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Sunday, October 15

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Editor's Note: The CNN Wire is a running log of the latest news from CNN World Headquarters, reported by CNN's correspondents and producers, and The CNN Wire editors. "Posted" times are Eastern Daylight.

Schieffer: North Korea must do more than return to nuclear talks to end sanctions

TOKYO (CNN) -- U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer said North Korea will have to do more than simply return to six-party talks on its nuclear program in order to have U.N. sanctions lifted.

"You have to come to the six-party talks and agree on how you are going to implement the Sept. 19 agreement," he said Monday. "If that implementation could then be verified by the international community, I think you would see walking back from the sanctions regime."

Schieffer described North Korea's demand for bilateral talks with the United States as "more of an effort to divide friends and allies rather than to resolve the issue."

He also said the U.S. government is particularly concerned that North Korea may make its nuclear technology available to terrorist organizations.

The U.S. nuclear talks envoy, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, is due to arrive in Japan Monday afternoon. He will meet with his Japanese counterpart, Kenichiro Sasae, later in the day. (Posted 2 a.m.)

Indonesia reports 54th bird flu fatality

JAKARTA (CNN) -- The latest bird flu victim in Indonesia, a 67-year-old woman, died Sunday in Bandung, West Java, the Indonesian Bird Flu Information Center reported Monday.

The woman is the 54th bird flu victim in the country and follows on the heels of Indonesia's 53rd fatality from the H5N1 stand of the deadly virus. An 11-year-old boy from South Jakarta died on Friday.

Both had been in contact with sick birds.

Indonesia has 17 confirmed cases of avian flu that were non-fatal. (12:30 a.m.)

Bush declares disaster after snowfall in New York

(CNN) -- A storm that last week blanketed portions of New York under nearly two feet of snow prompted President Bush on Sunday to declare a state of emergency.

The declaration frees federal aid to supplement state and local efforts in the area of western New York struck Oct. 12 by a lake effect snowstorm, which snarled traffic, snapped power lines and left almost 400,000 homes and businesses without electricity.

The two-day snowstorm, which dropped about 22 inches of snow on Buffalo, was blamed for at least three deaths. (Posted: 6:34 p.m.)

83 bodies found in Iraq over weekend

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Iraqi police found 83 bodies in Iraq over the weekend, an official with Baghdad emergency police said. The official said 51 bullet-riddled bodies were found in Baghdad, with some of the bodies showed signs of torture. Iraqi police could not immediately identify the bodies.

The official said Iraqi police found 18 of the bodies on Saturday and another 33 on Sunday. In addition, 26 bodies were found in Balad on Saturday and six bodies were found in Baquba and Mosul, officials said. (Posted: 6:09 p.m.)

Governor issues disaster declaration for Hawaii

(CNN) --Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle has issued a disaster declaration for the state, a spokesman for the state's emergency operations center told CNN. (Posted: 5:48 p.m.)

Weekend toll in Iraqi capital reaches 51

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Iraqi police found 51 bullet-riddled bodies in Baghdad over the weekend, an official with Baghdad emergency police said.

The official said some of the bodies showed signs of torture. Iraqi police could not immediately identify the bodies. The official said Iraqi police found 18 of the bodies on Saturday and another 33 on Sunday.

In addition, six car bomb blasts on Sunday -- four of them within a 30-minute period -- killed at least 8 people and wounded another 40 in the oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police reported. (Posted: 5:37 p.m.)

Son charged in shooting deaths of parents, 3 sisters

(CNN) -- A 22-year-old man was being held Sunday on a $2.5 million bond charged in the slaying in Iowa of his parents and three teenage sisters, police said.

The five gunshot victims were found Saturday in the town of Bonaparte after one of the fatally wounded teenage girls placed a 911 call about 3:38 a.m., said Special Agent Jim Saunders of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Shawn Michael Bentler, 22, who was arrested Saturday morning in Illinois on unrelated drug warrants, was charged Sunday in the deaths of his father Michael Bentler, 53; his mother, Sandra Bentler, 47; and sisters Sheena Bentler, 17; Shelby Bentler, 15; and Shayne Bentler, 14, Saunders said.

Bentler's 14-year-old sister placed the 911 call, Saunders said. Details of the slayings await autopsies being performed Sunday in Des Moines by the Iowa State Medical Examiner's office, but Saunders said all five died of gunshot wounds. (Posted: 4:56 p.m.)

Hawaii jolted by strong earthquake

HONOLULU (CNN) -- A strong earthquake followed by a series of sharp aftershocks Sunday morning jolted awake many islanders on the islands of Hawaii, terrifying residents, breaking windows and shaking some buildings from their foundations, but causing no immediate reports of serious injuries.

The quake, which had a magnitude of 6.3, was centered on the west side of the Big Island, about 153 miles southeast of Honolulu, the National Earthquake Information Center reported. Residents were urged not to use their telephones or cell phones except in case of emergencies and to stay off roads and highways.

Bruce Pressgrave of U.S. Geological Survey said preliminary reports indicated the earthquake struck at 7:07 a.m. (1:07 p.m. ET) and was centered about 15 miles below the west coast of the Big Island. KITV reporter Keoki Kerr in Kaneohe, Hawaii said he had heard no immediate reports of serious injuries. A worker at Kona Community Hospital, on the west side of the Big Island, said the 96-bed hospital was in "disaster mode" and that its patients had been moved outside as damage was assessed. Power was lost in parts of Oahu and landslides blocked several roads, said Kerr. (Posted: 4:06 p.m.)

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake rumbles Hawaii

HONOLULU (CNN) -- A strong earthquake shook the islands of Hawaii on Sunday, followed by a series of aftershocks, the National Earthquake Information Center reported on its Web site.

The initial quake had a magnitude of 6.3 and was centered 153 miles southeast of Honolulu, the NEIC said.

Bruce Pressgrave of U.S. Geological Survey said preliminary reports indicated the quake was centered along the West coast of the Big Island.

A female worker at the Kona Community Hospital, which is located on the West side of the Big Island, is in "disaster mode" and that ll patients were moved outside as hospital workers assess the damages. there were no immediate reports of casualties at the hospital, a facility that contains about 96 beds, said the woman. The temblor struck at 7:07 a.m. (1:07 p.m. ET) at a depth of almost 15 miles. (Posted: 3:44 p.m.)

Bolton: 'Ball is in North Korea's court'

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A day after the United Nations Security Council passed a unanimous resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea for its testing of a nuclear device, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton said on Sunday the next move is up to Pyongyang.

"The ball is really in North Korea's court to see in what direction we go here," Bolton told CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer."

On Saturday, the Security Council voted 15-0 for Resolution 1718, which forbids trade between U.N. member states and North Korea in material that may be used for nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction and that of high-end military equipment. The resolution requires that Pyongyang not conduct further nuclear tests or launch ballistic missiles and demands that the country abandon all weapons of mass destruction programs.

It also includes a ban on "trade and luxury goods" and requires member states to freeze the assets of North Korean entities and individuals, and calls for inspections of cargo traveling from and to North Korea to search for items that may be used in a nuclear or other WMD program. However, Chinese Ambassador to the U.N. Wang Guangya told reporters on Saturday that his country would not carry out such inspections. China is North Korea's biggest trading partner.

"For China our political position is we're not in favor of inspections because ... it will lead to negative consequences," he said.

Bolton said he's confident China will conduct inspections because it voted for the resolution. "The guts of the resolution is to prohibit trade in weapons of mass destruction-related materials and high end conventional military equipment, and I'm sure, sure that China is going to abide by the very resolution that it voted for," the U.S. ambassador said. "How it accomplishes that I'm sure we'll have discussions about, but let's be clear: they voted in favor of the resolution that provides for inspection regime."

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice agreed. "China signed on to this resolution, it voted for this resolution... so I am quite certain that it is going to live up to its responsibilities," she told "FOX News Sunday." "I'm quite certain that China has no interest in seeing the proliferation of dangerous materials from North Korea," said Rice, who will travel to the region Tuesday to talk to neighboring countries about implementation of the sanctions. (Posted 11:56 a.m.)

Iraqi parliament: Iraqi journalist killed on Saturday

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- The Iraqi parliament confirmed Sunday the death of Iraqi journalist Qais al-Shummary.

Al-Shummary, a radio correspondent, was killed in a terrorist-related incident on Saturday, according to a statement from the Iraqi parliament. No other details were given. (Posted 9:03 a.m.)

Six car bomb blasts kill at least 8 in Kirkuk

KIRKUK, Iraq (CNN) -- Six car bomb blasts on Sunday -- four of them within a 30-minute period -- killed at least 8 people in the oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, local police reported. As many as 40 people were wounded in the attacks, police said.

The first four explosions went off at roughly 10-minute intervals beginning at 10:30 a.m. local time and were located near a popular market, a police building, a teachers institute and an Islamic school for girls, police said.

The fifth and sixth blasts happened nearly simultaneously around 2:25 p.m., with one at the site of an earlier blast and another targeting a car dealership.

The attacks are the latest in a string of violence in Kirkuk over the past two months. On Sept. 17, a series of bombings killed at least 23 people in the city. Earlier this month, officials imposed a two-day curfew and full movement ban -- forbidding vehicles and even pedestrians from moving about the city -- and security forces conducted house to house searches.(Posted 9:45 a.m. ET)

Two female U.S. soldiers killed in German train mishap

BERLIN (CNN) -- Two U.S. servicewomen were died after they were hit by a train near Heidelberg, Germany late Saturday night, according to German police.

Witnesses told police the two women were walking across the tracks at the Neckarsteinach train station when they were hit. The women had been at a private party and were walking to their car which was in a parking lot, police said.

An investigator's preliminary conclusion is that the deaths were accidental. Police said the train's engineer was unable to stop the train before it hit the women.

The U.S. Army has not released any information about the soldiers, although police said they were ages 21 and 22.

^--CNN's Claudia Otto in Berlin contributed to this report. (Posted 6:15 a.m.)

Militants attack police in Indian-controlled Kashmir capital

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir (CNN) -- Two Indian police officers were shot by militants Sunday afternoon in a "hit and run" attack in a busy market in the center of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, police said.

One officer died from his wounds and the other was battling for his life in a hospital, said Police Superintendant Adnad Jain.

The "hit and run" shooting happened at close range in an market area filled with shoppers ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid, which comes at the end of Ramadan, Jain said. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

^--CNN's Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar contributed to this report. (Posted 5:59 a.m.)

Roadside blast kills 3 U.S. soldiers Saturday

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Three U.S. soldiers were killed Saturday morning when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

This brings the number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq to 2,760 and the number of troop deaths in October to 46. (Posted 4:41 a.m.)

Doctor: 11-year-old Indonesian's death was from bird flu

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- An 11-year-old boy who died in a Jakarta hospital on Saturday is suspected to have been a victim of bird flu, his doctor said.

While the hospital said it is believed to have been the deadly H5N1 version of the virus, the country's Bird Flu Information Center is waiting on test results to officially confirm the cause of death.

Indonesia has previously confirmed 52 other bird flu deaths.

--CNN's Kathy Quiano in Jakarta contributed to this report. (Posted 4:09 a.m.)

Roadside bombs kill 8, hurt 9 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- At least eight Iraqis were killed and nine wounded in four roadside bombings in Baghdad Sunday morning, including one attack against a convoy carrying a financial adviser to the Iraqi Interior minister, according to Baghdad police.

Seven people died, including five civilian bystanders and two bodyguards, when two bombs exploded near the financial adviser's convoy in eastern Baghdad, police said. Three Iraqi civilians and two bodyguards were wounded by the blasts, although the official was unharmed, police said.

A roadside bomb, apparently targeting civilians, exploded in western Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding two others, police said.

Another roadside bomb targeting a western private security convoy in eastern Baghdad wounded two Iraqi civilians, but none of the westerners in the convoy were hurt, police said. (Posted 3:50 a.m.)

Son a suspect in deaths of parents, three sisters

(CNN) -- A couple and their three teenage daughters were found dead Saturday in the small southeast Iowa town of Bonaparte, and the 22-year-old son was a suspect, according to the Adams County, Ill., Sheriff's Department.

Sgt. Bruce Harmon said Shawn Michael Bentler has not been charged.

Bentler was jailed on an unrelated Adams County charge Saturday in Quincy, Ill., about 60 miles east of Bonaparte, Harmon said.

The victims were identified as Michael Bentler, 53; his wife, Sandra Bentler, 47; Sheena Bentler, 17; Shelby Bentler, 15; and Shayne Bentler, 14.

"It is believed at this time that the victims died as a result of gunshot wounds," said a statement from the Van Buren County, Iowa, Sheriff's Department.

Autopsies were to be done Sunday in Des Moines. Van Buren County deputies discovered the bodies at the Bentler home about 3:30 a.m. after receiving a 911 call. (Posted 11:15 p.m.)

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