cry foul amid protests in Caracas while Carter and the OAS back the outcome. Chavez vows to press ahead with a reformist program seen as an alternative to capitalism and Western democracy.
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Fernandez Returns to Dominican Presidency in Crumbling Economy
Leonel Fernandez, 50, sworn in as president in Santo Domingo marking a return to power after four years out. He vows 20 percent spending cuts, job eliminations since 2000, debt rescheduling, and austerity as the country faces its deepest economic crisis in decades. Mejia sits nearby as Fernandez cites a shift from progress to failure.
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Tibetan Monks Challenge Limits On Buddhist Practice
About 200 monks gather at the Sera Monastery in Lhasa to debate scriptures amid strict post 1994 party rules that cap monk numbers restrict teaching require political classes and demand denunciation of the Dalai Lama, threatening Tibet’s Buddhist culture.
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Critics fear Soviet crimes undercounted in Russian history text
Critics say the high school history atlas presents the Soviet era with pride while downplaying deportations under Stalin, the Gulag, and anti-Semitism. Experts warn the sanitized narrative, tied to Putin era nationalism, leaves students unprepared for post-Soviet realities.
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Suspicious powder threat targets U S Embassy in Malaysia
Malaysian police probe a mailed powder to the U S Embassy in Kuala Lumpur amid a second Asia embassy scare in a week. A leaflet from a group named Jemaah Muhajirin Mohamad threatens U S troops in Iraq and Americans in Malaysia. The hoax is suspected, officials say.
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