AP - A stockpile of chemicals being used to disinfect an earthquake-shattered Chinese town ignited Thursday and injured scores of soldiers doing relief work, adding to a day of problems for urgent recovery efforts.
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Heavy rain, chemical fire hampers China quake recovery (AP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 11:58pm EDT
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Myanmar blasts aid donors for not giving more (AP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 11:43pm EDT
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AP - Myanmar's ruling junta lashed out Thursday at aid donors who promised millions of dollars for cyclone relief, saying survivors didn't need "bars of chocolate."
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Iceland shaken by magnitude 6.2 earthquake (AP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 11:27pm EDT
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AP - A strong earthquake shook southern Iceland on Thursday, injuring at least 15 people as it rocked buildings in the capital, touched off landslides and forced evacuations in outlying towns, officials and local media said.
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UN peacekeeping chief: More for missions (AP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 10:54pm EDT
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AP - The head of U.N. peacekeeping pleaded with the international community Thursday to address gaps in support for peacekeeping missions, pointing especially to the shortfall in Darfur.
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,085 (AP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 8:03pm EDT
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AP - As of Thursday, May 29, 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. -
Pressure increases on Israeli prime minister (AP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 4:40pm EDT
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AP - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert suffered another blow Thursday when a key rival for power in his political party suggested the embattled leader should be replaced because of a widening corruption investigation.
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Tendulkar to miss B'desh tri-series, Asia Cup (AFP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 9:04am EDT
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AFP - Indian batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar was on Thursday ruled out of the upcoming triangular series in Bangladesh as well as the Asia Cup due to a persistent groin injury.
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Ethiopia makes arrests over blast (AFP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 8:56am EDT
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AFP - Ethiopian police said Thursday they had arrested suspects linked to this week's hotel bomb blasts that killed three people in the south of the country.
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German foreign minister due in Mideast (AFP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 8:51am EDT
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AFP - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Thursday he will visit the Middle East this week for talks on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and political stability in Lebanon.
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UN: Balkans 'one of the safest' parts of Europe (AP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 8:04am EDT
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AP - A United Nations report released Thursday says the Balkans, a region once known as a hotbed of crime and violence, has become one of the safest zones in Europe.
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Iraq prime minister calls for debt relief at UN conference (AP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 7:37am EDT
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AP - Iraqi officials appealed Thursday to escape nearly $100 billion in debt and war reparations owed mostly to Arab nations still reluctant to forgive Iraq's belligerence during Saddam Hussein's regime.
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Suicide bomber kills 16 people in northwestern Iraq (AP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 7:20am EDT
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AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday in a crowd of police recruits in northwestern Iraq, killing at least 16 men and wounding 14 others, an official said.
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Turkey attacks Kurdish rebels in Iraq (AP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 7:12am EDT
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AP - Turkish warplanes attacked several Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq on Thursday, Turkey's military said. No casualties were immediately reported. -
Myanmar approves all pending visas for UN aid workers (AP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 7:08am EDT
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AP - Myanmar's military regime has approved visas for dozens of relief workers but also took a swipe at the international aid coming into the country, with state media saying Thursday that cyclone victims "can stand on their own."
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Rain hampers effort to drain quake-created lake in China (AP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 4:18am EDT
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AP - Rain grounded helicopters and added urgency to attempts on Thursday to drain an earthquake-created lake that was threatening to flood disaster victims in central China.
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Three shark attacks have Mexico resort area in panic (AP)
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 1:36am EDT
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AP - No one could even remember a shark attack along this resort-studded stretch of Mexican coast popular with surfers and Hollywood's elite. Many of the large predators had been pulled from the ocean by fishermen. So when sharks attacked three surfers in less than a month, two fatally, it was unthinkable.