Japan main opposition eyes unified PM candidate to block Takaichi

TOKYO, Oct 11 (AFP): Japan's biggest opposition party will seek to support a unified candidate with other groups in a bid to block Sanae Takaichi's election as prime minister, media reported after the ruling coalition collapsed.Junior partner Komeito quit its 26-year alliance with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on...

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18 missing and feared dead

BUCKSNORT, Oct 11 (Reuters): Eighteen people were missing and feared dead following an explosion at a munitions factory in rural Tennessee on Friday that obliterated the building and was felt for miles around.The explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems about 60 miles (100 km) west of Nashville caused multiple fatalities but...

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Pak Taliban claim attacks that killed 23 in northwest

PESHAWAR, Oct 11 (AFP): The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in several northwestern districts that killed 20 security officials and three civilians.The attacks, which included a suicide bombing on a police training school, were carried out on Friday in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that...

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