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- Dam burst fear in China earthquake village
Buenos Aires News.Net
Around one million people have been evacuated from the Chinese city of Beichuan for fear that a dam may burst.
- Assassination plot unveiled in Zimbabwe
Buenos Aires 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
Buenos Aires News.Net
In Italy, angry residents of the city of Naples have set fire to the piles of uncollected rubbish lying in the streets.
- Obama slams Bush for comments made in Israel
Buenos Aires News.Net
Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama has lashed out at President George Bush for suggesting the Illinois senator would appease terrorists.
- Dungeon children outside at last
Buenos Aires News.Net
Freed Austrian dungeon boys Stefan and Felix Fritzl have taken their first ever steps in the outside world.
- 78,000 dead in Myanmar - 56,000 missing
Buenos Aires News.Net
Myanmar's state media say the death toll from cyclone Nargis has reached almost 78,000 and that another 56,000 people are missing.
- Australian politician suggests force against Myanmar leaders
Buenos Aires News.Net
An Australian opposition party member has suggested a regime change in Myanmar if the generals continue to let the humanitarian crisis escalate.
- Bush oil plea rejected by Saudis
Buenos Aires News.Net
US President George Bush's request for Saudi Arabia to produce more oil has been rejected.
- Gadaffi says European states involved in murder
Buenos Aires News.Net
The Libyan leader, Muammar Gadaffi, has accused European states of overturning the boats of Africans trying to reach land.
- UN anti-torture committee points at Indonesia
Buenos Aires News.Net
The UN Committee Against Torture has reported that Indonesian police, armed forces and intelligence services regularly use torture on criminal suspects to extract confessions.
- Gujarat police raid Internet cafes for bomb evidence
Buenos Aires News.Net
The Gujarat special operations police forces have conducted searches in 35 different cyber cafes in Ahmedabad in the wake the Jaipur blasts.
- Georgia sends envoy to ease tensions with Russia
Buenos Aires News.Net
Georgia has sent an envoy to Russia to ease tensions between two countries over its break-away region Abkhazia.
- U.S. House Leader Nancy Pelosi visits Iraq
Reuters
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a key Democrat critic of President George Bush's war policy in Iraq, landed in Baghdad on Saturday for talks with U.S. and...
- Tehran Opens Controversial Women-Only Park
RadioFreeEurope
In an official ceremony in Tehran this week, Mayor Mohammad Baqir Ghalibaf opened a new, sex-segregated park designed exclusively for women's leisure and sport.
- Carnival ride collapses in California; 24 injured
New York Post
The carnival ride, called the Yo-Yo, collapsed shortly after 6 p.m. Friday at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee, about 80 miles southeast of Sacramento.
- UAW, American Axle reach deal that may end strike
New York Post
About 3,600 workers at American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. will find out soon whether a new contract was worth 80 days without a company paycheck.
- Late Senator figures in 2008 presidential furor
New York Post
Being dead since 1940 hasn't kept Idaho U.S. Sen. William Borah from being inserted squarely into 2008 presidential politics after Democratic candidate Barack Obama took issue...
- Opposition Opens Parallel Parliament, Decries
RadioFreeEurope
Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov has formally launched an alternative parliament aimed at the "restoration of democracy and popular government in...
- New leaders unlikely to ease US-Russian tensions
New York Post
Even if the next U.S. president were looking to improve relations, the new administration may find it hard to change course on issues that have kept tensions simmering.
- Lakers hold off Jazz 108-105, reach West finals
New York Post
Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference finals...
- Aftershock rattles China quake zone
New York Post
A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergency crews rescued more than 30 people...
- Soldiers test positive for drugs
BBC
Ten soldiers serving with the Black Watch have tested positive for illegal drugs in a random test, the Army has confirmed. The tests were carried out on the soldiers, who form part of the Royal...
- Bush pivots to Arab side of dispute
MSNBC
SHARM President Bush is pivoting to the Arab side of the Middle East peace dispute, and he may well get a less glowing reception than he did in Israel earlier this week.Bush begins...
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