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Soldiers hike to quake-buried Chinese villages (AP)

A soldier holds back relatives trying to enter a collapsed school building, after an earthquake in Dujiangyan City, 50km (31 miles) from Chengdu in Sichuan province May 13, 2008. (Claro Cortes IV/Reuters)

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
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Police report 80 killed by bombs in western India (AP)

Tourists take an elephant ride up to Jaipur's Amber Fort in 2004. Six people were killed and 30 injured in a series of bomb blasts in crowded markets in the northwestern Indian city of Jaipur.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)

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
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Saudis sends sharp warning to Iran over Lebanon (AP)

A Lebanese Druze man looks at a burning store in Chouweifat, South of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. Heavy fighting broke out between pro- and anti-government supporters in the area of Chouweifat, Lebanon's central mountains overlooking the capital Sunday sending echoes of gunfire and explosions rolling across Beirut. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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
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Aid agencies see China coping with quake, focus on Myanmar (AP)

Equipment is packed at the technical aid organisation THW in Ruesselsheim near Frankfurt, central Germany, Monday, May 12, 2008, awaiting for a possible transport to Myanmar to aid cyclone victims. (AP Photo/Daniel Roland)

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
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Sudan: 200 died in Darfur rebel raid near Khartoum (AP)

Sudanese opposition leader Hassan Turabi talks during a press conference in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday May 13, 2008. Turabi said that he refused to cooperate with his interrogators when he was detained for more than twelve hours on the background of the rebel justice and equality movement incursion in Khartoum. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)

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
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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
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Israel Museum puts Dead Sea scroll on rare display (AP)

A museum employee points at the 'Book of Isaiah' from the Dead Sea scrolls at the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, Tuesday May 13, 2008. One of the most important of the Dead Sea scrolls is going briefly on display in Jerusalem this week more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

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
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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
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U.N. council condemns Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum (Reuters)

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
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7,700 dead in China quake epicentre, battle to reach thousands trapped in rubble (AFP)

Chinese family members grieve over a body of a loved one in Dujiangyan in southwest China's Sichuan province. The country's biggest earthquake for a generation has left tens of thousands dead, missing or buried under the rubble of broken communities unleashing a desperate nationwide relief effort(AFP)

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
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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
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