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17/05/2008 11:40:17 |
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Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears |
BEICHUAN, China (AP) -- Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of potential floods from a river blocked by landslides....
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17/05/2008 11:27:41 |
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Bush pivots to Arab side of Mideast peace dispute |
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) -- President Bush pivoted to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute on Saturday, and got a far less glowing reception from his Egyptian host - a key player in the long-running fight - than he did in Israel earlier this week....
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17/05/2008 11:34:33 |
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House Speaker Pelosi makes visit to Iraq |
BAGHDAD (AP) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Baghdad for a surprise visit, an Iraqi government official said Saturday....
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17/05/2008 11:36:53 |
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Tsvangirai postpones Zimbabwe return after threat |
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- A Zimbabwe opposition spokesman says threats of assassination have derailed plans for party leader Morgan Tsvangirai to return home....
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17/05/2008 09:40:03 |
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French navy ship near Myanmar with aid |
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A French navy ship carrying 1,000 tons of food idled near Myanmar's coast Saturday, awaiting permission from the uncooperative ruling military regime to dock in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta....
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17/05/2008 09:56:52 |
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Brazil's illegal logging hard to combat |
TAILANDIA, Brazil (AP) -- Acrid smoke from charcoal-making blankets this Amazon logging town with the smell of business as usual. Less than three months ago, federal agents swooped in to close sawmills, confiscate wood and smash charcoal furnaces in a government crackdown on illegal logging....
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17/05/2008 11:30:16 |
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Lebanese leaders aim to end political crisis |
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Leaders of Lebanon's U.S.-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition met behind closed doors in Qatar on Saturday for the highest-level talks so far in the country's 18-month-long political crisis, which turned violent a week ago....
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17/05/2008 10:25:34 |
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10 militants, 4 Afghans killed in violence |
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A series of clashes, airstrikes and bomb blasts left 10 militants and four civilians killed in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday....
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17/05/2008 10:04:12 |
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Rights leader: Islamist fighters seize Somali town |
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Islamic insurgents in Somalia seized a major agricultural center overnight, sending hundreds of people fleeing, a human rights leader said Saturday....
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17/05/2008 11:25:54 |
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Kuwaitis elect new parliament |
KUWAIT CITY (AP) -- Voters in Kuwait lined up Saturday to vote in parliamentary elections that could substantially change the legislative body of this tiny, oil-rich Gulf emirate following electoral reforms to reduce corruption and vote buying....
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