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Police: Fire kills 15 at Japan private video rooms

TOKYO (AP) -- A pre-dawn fire killed at least 15 people and injured 10 at a shop where customers rent videos and watch them in private rooms in the western Japanese city of Osaka, police and news reports said Wednesday.... ...full story at AP

from AP on Wed, Oct 01 2008

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