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Officials: 20 people
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota: Divers resumed sifting the mangled wreckage
Thursday of a highway bridge that collapsed in rush hour plunging
vehicles into the Mississippi River, killing several people.
Officials put the latest toll at
seven. Some local media said at least nine people were killed in the
wreck, while other reports early Thursday citing police revised the
toll down to four.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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PM Shinzo Abe to
turn a deaf ear to party bosses
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TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe said Friday he will pick his new cabinet by himself,
defiantly showing independence over party bosses despite a crashing
election defeat.
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100 dead, 120
injured in Congo train crash
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KINSHASA: At least 100 people
were killed when a goods train jumped the tracks in the Democratic
Republic of Congo overnight Thursday, with illegal passengers
thought to be among the dead.
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INBRIEF
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COOLUM, Australia: APEC
finance ministers Friday said the world needs to “go beyond” the
Kyoto Protocol to adequately address climate change and warned a
rise in protectionist sentiment could threaten growth...
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