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Chinese army moves into earthquake affected areas
Venezuela News.Net
The death toll resulting from the powerful earthquake that hit China on Monday afternoon today is continuing to rise.
Reporters covering Myanmar
CNN
Phones are tapped and the few foreign journalists in Myanmar operate in secret Reclusive military regime does not want details of the suffering to leak out Junta wants to conceal the extent of the...
12 militants killed in southern Afghanistan
New York Post
U.S.-led coalition forces called in airstrikes against the Taliban, killing a dozen militants during fighting in southern Afghanistan that has displaced many families...
Iraqi militants attack US troops in Shiite stronghold
Venezuela News.Net
Gunmen have launched numerous attacks on US troops in the Baghdad bastion of militia loyal to Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr.
Indian army on guard against cross-border infiltrators
Venezuela News.Net
The Indian Army plans a massive operation to weed out infiltrators from areas along the India-Pakistan border after foiling a major terror strike in Samba in Jammu and Kashmir.
Israel on alert for Bush visit
Venezuela News.Net
About 14,000 Israeli police officers will line the streets of Jerusalem, to safeguard US President George Bush, when he makes a three-day visit beginning on Wednesday.
Fossil find turns history on its head
Venezuela News.Net
Scientists have found a 1.2 million year old fossilized jawbone in northern Spain, which belongs to the oldest-known human ancestor in Europe, thus shattering previous theories about human migration to Europe.
Polish ghetto heroine dies at 98
Venezuela News.Net
A Polish woman who saved thousands of Jewish children during World War II by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto has died in the Polish capital after a long illness, aged 98.
McCain to be challenged by fellow Republican
Venezuela News.Net
A former Republican Representative has said he will run for US president as a Libertarian.
Civil strife in Lebanon - Bush offers help
Venezuela News.Net
Deadly sectarian violence has plunged Lebanon further into crisis.
Afghan villagers flee NATO strikes
Venezuela News.Net
People have been fleeing their homes in a southern Afghanistan district for fear that NATO strikes will affect them.
Opposition politician arrested in Zimbabwe
Venezuela News.Net
Heya Shoko, a newly-elected legislator for Zimbabwe's opposition MDC party has been arrested.
Nepal monarchy will go in May
Venezuela News.Net
The Nepal monarchy will be formally abolished on the 28th of May when the country will be declared a republic.
UN fears shocking outbreak of disease in Myanmar
Venezuela News.Net
Myanmar's military rulers have been castigated by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Israeli police raid Olmert files
Venezuela News.Net
Police have raided Jerusalem's City Hall and seized documents as part of a corruption investigation against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Toads warned of impending quake in Sichuan province on Saturday
Venezuela News.Net
New Delhi, : Warnings about a major earthquake taking place in China's Sichuan province were, would you believe it, given by toads, two days before the tragedy.
Former Istrouma Baptist Church Pastor Dies in Plane Crash
WAFB 9
A former pastor of Istrouma Baptist Church in Baton Rouge and one of his children have died in a plane a crash. The Federal Aviation Administration confirms Pastor Forrest Pollock and his 13-year-old...
Knesset, Web sites to negotiate rules regulating talkbacks
Haaretz
The Knesset's Science and Technology Committee agreed Tuesday to freeze legislation over a proposed "Talkback Law" in order to allow internet Web sites to adopt regulations designed to limit...
With Surprise Party Over, It
RadioFreeEurope
Most polls heading into Serbia's early parliamentary and local elections on had given the advantage to the right-wing Radicals. The party had good reason to be hopeful: the Radicals' front...
Senate says halt oil shipments to gov
New York Post
The Senate, in a direct challenge to President Bush, voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve.
ABC-TV will have only 2 new fall shows
New York Post
ABC will introduce only two new series in the fall, one of them scripted, in a schedule the network admits was severely affected by the 100-day TV writers strike.
Abkhazia Tensions Still High After EU, U.S. Visits
RadioFreeEurope
Relations between Tbilisi and Moscow remain tense over Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia following a visit to Georgia by a European Union delegation and a top Washington envoy.
Saudi Arabia criticizes Iran
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Saudi Arabia accused Iran of backing what it called a coup by Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon - the clearest sign yet of rising...

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