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Lake-bursts and flooding likely in Chinese earthquake area
Brazil 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.
China gives thanks to other countries
Brazil News.Net
Chinese President Hu Jintao has thanked foreign countries and aid volunteers for helping China cope with last week's massive earthquake.
Foreign workers in Myanmar disaster zone
Brazil 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.
Bush in Egypt for Middle-East meeting
Brazil 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
Brazil 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
Brazil News.Net
More than a thousand arrests have been made in an Iraqi city, after an offensive by the army.
Edward Kennedy taken to hospital
BBC
US Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy has been taken to hospital suffering stroke-like symptoms. Senator Kennedy, 76, was taken by ambulance to hospital in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and then by...
Township violence erupts in South Africa
Brazil News.Net
In a slum town in Johannesburg, South Africans have once again attacked foreign residents.
Assassination plot unveiled in Zimbabwe
Brazil News.Net
A reported plot against the life of Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has postponed his return from Europe and South Africa where he had been in exile for a month.
Dumped rubbish set alight in the city of Naples
Brazil News.Net
In Italy, angry residents of the city of Naples have set fire to the piles of uncollected rubbish lying in the streets.
China puts earthquake toll at 32,477
MSNBC
Police tried to stop anguished relatives from streaming into one of the worst affected areas of China's massive earthquake on Sunday, as another strong aftershock hit the area and...
Amitabh Bachchan denies getting paid to write his blog
KeralaNext
Bollywood mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan has pooh-poohed the reports in a section of the press that he had been paid Rs 115 crore by server ''bigadda.com'' to write his blog.
Bush urges Mideast leaders to advance democracy
New York Post
The White House released the text of the speech Bush was giving to hundreds of global policymakers and business leaders gathered in this Red Sea beach town. The address was Bush's finishing touch on...
Man with rifle wounds 3 outside LA church
New York Post
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a festival outside a Southern California church Saturday, wounding three people, one of them critically, police said.
International outrage mounts against Myanmar
New York Post
Aid agencies were not convinced, and international outrage mounted over Myanmar's handling of the crisis. Save the Children, a global aid agency, said Sunday that thousands of young children face...
Deadly plane crash in Ocean County
New Jersey Online
EAGLESWOOD, N.J. &#151; A small plane with four people onboard crashed in a heavily wooded areas near a small airport in southern Ocean County late Saturday afternoon, killing two people and...
Qatar talks between feuding Lebanese bog down
New York Post
Feuding Lebanese factions meeting in Qatar for high-level talks in the country's 18-month political crisis are trading accusations.
Gun powder sent for examination
KeralaNext
ALUVA, Kerala: The authorities today sent the gunpowder for examination following yesterday's incident in which the self-claimed godman Himaval Maheswara Bhadrananda created a flutter by attempting...
Big Brown rolls in Preakness — crown in sight
MSNBC
Big Brown charged to the lead turning for home and then cruised down the stretch to win the Preakness on Saturday, still perfect and squarely pointed toward thoroughbred...
U.S. soldier sent home for riddling Koran with bullets
Reuters
An American soldier has been sent home from Iraq after a copy of the Koran was found pocked with bullet holes at a shooting range near Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
McCain makes age jokes on
New York Post
John McCain is 71 years old, and his age has provided late-night comics with some easy punch lines. On "Saturday Night Live," he joined in.
Bush tries to convince Arab skeptics on peace push
Reuters
Bush planned to use a speech to Arab leaders at an economic forum in Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday to insist that he "firmly believes" a Middle East peace deal can be reached this year -- a deadline...
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...

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