| Death toll in China earthquake rises to 8,533
(AP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 15:43:40 GMT |
AP - A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing more than 8,500 people, trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant, state media reported.
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| US airlifts aid to Myanmar, UN urges junta to cooperate
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-- Mon, 12 May 2008 14:27:40 GMT |
AP - The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who can help up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation.
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| Iran hard-liners come out against Iraqi-US deal
(AP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 15:09:30 GMT |
| AP - Two hard-line newspapers seen as speaking for Iran's clerical establishment called Monday for Iraqis to oppose a strategic framework deal with the United States, Tehran's first public condemnation of the arrangement. |
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| Iraqi lawmakers, Sadrists sign four-day cease-fire
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-- Mon, 12 May 2008 13:04:01 GMT |
AP - Representatives of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and lawmakers from Iraq's main Shiite political bloc signed a four-day cease-fire Monday in an effort to end seven weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City slum.
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| Egyptian intelligence chief in Israel for talks
(AP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 16:10:12 GMT |
AP - Egypt dispatched its powerful intelligence chief to Israel on Monday in an attempt to mediate an end to months of violence in the Gaza Strip, but Israeli leaders said there would be no truce unless Gaza militants release an Israeli soldier they have held captive for nearly two years.
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| Sendler, savior of Warsaw Ghetto children, dies
(Reuters)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 15:52:51 GMT |
Reuters - Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who saved
thousands of Jewish children during World War Two by smuggling
them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, died in the Polish capital on
Monday after a long illness, local media said.
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| Heavy fighting breaks out in north Lebanon
(AP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 15:04:50 GMT |
AP - Heavy fighting broke out Monday between government supporters and opponents in Lebanon's second-largest city, where the two sides battled with rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns and mortars, security officials and residents said.
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| Venezuelan president criticizes German chancellor
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-- Mon, 12 May 2008 04:19:49 GMT |
AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lashed out at Germany's chancellor on Sunday, suggesting that her party shares the political ideals of Adolf Hitler.
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| More arrests as Zimbabwe's opposition leader prepares return
(AFP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 15:41:40 GMT |
AFP - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's government intensified a crackdown against its political opponents Monday, as the leader of the opposition prepared to return home to contest a run-off election.
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| US flight arrives, but UN says Myanmar too slow
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-- Mon, 12 May 2008 16:09:16 GMT |
AFP - The United States sent its first aid flight to Myanmar on Monday, but experts warned the relief effort was floundering and 1.5 million cyclone survivors were at grave risk from hunger and disease.
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| Australian military clears soldiers over Afghan civilian deaths
(AFP)
-- Mon, 12 May 2008 06:08:18 GMT |
AFP - The Australian military on Monday cleared its soldiers over the deaths of two women and a baby during a battle in Afghanistan but said all civilian casualties were "highly regrettable".
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