| Firefighter Hurt Battling 2-alarm Fire |
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - A fireman was injured Saturday afternoon while extinguishing a two-alarm fire in the West Side's Austin neighborhood. |
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| Strong Earthquake in Caucasus Kills 5 |
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - The earthquake killed at least five people and disrupted power supplies in the Chechnya region of Russia, local news reports said. |
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| Pirates Seize Tanker Off African Coast |
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - Pirates hijacked a huge tanker off the Horn of Africa, even as world powers deployed military ships to the Somali coast to try to end a two-week standoff aboard another seized ship. |
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| Leftist Governor Ready to Be Peru’s Premier |
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - Yehude Simon, the governor of the northern province of Lambayeque, told RPP radio that he had accepted an offer to become Peru’s prime minister. |
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| Uzbek Activist Sentenced to 10 Years in Drug Case |
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - The sentencing of Solizhon Abdurakhmanov, a human rights activist, prompted calls for extended sanctions on Uzbekistan. |
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| A U.N. Charm Offensive Topped Off by Dessert |
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - Iceland, locked in a tight race against Austria and Turkey, campaigns for two rotating seats on the Security Council that are reserved for the mostly European bloc. |
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| Vandalism in Toronto Injects Eerie Chill Into Campaign |
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - Last weekend, more than 30 Toronto residents who had put signs in their lawns supporting a Liberal candidate awoke to find their cars and homes vandalized. |
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| North Korean TV Shows Photos of Elusive Leader |
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - More than a month after his absence from an important anniversary parade fuel theories that he had suffered a stroke, Kim Jong-il reportedly inspected a military unit. |
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| Thai Prime Minister’s Supporters Rally as Antigovernment Protest Nears |
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - Thousands of supporters of Thailand’s governing coalition gathered in a show of strength, two days before a planned protest by a group hoping to topple the elected government. |
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| With the Boom Long Past, Hope Fades for Japan’s Disposable Workers |
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - Little is being built in Japan’s stagnant economy, and young day laborers or part-time workers have difficulty finding jobs. |
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