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Lake-bursts and flooding likely in Chinese earthquake area
Abu Dhabi News.Net
Thousands of people living near a lake and a river in China's quake-hit southwestern province of Sichuan are being evacuated for fear of flooding.
Nuclear facilities checked following earthquake
Abu Dhabi News.Net
A senior Chinese military officer has assured the public that all the nuclear facilities in the earthquake-hit areas are safe and secure.
China gives thanks to other countries
Abu Dhabi News.Net
Chinese President Hu Jintao has thanked foreign countries and aid volunteers for helping China cope with last week's massive earthquake.
Bush in Egypt for Middle-East meeting
Abu Dhabi News.Net
US President George Bush has arrived in Egypt to talk to assembled Arab leaders about Middle East peace.
President of Ecuador offers to resign
Abu Dhabi News.Net
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has said he will step down from office if it is proved that his government backed the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, otherwise known as FARC.
1000 rebel arrests in Iraqi town
Abu Dhabi News.Net
More than a thousand arrests have been made in an Iraqi city, after an offensive by the army.
Foreign workers in Myanmar disaster zone
Abu Dhabi News.Net
Foreign aid workers have been briefly admitted to an area of Myanmar, which was hit by Cyclone Nagris at the beginning of the month.
Teddy Kennedy hospitalised after seizure
New Zealand Herald
Bush's Nazi taunt riles Democrats US Senator Edward 'Teddy' Kennedy, a leading Democrat and patriarch of a prominent American political dynasty, has been hospitalised after suffering a...
Township violence erupts in South Africa
Abu Dhabi News.Net
In a slum town in Johannesburg, South Africans have once again attacked foreign residents.
Bush lectures Arab world on political reform, women
New York Post
SHARM - President Bush lectured the Arab world Sunday about everything from political repression to the denial of women's rights but ran into Palestinian complaints he is...
E. coli scare prompts beef recall in 11 states
CNN
U.S. Department of Agriculture says it's unsure how much meat is being recalled No illnesses reported from JSM Meat Holdings Co.'s products, USDA says Included are 30-pound, 60-pound, 47-gallon...
Student Says Death Verdict Followed Torture To Coerce Confession
RadioFreeEurope
An Afghan journalism student sentenced to death for allegedly insulting Islam has rejected the charges and told an appeals court in Kabul that he was tortured into a confession.
3 NIU shooting victims get posthumous degrees
New York Post
In all, three of the five students shot dead received posthumous degrees on Saturday. Families of the other two said they would accept degrees later.
Yearbook photos botched in
CNN
A spokeswoman for Minnesota-based Lifetouch National School Studios Inc. said the alterations were &quot;an unfortunate lapse in judgment&quot; by an employee, but she didn't believe it was malicious.
UN sends top envoy to plead with Myanmar over aid
New York Post
A senior U.N. envoy traveled to Myanmar on Sunday to urge its military junta to accept more international aid for cyclone survivors, amid mounting fears of starvation...
McCain woos some Hispanics, others see baggage
Reuters
Republican lawmakers last June sank a comprehensive immigration bill -- co-sponsored by McCain -- that would have created a path to citizenship for many of the 12 million mostly Hispanic undocumented...
China declares 3 days mourning for quake victims
New York Post
China declared three days of national mourning for earthquake victims and ordered a suspension of the Olympic torch relay, as the search for survivors of the disaster grew...
U.S. soldier uses Quran for target practice
CNN
U.S. soldier aims at Quran at police shooting range at Iraqi village Soldier relieved of duty, sent to United States for reassignment Officer apologizes in special ceremony at village Residents...
Obama seeks focus on end of primary campaign
New York Post
Attempting to lay a symbolic claim to his party's presidential nomination, Democrat Barack Obama will mark the latest round of primary voting with a rally in Iowa, where his...
Zimbabwe opposition to hold rally without leader
Reuters
Supporters of Zimbabwe's main opposition party gathered for a rally on Sunday after a court overturned a police ban, although presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai won't be...
IDF removes W. Bank roadblock, first in series of gestures
Haaretz
Israel Defense Forces troops on Saturday night removed a roadblock in the West Bank's South Hebron Hills area.The move, which Defense Minister Ehud Barak had promised U.S. Secretary of State...
BAE bosses held at US airport
BBC
Two executives of defence company BAE Systems have been briefly detained when they landed in the US on business. Chief executive Mike Turner and an unnamed senior colleague were spoken to when...
An Orangutan escapes its pen at LA zoo, but is quickly captured
BBC
A 29-year-old male orangutan named Bruno escaped from his enclosure at Los Angeles Zoo on Saturday evening after making a hole in the wire fencing. About 3,000 visitors were shepherded towards the...

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