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Pakistani coalition in doubt after ex-PM pulls ministers from cabinet

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:53:18 +0000

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Cabinet ministers from the party of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif submitted their resignations Tuesday, shaking Pakistan's fragile coalition government just six weeks after ...

Teens trapped in collapsed Chinese school

Tue, 13 May 2008 11:04:10 +0000

JUYUAN, China - The bodies of the young teenagers were brought out of the wreckage on doors scavenged from what remained of their school. Taken to the edge of the schoolyard, turned muddy after ove...

Rescuers dig for thousands buried in China quake

Tue, 13 May 2008 10:57:24 +0000

DUJIANGYAN, China - Bodies covered with sheets lined streets as rescue workers dug through schools and homes turned into rubble by China's worst earthquake in three decades in a desperate attempt to r...

Sharif party ministers offer resignations from Pakistan cabinet, shaking coalition

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:57:16 +0000

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - An official from the party of ex-premier Nawaz Sharif says its ministers have submitted their resignations from Pakistan's cabinet. Sharif said he was pulling his ministers fr...

Myanmar accepts more US help for cyclone survivors

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:57:09 +0000

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar agreed to accept more American aid, officials said Tuesday, opening the door for what could be a massive relief operation as the UN warned that less than a quarter of victims...

Clashes, air strikes kill 12 militants in Afghanistan; 17 children wounded in blast

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:31:40 +0000

KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S.-led coalition forces called in air strikes against the Taliban, killing a dozen militants during fighting in southern Afghanistan that has displaced many families, officials ...

China says quake death toll from Sichuan earthquake has risen to almost 12,000

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:31:43 +0000

BEIJING - A Chinese disaster relief official says the death toll has risen to nearly 12,000 following a massive earthquake that struck the country. Disaster Response Director Wang Zhengyao said at ...

Lebanese army announces troops will use force if needed to impose law and order

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:08:15 +0000

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The Lebanese army has announced that troops will use force if needed to impose law and order in the country. The army says the initiative will go into effect as of 6 a.m., local t...

Kentucky lawyer wants Pope Benedict to testify on clergy sex abuse

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:08:22 +0000

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky lawyer wants Pope Benedict to testify in connection with a clergy sex-abuse lawsuit. William McMurry's request is part of a lawsuit by three men claiming top church off...

Bush tells Israeli media peace does not depend on Olmert

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:08:13 +0000

JERUSALEM - U.S. President George W. Bush says the Israeli-Palestinian peace process does not depend on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. In interviews with Israeli media, Bush has named Israel's...

China quake death toll rises to about 10,000 amid widespread destruction

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:08:20 +0000

CHENGDU, China - A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants Monday in China, killing about 10,000 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in...

High gasoline prices spawning songs, signs, symbolic acts

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:08:24 +0000

PITTSBURGH - Americans facing rising gasoline and diesel prices are cycling about, saddling up, singing out and, sometimes, going to extremes. Dozens of Alabama students are bicycling up to 16 kilo...

China state media: 10,000 buried near epicentre

Tue, 13 May 2008 07:35:10 +0000

DUJIANGYAN, China - Chinese state media says that 10,000 people are buried in rubble in Mianzhu near the epicentre of the massive earthquake that struck the country. The official Xinhua News Agency...

Dozens die after a ferry capsizes in storm in Bangladesh

Tue, 13 May 2008 04:03:37 +0000

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Officials say at least 36 people have died after a ferry capsized in a storm in northern Bangladesh. Local government administrator Sultan Ahmed said an additional 50 people wer...

Hundreds of central Florida homes evacuated as wildfires burn

Tue, 13 May 2008 04:03:28 +0000

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Dry, windy weather fueled several wildfires on Florida's central Atlantic coast Monday, destroying about 50 homes and driving hundreds of residents away as the governor declared ...