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Time was running out to find survivors, as rescuers continued to work in the Kumamoto area on Japan 's southern main island of Kyushu, where the magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Tuesday.
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Republican Sen. John Cornyn continues to block Todd Blanche's path to confirmation as attorney general, telling reporters Thursday there were "new complications."
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Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.
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The port where the Wednesday strike occurred is near the Suez Canal, through which a significant amount of the world's shipping moves.
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