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- Dam burst fear in China earthquake village
Nepal News.Net
Around one million people have been evacuated from the Chinese city of Beichuan for fear that a dam may burst.
- Assassination plot unveiled in Zimbabwe
Nepal News.Net
A reported plot against the life of Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has postponed his return from Europe and South Africa where he had been in exile for a month.
- Dumped rubbish set alight in the city of Naples
Nepal News.Net
In Italy, angry residents of the city of Naples have set fire to the piles of uncollected rubbish lying in the streets.
- Obama slams Bush for comments made in Israel
Nepal News.Net
Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama has lashed out at President George Bush for suggesting the Illinois senator would appease terrorists.
- Dungeon children outside at last
Nepal News.Net
Freed Austrian dungeon boys Stefan and Felix Fritzl have taken their first ever steps in the outside world.
- Australian politician suggests force against Myanmar leaders
Nepal News.Net
An Australian opposition party member has suggested a regime change in Myanmar if the generals continue to let the humanitarian crisis escalate.
- Bush says Saudi oil boost doesn
New York Post
SHARM - President Bush said Saturday that the Saudis' modest increase in oil production "doesn't solve our problem," and that the United States must act itself to help bring...
- Gadaffi says European states involved in murder
Nepal News.Net
The Libyan leader, Muammar Gadaffi, has accused European states of overturning the boats of Africans trying to reach land.
- UN anti-torture committee points at Indonesia
Nepal News.Net
The UN Committee Against Torture has reported that Indonesian police, armed forces and intelligence services regularly use torture on criminal suspects to extract confessions.
- Gujarat police raid Internet cafes for bomb evidence
Nepal News.Net
The Gujarat special operations police forces have conducted searches in 35 different cyber cafes in Ahmedabad in the wake the Jaipur blasts.
- Georgia sends envoy to ease tensions with Russia
Nepal News.Net
Georgia has sent an envoy to Russia to ease tensions between two countries over its break-away region Abkhazia.
- Sen. Kennedy hospitalized with stroke symptoms
Reuters
U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, a leading Democrat and patriarch of a prominent American political dynasty, was hospitalized on Saturday in Boston after suffering symptoms of a stroke.
- Iraq detains 1,000 in anti-al-Qaida crackdown
New York Post
The prime minister returned to Baghdad from Mosul - where he has been overseeing the crackdown - to meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who made a surprise visit to Iraq on Saturday.
- LDF govt to launch campaign to boost rice production
KeralaNext
... led LDF government enters...
- Man opens fire at church festival
CNN
A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a festival outside a Southern California church Saturday, wounding three people, one of them critically, police said.
- Derailed train leaks acid
CNN
Hydrochloric acid leaking from a derailed train forced police in southern Louisiana to evacuate thousands of residents within a one-mile radius Saturday morning.
- Obama seeks focus on end of primary campaign
New York Post
Attempting to lay a symbolic claim to his party's presidential nomination, Democrat Barack Obama will mark the latest round of primary voting with a rally in Iowa, where his...
- Santana pitches Mets past Yanks, 7-4; Reyes, Wright homer
New York Post
The two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched efficiently into the eighth inning, and the Mets got home runs from Jose Reyes and David Wright to top the Yankees 7-4 Saturday in the opener of a...
- One winner in $196 million lottery
CNN
196 million ticket sold at liquor store near Cincinnati Mega Millions officials say it's the only winning ticket 17 others with all numbers except Mega Ball win $250,000...
- Bush says Saudi oil increase not enough
CNN
President Bush in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, on tour of Mideast Saudi Arabia responded to Bush request to increase oil supply with modest hike Criticism in Egypt, Saudi Arabia media of Bush tilting too...
- UAW, American Axle reach deal that may end strike
New York Post
A bitter 80-day United Auto Workers strike against an auto parts maker that has crippled dozens of General Motors Corp. factories could be coming to an end soon with a tentative...
- 2 rail cars overturned, residents evacuated
New York Post
Two rail cars have jumped the track and overturned in southern Louisiana, leaking hydrochloric acid and forcing police to evacuate thousands of residents within a 1-mile of the...
- We dare not speak the bleeding obvious
New Zealand Herald
More's the pity. We all know of, or see, reckless beneficiaries sending their kids to school with no lunch or breakfast while the money goes on smokes and pokies.This is a country that dare not speak...
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