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- 78,000 dead in Myanmar 56,000 missing
Iraq News.Net
Burma's state media say the death toll from cyclone Nargis has reached almost 78,000 and that another 56,000 people are missing.
- Strong aftershock hits China quake epicenter
New York Post
A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, while some survivors were pulled from rubble after being buried for four...
- Date for Zimbabwe elections announced
Iraq News.Net
The run-off election for president has been announced by Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission.
- Sri Lankan suicide bomber strikes at former colleagues
Iraq News.Net
At least ten people, most of them policemen, were killed and over 90 injured when a suicide bomber rammed into a police van in the busy heart of the Sri Lankan capital at midday on Friday.
- Bin Laden threatens Israel in latest message
Iraq News.Net
In his latest audio message, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has vowed that Palestine will never be relinquished "as long as one true Muslim remains on...
- Marine sex abuser jailed in Japan
Iraq News.Net
A US military court in the Japanese island of Okinawa has sentenced a 38-year-old US marine to four years in prison after he was found guilty of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Japanese girl.
- EU tries to persuade Myanmar to open airbase
Iraq News.Net
The top aid official in the European Union, Louis Michel, has urged the military junta in Myanmar to open up an airbase and provide visas for foreign aid workers.
- No deal on Iran nuclear negotiations
Iraq News.Net
Iran and a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency have finished their three-day talks here without resolving allegations that Iran is pursuing secret weapons studies.
- Lebanese rivals reach agreement
Iraq News.Net
Arab League mediators say a peace deal has been reached between the Lebanese government and the Hezbollah-led opposition.
- Austrian incest father made false threats
Iraq News.Net
Austrian incest father Josef Fritzl's threats to gas his cellar-dwelling family if they tried to escape, has proven a mere bluff.
- Italian government banishes illegal immigrants
Iraq News.Net
Italian police have arrested hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants.
- Gay marriage gets go-ahead in US
Iraq News.Net
The Californian Supreme Court in the United States has overturned a ban on gay marriage.
- Bush war funding request collapses
Iraq News.Net
President Bush's request for Iraq war funding has collapsed with anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about his request for US$163 billion to support U.S. troops overseas.
- McCain camp denies
CNN
Candidate's position on talking with terror group consistent, spokesman says Ex-diplomat journalist calls McCain hypocrite for change in stance since 2006 In 2006 British TV interview, McCain said...
- US blamed for shooting of Iranian embassy staff
Iraq News.Net
Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying three Iranian embassy staff in Baghdad overnight, wounding them and their Iraqi driver.
- Internet hoax led to suicide-Woman charged
Iraq News.Net
A woman has been charged for her role in an internet hoax that ended with a 13-year-old girl committing suicide after being shunned by a non-existent chatline contact.
- Israel prepared to act against Hamas after rocket attack
Iraq News.Net
Israel has warned it is prepared to retaliate with an assault on Gaza, after a rocket attack wounded at least 14 people while US President George Bush was in Israel.
- Suicide bomber attacks police in Afghan market
Iraq News.Net
A suicide bomber has attacked a convoy of police vehicles in south-western Afghanistan, killing 16 people, including a police commander, and wounding 28.
- US resumes North Korea food aid
BBC
The US has announced a resumption for the first time in three years of food aid to North Korea, which is believed to be facing famine this year. The US government's development arm, USAID, said...
- Man suspected of stabbing wife, leaving her moderately wounded
Haaretz
A 30-year-old man of a Druze suburb of Haifa was detained late Friday evening on suspicion of stabbing his wife, 30, leaving her moderately wounded.The woman was rushed from her home in Usfiya to...
- Bush Comments Rally Dems Behind Obama
IPS
U.S. President George W. Bush's comments in Israel Thursday ignited a political campaign row back home as Democratic leaders decried his comparison of engaging enemies to...
- Survivors pulled from rubble of China quake
New York Post
Rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble Friday who had been buried for four days as a strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful...
- Judge sets hearing into Indian convicts late-night outings
KeralaNext
NEW YORK: A federal judge has ordered a Monday hearing to consider reports that an Indian-born man convicted of imprisoning and torturing two Indonesian housekeepers has been out past midnight while...
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