AFP - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda pledged assistance Wednesday to help Africa double rice production over the next 10 years to ease the burden of soaring food prices.
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Japan PM pledges help to double African rice production (AFP)
Posted: May 27th, 2008, 8:28pm EDT
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Small rural English town claims Games heritage (Reuters)
Posted: May 27th, 2008, 8:18pm EDT
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Reuters - Tug of war and shin kicking will be the feature events when a small rural English town stages its 400-year-old "Olimpick" games this week. -
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,085 (AP)
Posted: May 27th, 2008, 8:05pm EDT
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AP - As of Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at least 4,085 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. -
'Che' returns to Buenos Aires (AP)
Posted: May 27th, 2008, 7:47pm EDT
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AP - Argentine-born revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara returned to Buenos Aires Tuesday, his defiant expression immortalized in a towering bronze statue.
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Myanmar's junta keeps democracy activist locked up (AP)
Posted: May 27th, 2008, 7:27pm EDT
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AP - Myanmar's military regime on Tuesday extended the house arrest of democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, refusing to bow to international pressure of the sort that persuaded the generals to let in foreign help for cyclone victims.
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China evacuates villagers after new flood threat (AP)
Posted: May 27th, 2008, 7:13pm EDT
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AP - About 80,000 people were evacuated Tuesday from downstream of an unstable earthquake-created dam that is threatening to collapse, and troops rushed to carve a trench to drain the water before it floods the valley.
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Nigerians hold Austrians to extend Euro co-hosts winless run (AFP)
Posted: May 27th, 2008, 6:28pm EDT
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AFP - Euro 2008 co-hosts Austria's hopes of a welcome boost ahead of the finals which begin on June 7 were erased here on Tuesday as they were held 1-1 by African Nations Cup quarter-finalists Nigeria.
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American testifies he gave cash to Israel's leader (AP)
Posted: May 27th, 2008, 5:10pm EDT
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AP - A Jewish-American businessman testified Tuesday in a corruption probe that threatens to bring down Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, saying he handed cash-stuffed envelopes to the Israeli politician he described as a bon vivant with a penchant for fancy hotels, fine cigars and first-class travel.
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Mental trauma rampant after China earthquake (AP)
Posted: May 27th, 2008, 4:26pm EDT
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AP - Liu Yisi sits on a hospital bed, reading a comic book. His nose is bruised, swollen and cut, and his left arm is heavily bandaged.
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Feud over sports could keep Iraq out of Olympics (AP)
Posted: May 27th, 2008, 4:19pm EDT
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AP - Sports has been one of the few things unifying Iraqis in recent years with soccer victories bringing Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds alike into the streets cheering.
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Australian town rejects building of Islamic school (AP)
Posted: May 27th, 2008, 9:34am EDT
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AP - An Australian town council on Tuesday unanimously rejected a contentious proposal to build a 1,200-student Islamic school, citing infrastructure concerns.