Reuters - The United Nations said on Wednesday up
to 2.5 million people might have been affected by the Myanmar
cyclone and proposed a high-level donors conference as the
Myanmar junta again limited foreign aid.
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Up to 2.5 million affected in Myanmar cyclone: U.N. (Reuters)
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 8:07pm EDT
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Chavez again to seek hostage release (AP)
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 8:06pm EDT
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AP - President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday he will try to re-establish contacts with Colombian rebels in an attempt to win freedom for more hostages held by the guerrillas.
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Russia launches cargo ship with supplies for space station (AP)
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 7:43pm EDT
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AP - An unmanned Russian cargo ship blasted off Thursday with supplies, equipment and gifts for the international space station, an official said.
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Red Cross: Up to 128,000 may have died in Myanmar (AP)
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 7:06pm EDT
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AP - The Red Cross estimated Wednesday that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000 a much higher figure than the government tally. The U.N. warned a second wave of deaths will follow unless the military regime lets in more aid quickly.
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Rescuers at China quake epicenter, digging by hand (AP)
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 6:43pm EDT
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AP - Soldiers rushed to shore up a dam cracked by this week's powerful earthquake, and rescuers came by helicopter and ship Wednesday into the isolated epicenter but still were forced to dig for survivors with their bare hands.
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S.African mobs attack Zimbabweans, other outsiders (AP)
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 6:29pm EDT
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AP - Mob violence against Zimbabweans and other foreigners this week has killed at least two people and injured about 60 in an impoverished Johannesburg neighborhood, authorities said Wednesday.
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Lebanese Cabinet reverses anti-Hezbollah decisions (AP)
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 6:16pm EDT
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AP - The U.S.-backed Cabinet on Wednesday reversed measures against the militant Hezbollah movement that set off Lebanon's worst violence since the 1975-90 civil war.
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China: Troops rush to plug dam cracks (AP)
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 6:09pm EDT
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AP - Hundreds of dams around the epicenter of China's earthquake have been damaged and Chinese troops scrambled Wednesday to plug cracks and open sluices to prevent flooding of already devastated communities.
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Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing (AP)
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 5:28pm EDT
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AP - A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps.
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Gaza rocket strikes Israeli city, 14 wounded (AP)
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 5:14pm EDT
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AP - A rocket fired from Gaza exploded in a shopping center in this southern Israeli city Wednesday, wounding at least 14 people, as President Bush wrapped up talks in Jerusalem with Israel's prime minister.
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Australia mulls court action against Iran president over Israel: PM (AFP)
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 10:48am EDT
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AFP - Australia is considering taking Iran's president to the International Court of Justice for inciting violence against Israel, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Wednesday.