www.globalnewsplanet.com | Thursday, May. 15, 2008  

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China says quake toll could top 50,000
The death toll from China's massive earthquake could reach more than 50,000, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday, quoting rescue headquarters.
Surviving at 315 Happiness Road
Tang Xiaomin had just left her fourth-floor apartment to buy groceries when the building started crumbling around her.
Severe injuries, long waits for care
After 11-year-old Zhang Jiazhi crawled free of the rubble that remained of his middle school, his parents began a 20-hour ordeal to get medical care for their son. The delay cost him his arms.
Zimbabwe runoff election set for July
The runoff between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will be held by July 31, election officials said. The opposition insists it should be next week.
Local heroes step in for cyclone victims
From shopkeepers handing out free rice porridge to medical students caring for the sick, ordinary people in Myanmar are stepping in to help cyclone victims.
China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000 (AP)

The men were given prison terms of up to seven years on Wednesday for their roles in helping to send French youths to fight alongside insurgents in Iraq.
Myanmar junta warns against hoarding cyclone aid (AP)

The men were given prison terms of up to seven years on Wednesday for their roles in helping to send French youths to fight alongside insurgents in Iraq.
Survivors from apartment building recount quake (AP)

The men were given prison terms of up to seven years on Wednesday for their roles in helping to send French youths to fight alongside insurgents in Iraq.

The men were given prison terms of up to seven years on Wednesday for their roles in helping to send French youths to fight alongside insurgents in Iraq.

  World News

Chinese leader visits quake area

Burma storm aid frustrations grow

Farc rebel link files 'genuine'

California lifts gay marriage ban

Lagos pipeline blast 'kills 100'

  Global News

In Departure, China Invites Outside Help

Western Experts Monitor China?s Nuclear Sites for Signs of Earthquake Damage

Zimbabwe?s Rulers Unleash Police on Anglicans

Myanmar Farmers May Miss Harvest

Italy Arrests Hundreds of Immigrants
   

  International News

Zimbabwe Police Confront Diplomats

Mrs. McCain Sells Funds Tied to Sudan

World Briefing | Africa: New World Bank Plan to Fight Aids

World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Presidential Runoff Delayed

In Kenya, Violence Shakes Running Community

  News Africa

In Departure, China Invites Outside Help

Rescuers Aim for Chinese Villages Yet Unreached

Western Experts Monitor China?s Nuclear Sites for Signs of Earthquake Damage

Superstitions About Quake Meet the Web, Irritating the Chinese Authorities

Pakistan Defies U.S. On Curbing Attacks
   

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Italy Arrests Hundreds of Immigrants

Strikers in France Challenge Sarkozy?s Plan to Reduce Jobs in the Public Sector

Italian Trial of C.I.A. Operatives Begins With Torture Testimony

French Court Convicts 7 for Helping to Send Youths to Join Jihadist Fight in Iraq

Attack, Blamed on ETA, Kills 1 in Northern Spain

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Bush Speech Criticized as Attack on Obama

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Lebanon Reverses Decisions That Prompted Violence

2 Baghdad Attacks Attributed to Teenagers Kill 11 Others

French Court Convicts 7 for Helping to Send Youths to Join Jihadist Fight in Iraq
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