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Soldiers hike to quake-buried Chinese villages
(AP)<p> AP - Soldiers hiking over landslide-blocked roads reached the epicenter of China's devastating earthquake Tuesday, pulling bodies and a few survivors from collapsed buildings. The death toll of more than 12,000 was certain to rise as the buried were found.
As of: Wed, 14 May 2008 03:43:44 GMT Read more..
Police report 80 killed by bombs in western India
(AP)<p> AP - A series of bombs exploded across the ancient city of Jaipur on Tuesday, killing at least 80 people and transforming busy markets, a jewelry bazaar and a Hindu temple into scenes of carnage.
As of: Wed, 14 May 2008 03:04:50 GMT Read more..
Saudis sends sharp warning to Iran over Lebanon
(AP)<p> AP - Saudi Arabia sent Iran a sharp warning over Lebanon Tuesday, saying Tehran's support for Hezbollah will damage its relations with other Muslim and Arab countries.
As of: Wed, 14 May 2008 01:43:50 GMT Read more..
Aid agencies see China coping with quake, focus on Myanmar
(AP)<p> AP - International aid agencies are standing ready to help China recover from its massive earthquake, but the Chinese appear to have operations well in hand, officials said Tuesday.
As of: Wed, 14 May 2008 01:26:28 GMT Read more..
Sudan: 200 died in Darfur rebel raid near Khartoum
(AP)<p> AP - More that 200 people were killed in fighting around Sudan's capital over the weekend, the defense minister announced Tuesday in the first official comment on casualties during the assault by Darfur rebels.
As of: Wed, 14 May 2008 01:06:51 GMT Read more..
Bomb at Northern Spain police barracks wounds three
(Reuters)Reuters - A car bomb exploded at a police barracks
in the Basque Country in northern Spain early on Wednesday,
wounding 3 people and leaving at least 2 trapped in the rubble
of a building, police said. As of: Wed, 14 May 2008 03:10:38 GMT Read more..
Israel Museum puts Dead Sea scroll on rare display
(AP)<p> AP - One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week ? more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. The 24-foot scroll with the text of the Bible's Book of Isaiah had been in a dark, temperature-controlled room at the Israel Museum since 1967. It went on display two years earlier, but curators replaced it with a facsimile after noticing new cracks in the calfskin parchment.
As of: Tue, 13 May 2008 23:57:37 GMT Read more..
US wants to boost Trinidad energy ties
(AP)AP - A top U.S. energy official says Washington wants to boost ties with Trinidad and Tobago, a Caribbean nation that is the No. 1 supplier of liquid natural gas to the United States. As of: Wed, 14 May 2008 02:59:34 GMT Read more..
U.N. council condemns Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum
(Reuters)<p> Reuters - The U.N. Security Council on
Tuesday strongly condemned an attack by Darfur rebels against
Sudan's capital, but warned Khartoum not to retaliate against
civilians.
As of: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:49:14 GMT Read more..
7,700 dead in China quake epicentre, battle to reach thousands trapped in rubble
(AFP)<p> AFP - At least 7,700 people have died in one small town at the epicentre of a huge earthquake that struck southwest China, state media reported on Wednesday.
As of: Wed, 14 May 2008 03:53:02 GMT Read more..
Australian fined for buckling in beer, not child
(AP)AP - An Australian man has been fined after buckling in a case of beer with a seat belt but leaving a 5-year-old child to sit on the car's floor, police said Tuesday. As of: Tue, 13 May 2008 18:57:19 GMT Read more.. |
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