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Time Running Out for Kashmir Quake Survivors

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan – Pakistani and U.S. military helicopters delivered aid at a brisk pace to the earthquake-stricken region of Kashmir on Tuesday amid warnings from the World Food Program that a half-million survivors have yet to receive desperately needed help. Choppers landed under sunny skies in Muzaffarabad (search), the capital …

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Stocks to Watch: Oct. 31

SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares could see active trade in Monday’s session are Anheuser-Busch Co. Inc., General Motors Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. P&O, formally known as Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. (PO) has been contacted by a Dubai port operator regarding the possible sale of …

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Tourists Bogged Down in Mexico

CANCUN, Mexico – Thousands of haggard tourists, fed up after five days in hot and dirty emergency shelters, battled for airline and bus seats out of Mexico’s hurricane-battered Caribbean resorts on Tuesday. Officials said they still had no solid estimate of the damage caused by Hurricane Wilma (search), which lashed …

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