AFP - World leaders looking for ways to ease global food shortages may have found one answer in warehouses dotted around Japan where a rice mountain is standing idle.
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World looks to Japan's rice mountain to ease crisis (AFP)
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 10:50pm EDT
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Colombia says legendary rebel leader believed dead (AP)
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 9:56pm EDT
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AP - The Colombian Defense Ministry said Saturday that it has information from various intelligence sources that the legendary leader of Latin America's largest guerrilla army is dead.
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Eastwood's 'Changeling' goes for gold at Cannes festival (AP)
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 9:53pm EDT
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AP - With all of his Academy Awards and other Hollywood honors, Clint Eastwood is not necessarily in the market for more prizes. He'll never shy away from a contest, though, including the one at the world's most prestigious film showcase.
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East Timor won't be ASEAN 'basket case': Ramos-Horta (AFP)
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 9:18pm EDT
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AFP - East Timor hopes to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by 2012 but not as a "basket case" which might embarrass the bloc like Myanmar, President Jose Ramos-Horta said.
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Congo ex-rebel chief Bemba arrested for war crimes (Reuters)
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 8:27pm EDT
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Reuters - Congolese former rebel warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba was arrested by Belgian authorities in Brussels on Saturday on an International Criminal Court warrant for war crimes committed in the Central African Republic. -
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,081 (AP)
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 8:20pm EDT
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AP - As of Saturday, May 24, 2008, at least 4,081 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. -
Strong earthquake kills 3 in Colombia, rocks capital (AP)
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 6:36pm EDT
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AP - A strong earthquake has shaken Colombia's capital, killing three people and injuring eight. -
US ambassador: Al-Qaida close to defeat in Iraq (AP)
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 4:08pm EDT
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AP - The U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Saturday that al-Qaida's network in the country has never been closer to defeat, and he praised Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for his moves to rein in Shiite and Sunni militant groups.
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Myanmar concedes to access ahead of donor meeting (AP)
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 3:07pm EDT
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AP - Aid agencies geared up Saturday to go into Myanmar's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta after the country's ruling junta vowed to open its doors to help ahead of an international donors meeting.
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China warns quake death toll could reach 80,000 (AP)
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 1:36pm EDT
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AP - China warned Saturday that the death toll from a massive earthquake two weeks ago could take a major leap and pass 80,000, suggesting the government may be giving up hope of finding more survivors.
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Opposition leader Tsvangirai returns to Zimbabwe (AP)
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 1:04pm EDT
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AP - Opposition leader and presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai returned to his homeland Saturday, stopping first to visit hospitalized supporters who had been targeted in an onslaught of state-sponsored violence.