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FIVE PEOPLE, including four children, died early Wednesday in a house fire in Youngstown, Ohio, that reportedly started on an unattended stove . . . IVAN KOZLOVSKY, a celebrated Russian tenor, died Tuesday in Moscow at the age of 93 . . . GUY DES CARS, the author of 60 novels that sold more than 32 million copies, died in a Paris hospital where he was being treated for a heart problem. He was 82 . . . HISTORIC talks between China and Taiwan ended Wednesday with disputes over sovereignty blocking agreement on issues arising from their growing trade and cultural ties.

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