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Dam burst fear in China earthquake village
Australian 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
Australian 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
Australian 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
Australian 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
Australian 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
Australian 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
Australian 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
Australian 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
Australian 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
Australian News.Net
Georgia has sent an envoy to Russia to ease tensions between two countries over its break-away region Abkhazia.
LDF govt to launch campaign to boost rice production
KeralaNext
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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.
Edward Kennedy taken to hospital
BBC
US Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy has been taken to hospital suffering stroke-like symptoms. Senator Kennedy, 76, was taken by ambulance to hospital in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and then by...
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.
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...
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.
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...
Federer, Nadal advance to Hamburg final
New York Post
Rafael Nadal fought off a challenge from Novak Djokovic 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 Saturday to set up another final against defending champion Roger Federer at the Hamburg Masters.
Quake effort resumes after panic
BBC
Rescue efforts are resuming in Beichuan in China, after the entire city was evacuated amid fears that it could be engulfed by a river bursting its banks. The city was reduced to ruins by Monday's...
China quake victims flee
BBC
There has been panic in the quake-hit Chinese city of Beichuan after reports a river had burst its bank sparked fears the entire city could be flooded. The BBC's Paul Danahar in Beichuan says...
A cat-and-mouse chase causes 72-hour blackout in Albania
BBC
Albanians may have found a new villain to blame for the frequent power cuts that have been blighting their lives. The country's main electricity company says a cat chasing a mouse caused a 72-hour...
England frustrated at wet Lord
BBC
Almost constant drizzle on day three of the Lord's Test left England frustrated as they were denied the chance to gain a stranglehold over New Zealand. Play was confined to a 40-minute spell in...

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