At least 900 people are hurt when strong earthquakes strike northwestern Japan, destroying hundreds of homes, buckling roads and bridges and causing a fire at a nuclear power plant.

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There are wines of the Old World, the New World, and now the Developing World. Brazil is churning out award-winning wine at unlikely latitudes. Technological advances in both irrigation and refrigeration have made vast parts of the globe ideal for viticulture.

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Militants in northwest Pakistan disavowed a peace pact with the government and launched two days of suicide attacks and bombings that killed at least 70 people, dramatically escalating the violence in the al-Qaida infiltrated region.

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Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli mayors who live near the Jordan River are calling attention to a new campaign aimed at cleaning it up. It's part of a European effort to clean up the world's polluted rivers.

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