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Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake (AP)

A police officer is seen on a street blocked by rubble from a damaged building following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries, but looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Alexander) ** NEW ZEALAND OUT **AP - Chimneys and walls crumbled to the ground, roads cracked in half and residents were knocked off their feet as a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. The prime minister said it was a miracle no one was killed.
9 killed in New Zealand skydiving plane crash (AP)
AP - A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing nine people including four foreign tourists, police said.
Death toll rises to 65 in attack on Pakistanis (AP)

** ALTERNATIVE CROP OF QUT111** People who were injured by an explosion lie down on road during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Police say a blast at a Shiite procession has killed a score of people in southwestern Pakistan in the third deadly attack this week on the country's religious minorities.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - The death toll from a Pakistani Taliban suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically wounded people died in hospitals, police said Saturday.
SKorean foreign minister in scandal offers to quit (AP)

FILE - In this Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009 file photo, South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan delivers a speech during a forum in Seoul, South Korea, A news report says South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has offered to resign over his ministry's controversial hiring of his daughter. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, File)AP - South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has offered to resign amid accusations of nepotism, an official said Saturday.