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China's Storm Death Toll Nears 500

BEIJING – China’s death toll from tropical storm Bilis more than doubled to 482 on Friday after a hard-hit province reported a sharp rise in fatalities, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Authorities in inland Hunan province said 346 people died in floods triggered by Bilis, while 89 others were …

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Bush Urges World to Confront Terrorists, End Mideast Violence

WASHINGTON – President Bush declined Thursday to criticize Israel’s tactics in its continuing offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon, and gave a sharp condemnation of Iran’s role in the bloody fighting. “Hezbollah attacked Israel. I know Hezbollah is connected to Iran,” Bush said tersely at the end of Oval …

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U.S. Ends Probe Into Agent Orange Illnesses; No Link to Cancer Found

ROCKVILLE, Maryland – Government health advisers debated Thursday what should be done with data and other material generated by a 24-year federal study of the health effects of exposure to Agent Orange. The study involving veterans who served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War is set to end …

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