Tsunami-battered Asia slow to prepare for new disaster

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Friday (AFP) Aftershocks still jolt Indonesia six months after the huge quake and tsunamis that took Asia by surprise, but despite an urgent need to prepare for a new catastrophe, little has been achieved.

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132 Taliban dead, 4 commanders under siege

KABUL, Friday (AFP) Afghan and US forces have killed 132 Taliban militants and surrounded four of the ousted regime's top commanders after a three-day battle in the south of the country, officials said.

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