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6.4 intensity quake hits central Japan
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TOKYO: A strong earthquake measuring 6.4 struck central Japan
Tuesday morning, injuring at least 43 people, triggering a landslide
and shutting down a nuclear power plant and bullet trains, officials
said.
The tremor shook buildings and jolted people
from their sleep in Tokyo and areas southwest of the capital, a
region also bracing for torrential rains and strong winds from a
typhoon later in the day.
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41 dead in Taiwan flooding, 62 missing
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TAIPEI: Flooding in Taiwan triggered by Typhoon Morakot has killed
41 people and another 62 are missing, rescuers said Tuesday.
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‘Washington Post’ to axe weekly edition
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Washington Post is axing its national weekly
edition, a publication featuring a selection from the daily
newspaper whose circulation has dropped from 150,000 a decade ago to
just 20,000 today.
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PORT BLAIR, India: A huge 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off
India’s remote Andaman Islands on Tuesday, triggering panic as
people fled their homes amid initial warnings of a possible tsunami.
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