10/06/2008
Earthquake kills at least 60 people in Kyrgyzstan (USA Today)
A powerful earthquake struck the mountains of Central Asia, destroying a village in Kyrgyzstan and killing at least 60 people, emergency officials said Monday.
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10/06/2008
Kyrgyzstan quake kills 58 people: ministry (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A weekend earthquake killed 58 people in Kyrgyzstan and destroyed dozens of houses in the rural south of the Central Asian nation, the emergencies ministry said on Monday.
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10/06/2008
Kyrgyzstan quake kills 58 people (International Herald Tribune)
An earthquake in southern Kyrgyzstan has killed 58 people and destroyed dozens of houses in the Central Asian nation, the emergencies ministry said on Monday.
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10/06/2008
China detains 6 more people in milk scandal (AP via Yahoo! News)
Authorities have detained six more people in China's contaminated milk scandal, officials said Monday, as the government continued its efforts to restore public trust in Chinese-made food products.
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10/06/2008
Tibet Earthquake Leaves at Least 30 People Dead, Xinhua Reports (Bloomberg)
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- An earthquake west of Tibet's capital killed at least 30 people, China's state news agency Xinhua said. Today's temblor struck in a county near Lhasa, Xinhua said.
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10/06/2008
Indian Riots Death Toll Rises to 39 People; Assam Under Curfew (Bloomberg)
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- At least 39 people are dead and more than 80,000 were forced to flee their homes in India's Assam state after four days of ethnic violence, officials said.
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10/06/2008
VIDEO: Ice Age People in Florida? (National Geographic)
People may have lived in Florida over 10,000 years ago—earlier than previously thought—according to evidence uncovered by National Geographic researchers.
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10/06/2008
Irondequoit social worker's top priority is helping people work through problems (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Jodi Aman's passion for helping people began with volunteering and helped lead her to a career in social work.
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10/06/2008
As many as 17 people were killed and 30 others injured in a bomb blast in eastern .. (norsorpor.com)
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- As many as 17 people were killed and 30 others injured in a bomb blast in eastern Pakistan on Monday, according to private Geo TV channel.
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10/06/2008
Young people meet party leaders in Moncton (CBC New Brunswick)
The Greater Moncton area was the site of a minor political showdown Saturday as the leaders of two major political parties passed through on their campaign trails, and for young people it rare opportunity to meet high-profile politicians.
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