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Lake-bursts and flooding likely in Chinese earthquake area
Cairo 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
Cairo 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
Cairo 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
Cairo 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
Cairo 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
Cairo 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
Cairo News.Net
In a slum town in Johannesburg, South Africans have once again attacked foreign residents.
Assassination plot unveiled in Zimbabwe
Cairo 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
Cairo 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
Cairo 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
Cairo News.Net
Freed Austrian dungeon boys Stefan and Felix Fritzl have taken their first ever steps in the outside world.
Dam burst fear in China earthquake village
Cairo News.Net
Around one million people have been evacuated from the Chinese city of Beichuan for fear that a dam may burst.
Derailed train leaks acid
CNN
Hydrochloric acid leaking from a derailed train forced police in southern Louisiana to evacuate thousands of residents within a one-mile radius Saturday morning.
Signs point to imminent Simpson-Wentz wedding
New York Post
Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent. Aerial photos posted Friday at several celebrity Web...
China death toll nears 30,000, but more survivors found
New Zealand Herald
Residents and rescue workers evacuate from the centre of earthquake-hit Beichuan county. Photo / Reuters CHINA &#45; Rescue workers have plucked more than 60 more survivors from the rubble following...
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.
3 NIU shooting victims to get posthumous degrees
New York Post
In all, three of the five students shot dead were to receive posthumous degrees on Saturday. Families of the other two said they would accept degrees later.
PM aides slam
Haaretz
Police investigators are still uncertain whether they will be able to interview Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in the coming days in connection with the probe into suspicions he received illegal campaign...
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...
Man opens fire at church festival
CNN
A man with a rifle opened fire near a church Saturday morning in the San Fernando Valley and wounded three people, Los Angeles police said.
Fears over China dam sparks more panic
CNN
Fears dam damaged by China quake burst prompts rescuers, survivors to flee Official death toll rises to 28,881 people with 198,347 injured Two men rescued more than 110 hours after earthquake Embassy...
Obama plans Iowa trip with victory in sight
Reuters
Obama's trip to Iowa on Tuesday offers not only a chance for him to look back on the race, but also an opportunity to look ahead to the potential fight with McCain.

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