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Stolen medals found

Typhoon, mudslides kill 17 in Japan; 50 missing

A typhoon has caused deadly mudslides that buried people and destroyed homes on a Japanese island before sweeping up the Pacific coast.

Superstore in Phuket, Thailand goes up in flames

Thai foreign ministry says 44 dead in plane crash in neighboring Laos

Powerful earthquake hits near Papua New Guinea

Injured kangaroo hops into Australian airport

North Korea plans to expand special economic zones

Myanmar army seeks first female applicants

Civil defense director says death toll from Philippine earthquake rises to 144