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Myanmar junta warns against hoarding cyclone aid
May 16, 2008
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no evidence of peop » Full Story
Red Cross: Nigeria pipe fire kills 100
May 16, 2008
IJEGUN, Nigeria (AP) — A road-grader accidentally tore open a fuel pipeline Thursday and sent an inferno raging over houses and a school, setting off a stampede of terrified children and killing about » Full Story
Web site: Bin Laden to release Israel message
May 16, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — Terror leader Osama bin Laden will release a new Internet message dealing with Israel and the Palestinians, a terrorism monitoring group said Thursday. » Full Story
French workers strike in protest of job cuts
May 16, 2008
PARIS (AP) — Teachers, postal workers and other public servants staged a one-day strike and tens of thousands marched through French cities Thursday, a widespread protest against President Nicolas Sar » Full Story
Feuding Lebanese factions agree to begin dialogue
May 16, 2008
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — The Hezbollah-led opposition and U.S. » Full Story
UN: World economy to grow by 1.8 percent in 2008
May 16, 2008
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world economy is ‘‘teetering on the brink’’ of a severe downturn and is expected to grow only 1. » Full Story
China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000
May 16, 2008
LUOSHUI TOWN, China (AP) — Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from th » Full Story
Car bomb blamed on Basque militants kills policeman in Spain
May 15, 2008
LEGUTIANO, Spain (AP) _ Suspected Basque separatists bombed a village police barracks housing officers and their families on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding four. » Full Story
Lebanese Cabinet reverses anti-Hezbollah decisions
May 15, 2008
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) _ The U.S.-backed Cabinet on Wednesday reversed measures against the militant Hezbollah movement that set off Lebanon's worst violence since the 1975-90 civil war. » Full Story