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China pushes quake rescue efforts

Tue, 13 May 2008 02:20:33 EDT

China's premier pushes disaster workers to remove barriers and clear roads to speed rescue and recovery efforts after a massive earthquake kills more than 10,000 in central China, state-run media reports.

First U.S. aid flight arrives in Myanmar

Tue, 13 May 2008 01:56:20 EDT

A U.S. military airplane with relief supplies has taken off and is scheduled to land in Myanmar at about 2 p.m. Monday on a mission that American officials say they hope will "build trust."

Clashes continue in Lebanon for 5th day

Mon, 12 May 2008 12:21:39 EDT

Hezbollah militias pulled back from positions in western Beirut and government troops took over checkpoints there as peace returned to the Lebanese capital after days of deadly violence between rival Sunni and Shia Muslim gunmen.

3 dead in Japanese 'detergent suicide' pact

Mon, 12 May 2008 06:08:42 EDT

Police found three men dead in a car parked outside a spa Monday morning -- the latest in a string of suicides involving detergent, officials said.

Police raid city offices in Olmert probe

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:34:27 EDT

Authorities raided municipal offices in Jerusalem on Monday as part of a fraud investigation involving Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, police said.

Sudanese opposition leader arrested

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:36:45 EDT

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Apartheid-era lawsuit upheld

Mon, 12 May 2008 11:14:59 EDT

The Supreme Court - apparently handcuffed by possible conflicts of interest - has allowed a multibillion-dollar federal lawsuit from South African blacks and others to proceed. The suit claims U.S. and foreign companies should be held liable for helping the former white-led apartheid government.

Bolivia's president sets date for recall vote

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:42:49 EDT

Bolivia's president Monday set an August date for a recall vote aimed at giving him a new mandate and strengthening his hand against movements for autonomy in several states.

Violence flares again in Sadr City

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:35:21 EDT

Violence flared in Sadr City on Sunday night and Monday morning despite earlier word of a truce between the Iraqi government and radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Election win sets Serbia on path to EU

Mon, 12 May 2008 06:57:51 EDT

Serbians hail success of President Boris Tadic's pro-Western party as key step to EU membership.