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- Chinese army moves into earthquake affected areas
Ireland News.Net
The death toll resulting from the powerful earthquake that hit China on Monday afternoon today is continuing to rise.
- Reporters covering Myanmar
CNN
Phones are tapped and the few foreign journalists in Myanmar operate in secret Reclusive military regime does not want details of the suffering to leak out Junta wants to conceal the extent of the...
- 12 militants killed in southern Afghanistan
New York Post
U.S.-led coalition forces called in airstrikes against the Taliban, killing a dozen militants during fighting in southern Afghanistan that has displaced many families...
- Iraqi militants attack US troops in Shiite stronghold
Ireland News.Net
Gunmen have launched numerous attacks on US troops in the Baghdad bastion of militia loyal to Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr.
- Indian army on guard against cross-border infiltrators
Ireland News.Net
The Indian Army plans a massive operation to weed out infiltrators from areas along the India-Pakistan border after foiling a major terror strike in Samba in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Israel on alert for Bush visit
Ireland News.Net
About 14,000 Israeli police officers will line the streets of Jerusalem, to safeguard US President George Bush, when he makes a three-day visit beginning on Wednesday.
- Fossil find turns history on its head
Ireland News.Net
Scientists have found a 1.2 million year old fossilized jawbone in northern Spain, which belongs to the oldest-known human ancestor in Europe, thus shattering previous theories about human migration to Europe.
- Polish ghetto heroine dies at 98
Ireland News.Net
A Polish woman who saved thousands of Jewish children during World War II by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto has died in the Polish capital after a long illness, aged 98.
- McCain to be challenged by fellow Republican
Ireland News.Net
A former Republican Representative has said he will run for US president as a Libertarian.
- Civil strife in Lebanon - Bush offers help
Ireland News.Net
Deadly sectarian violence has plunged Lebanon further into crisis.
- Afghan villagers flee NATO strikes
Ireland News.Net
People have been fleeing their homes in a southern Afghanistan district for fear that NATO strikes will affect them.
- Opposition politician arrested in Zimbabwe
Ireland News.Net
Heya Shoko, a newly-elected legislator for Zimbabwe's opposition MDC party has been arrested.
- Nepal monarchy will go in May
Ireland News.Net
The Nepal monarchy will be formally abolished on the 28th of May when the country will be declared a republic.
- UN fears shocking outbreak of disease in Myanmar
Ireland News.Net
Myanmar's military rulers have been castigated by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
- Israeli police raid Olmert files
Ireland News.Net
Police have raided Jerusalem's City Hall and seized documents as part of a corruption investigation against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
- Toads warned of impending quake in Sichuan province on Saturday
Ireland News.Net
New Delhi, : Warnings about a major earthquake taking place in China's Sichuan province were, would you believe it, given by toads, two days before the tragedy.
- Ceasefire fails to stop Sadr City clashes
IOL
A fragile ceasefire failed to stop fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City, where the latest clashes between Shi'a extremists and US-backed Iraqi forces killed 11 men and...
- Former Istrouma Baptist Church Pastor Dies in Plane Crash
WAFB 9
A former pastor of Istrouma Baptist Church in Baton Rouge and one of his children have died in a plane a crash. The Federal Aviation Administration confirms Pastor Forrest Pollock and his 13-year-old...
- Foreigners, Cameras Banned in Cyclone-Hit Areas
IPS
Images of the dead keep trickling out of Burma. The most moving are those of children who died when Cyclone Nargis tore through their world in the populous Irrawaddy...
- Clinton poised for W.Va. win; Obama looks ahead
New York Post
Hillary Rodham Clinton had every reason to expect a big victory Tuesday in the West Virginia Democratic primary as her campaign tried to use the contest to raise doubts...
- Senate says halt oil shipments to gov
New York Post
The Senate, in a direct challenge to President Bush, voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve.
- Detroit City Council begins process to oust mayor
New York Post
The Detroit City Council has voted 5-4 to begin a process aimed at removing Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office for his role in a text-messaging sex scandal.
- Abkhazia Tensions Still High After EU, U.S. Visits
RadioFreeEurope
Relations between Tbilisi and Moscow remain tense over Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia following a visit to Georgia by a European Union delegation and a top Washington envoy.
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