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Sudan doubles bounty on Darfur rebel leader to $246-million after weekend attack

Sudan doubles bounty on Darfur rebel leader to $246-million after weekend attack

Tue, 2008-05-13 10:22.

KHARTOUM, Sudan - The Sudanese government is reportedly doubling its bounty on the country's most wanted insurgent leader. The move, reported by Sudanese state TV, comes in the wake of last weekend...

UN warns that post-election violence in Zimbabwe nearing crisis level

UN warns that post-election violence in Zimbabwe nearing crisis level

Tue, 2008-05-13 10:22.

HARARE, Zimbabwe - The United Nations says post-election violence in Zimbabwe is nearing crisis levels. UN spokesman Agustino Zacarias says "several people" have been killed, hundreds hospitalized ...

Sudan doubles bounty on Darfur rebel leader to $246M after weekend attack

Sudan doubles bounty on Darfur rebel leader to $246M after weekend attack

Tue, 2008-05-13 10:15.

KHARTOUM, Sudan - The Sudanese government is reportedly doubling its bounty on the country's most wanted insurgent leader. The move, reported by Sudanese state TV, comes in the wake of last weekend...

Forecasters say more storms headed for tornado-damaged Missouri, Arkansas

Forecasters say more storms headed for tornado-damaged Missouri, Arkansas

Tue, 2008-05-13 10:06.

SENECA, Mo. - Forecasters say another round of storms is headed toward tornado-ravaged areas of Missouri, Arkansas and several other states. The U.S. National Weather Service says thunderstorms car...

US pilots who flew aid to Myanmar get virtual hero's welcome

US pilots who flew aid to Myanmar get virtual hero's welcome

Tue, 2008-05-13 10:06.

UTAPAO AIR BASE, Thailand - Flying into Yangon, U.S. marine Cpl. Bryan Hampson looked out the windows of his C-130 cargo plane at an expanse of marshland covered with a thick, brown blanket of water. ...

Effect of massive earthquake on China's famed panda reserve unknown

Effect of massive earthquake on China's famed panda reserve unknown

Tue, 2008-05-13 10:06.

DUJIANGYAN, China - The fate of the world's most famous panda preserve is unknown, more than a day after a devastating earthquake isolated the remote, mountainous area in China from the rest of the wo...

Organizers say they will 'simplify\

Organizers say they will 'simplify" torch relay in aftermath of earthquake

Tue, 2008-05-13 09:51.

BEIJING - Beijing's Olympic organizers say they will simplify and downscale the Olympic torch relay in the aftermath of the earthquake. Wednesday's relay will begin with a minute of silence in the ...

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

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

Tue, 2008-05-13 08:53.

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

Teens trapped in collapsed Chinese school

Tue, 2008-05-13 07:04.

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

Rescuers dig for thousands buried in China quake

Tue, 2008-05-13 06:57.

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...

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