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Fire kills 15 at Japanese adult video theater

TOKYO (AP) -- A pre-dawn fire raged through an adult video theater in the western Japanese city Osaka, killing at least 15 people and injuring 10 others, officials said Wednesday.... ...full story at AP

from AP on Wed, Oct 01 2008

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