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Quake
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YANGON - An earthquake with a
magnitude of 5.7 struck Myanmar early Tuesday but there were
no initial reports of casualties or property damage.

The quake struck 176 kilometers south of the town of
Meiktila, the US Geological Survey said.

It hit at
5:12 a.m. local time (2242 GMT Monday) at a depth of 20
kilometers.

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US
FDA committee favors keeping Avandia on the market

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A panel of independent
experts on Monday told US drug regulators to keep diabetes
drug Avandia on the market despite an increased risk of heart
problems, a spokesman said.
AFP (7/31/2007
9:48:32 AM)

US
House wants Japanese sex slaves apology

WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives
Monday rebuked US ally Japan and called for an apology for the
sexual slavery inflicted by its wartime military on 200,000
Asian 'comfort women.'
AFP (7/31/2007
9:43:58 AM)

(UPDATE)
Taliban: 2nd hostage killed after demands ignored

KABUL - Taliban kidnappers shot dead a male
South Korean hostage on Monday, a spokesman said, accusing the
Afghan government of not listening to rebel demands for the
release of Taliban prisoners.
Reuters
(7/31/2007 5:30:18 AM)

Taliban
say they have killed a second SKorean hostage

GHAZNI, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's Taliban
militia said it shot dead a South Korean hostage late Monday
after its deadlines expired for the government to free
prisoners in jail.
AFP (7/31/2007 1:07:00
AM)

China
rescuers try food drop to 69 trapped miners

BEIJING (Reuters) - Sixty-nine Chinese miners
spent a second day trapped in a flooded coal pit, but they
were safe and in contact with rescuers late on Monday, state
media said.
Reuters (7/31/2007 1:03:19
AM)

Explosion
rocks Baghdad city center
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A
bomb shattered the post football calm in Baghdad on Monday,
killing at least four people and wounding several more the day
after the country was briefly united in joy at its Asian Cup
win.
AFP (7/31/2007 12:23:15 AM)

(2nd
UPDATE) Taliban deadlines pass, but hostages still alive

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban kidnappers and
Afghan negotiators resumed talks to free 22 South Korean
hostages who were still alive on Monday despite two rebel
deadlines expiring.
Reuters (7/30/2007
11:10:58 PM)

Red
Cross: 500 dead in China's worst flooding ever

GENEVA (AFP) - China is facing its worst
flooding ever with more than 500 people killed among 200
million affected, the Red Cross said Monday.
AFP (7/30/2007 10:22:11 PM)

Israel
wounds 7 in Gaza; hundreds return from Egypt

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel launched an air
strike on Monday against a vehicle in the central Gaza Strip,
wounding seven people, three of them militants, medics said.

Reuters (7/30/2007 9:35:53 PM)

Oxfam:
8 million Iraqis in need of emergency aid

AMMAN (AFP) - Almost eight million Iraqis are
in need of immediate emergency aid, according to an alarming
report released in Amman on Monday by Oxfam and a coalition of
Iraqi non-governmental organizations.
AFP
(7/30/2007 8:25:47 PM)

(UPDATE)
Spokesman: Taliban extend hostage deadline

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban extended its
deadline to 1130 GMT for 22 South Korean hostages they are
threatening to kill after an appeal by Afghan negotiators, a
Taliban spokesman said, adding all of the remaining captives
were alive.
Reuters (7/30/2007 7:41:44
PM)

Spokesman:
Taliban extends deadline on hostages
KABUL
(Reuters) - The Taliban have extended the deadline to 1130 GMT
for the 22 South Korean hostages they are holding after an
appeal by Afghan negotiators, a Taliban spokesman said, adding
all of the remaining captives were alive.
Reuters (7/30/2007 7:25:32 PM)

China
coal mine flood traps 69
BEIJING (Reuters) -
Sixty-nine miners were trapped in a flooded Chinese coal pit
operating above its design capacity, state media reported on
Monday.
Reuters (7/30/2007 7:12:30 PM)

No
word on hostages as Taliban deadline passes

KABUL - A Taliban "final deadline" for
resolving a crisis over 22 South Korean hostages the group is
threatening to kill passed on Monday, but there was no word on
their fate from either the rebels or the Afghan government.

Reuters (7/30/2007 6:43:04 PM)

HIV-positive
activist among Japan's new lawmakers
TOKYO
(AFP) - Japan's new crop of lawmakers includes an HIV-positive
activist and a record number of women, although the former
leader of Peru lost in his novel campaign.
AFP (7/30/2007 6:06:58 PM)

Body
of Korean pastor killed by Taliban returns home

SEOUL - The body of a South Korean pastor
killed by Taliban kidnappers in Afghanistan returned home
Monday but his family said no funeral will be held until all
of the other 22 captives are freed.
AFP
(7/30/2007 6:00:34 PM)

Sex
workers chronicle life in Indian brothels

MUMBAI (Reuters) - An exclusive magazine for
prostitutes is offering a snapshot of life in some of India's
biggest brothels, reporting the murky world of pimps and
violent customers and showcasing the dreams and talents of sex
workers.
Reuters (7/30/2007 5:40:41 PM)

Connecticut
AG probes predators on Facebook: report
NEW
YORK (Reuters) - Connecticut investigators are looking into
"three or more" cases of convicted sex offenders who had
registered on Facebook, a fast-growing social networking Web
site, the New York Times reported on Monday.
Reuters (7/30/2007 4:18:09 PM)

Citizen
journalism website gets multi-million-dollar boost

SAN FRANCISCO - NowPublic announced Monday
that the fast-growing citizen journalism website has scored
$10.6 million in financing to fuel its drive to become the
world's largest news agency.
AFP (7/30/2007
3:09:03 PM)

Iraq
lags on reconstruction, recovery: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq's government
failed to take responsibility for reconstruction projects and
is struggling to administer its budget for oil, public works
and education, a US special inspector general said on Monday.

Reuters (7/30/2007 1:35:28 PM)

35
dead of dengue in Vietnam, nearly 33,000 cases

HANOI (AFP) - Dengue fever has killed 35
people in Vietnam so far this year, and nearly 33,000 others
have been infected with the mosquito-borne disease, officials
and state media said Monday.
AFP (7/30/2007
12:34:00 PM)

Japanese
PM to stay after poll defeat
TOKYO - Hawkish
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to stay in his post
despite a crushing defeat for his ruling camp in an upper
house election, but policy gridlock loomed and Abe's grip on
his job was still uncertain.
Reuters
(7/30/2007 11:11:39 AM)

Study
blames climate change for hurricanes
MIAMI
(Reuters) - The number of Atlantic hurricanes in an average
season has doubled in the last century due in part to warmer
seas and changing wind patterns caused by global warming,
according to a study released on Sunday.
Reuters (7/30/2007 10:55:16 AM)

Taliban
deadline for lives of SKorean hostages looms

GHAZNI, Afghanistan - Taliban militants
threatened to start killing Monday their 22 South Korean
hostages if the government did not accept by noon their demand
for the release of jailed rebels.
AFP
(7/30/2007 10:46:15 AM)

Going
gets nasty between Clinton and Obama

WASHINGTON - A fierce and increasingly
personal row is raging between rival White House hopefuls
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, opening a testy new phase in
the battle for the 2008 Democratic nomination.
AFP (7/30/2007 9:56:15 AM)

Japan
PM suffers election drubbing but stays on

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's
conservative ruling camp suffered a devastating defeat in
upper house elections on Sunday, but the 52-year-old
conservative insisted he would stay in his post despite the
drubbing.
REUTERS (7/30/2007 4:41:15 AM)

• Cloud
seeding hindi sapat
• Mga
namugot ng Marines aarestuhin na
•
'CFL' dapat daw gamitin para
tipid-kuryente

• Sketch
ng nag-iwan ng bomba sa simbahan inilabas
• Maynilad
magbabawas ng tubig
• Bgy.
captain ng Valenzuela
pinatay

PASSING
THROUGH

Men of valor fight
for decent
trial
By ELLEN
TORDESILLAS

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