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Strong china quake felt as far as Thailand

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:27:53 EDT

The quake was felt across much of China and as far west as Bangkok, Thailand's capital, some 3,300 km (2050 miles) away, where office buildings swayed for several minutes.

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U.S. flying cyclone aid to "outpost of tyranny"

DiffeeOnline — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:22:48 EDT

The United States was set to fly relief supplies on Monday to Myanmar, a country it has called an "outpost of tyranny", as aid continues to dribble into the reclusive state nine days after a devastating cyclone.

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Woman who saved kids from Holocaust dies

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:01:08 EDT

Irena Sendler - a Polish social worker who helped save some 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazis by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto and giving them false identities - has died. She was 98.

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Lebanese violence spreads to mountains outside capital

STONERS — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:41:18 EDT

Lebanon hung between fears of all-out war and hopes of political compromise Sunday as government supporters and opponents battled with rockets and machine guns in the mountains overlooking the capital.

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Army Corps says Condition of many levees a mystery

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:30:41 EDT

Across America, earthen flood levees protect big cities and small towns, wealthy suburbs and rich farmland. But the Army Corps of Engineers, the federal agency that oversees levees, lacks an inventory of thousands of them and has no idea of their condition

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Families will make case for vaccine link to autism

STONERS — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:37:59 EDT

Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine Monday as they take their case to a federal court.

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First US airlift of aid lands in Myanmar

bibbicletus — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:32:32 EDT

YANGON, Myanmar - The first U.S. relief airlift arrived in Myanmar on Monday after prolonged negotiations with the country's isolationist junta, which considers Washington its enemy and has restricted international aid to as many as 2 million cyclone victims.

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China in 'all-out' quake effort

DiffeeOnline — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:26:33 EDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for "all-out" efforts to rescue victims of an earthquake measuring 7.8 that has hit south-west China, say reports.

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Democratic leaders hoping Hillary Clinton doesn't do more damage

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:32:13 EDT

"What Hillary does in the next month is important," Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), a one-time senior adviser to former President Bill Clinton, warned last week in Manhattan.

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Gang of girls 'blew up house with home-made bomb over row about boy'

digitalfever — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:22:39 EDT

A gang of teenage girls may have blown up a house with a home-made liquid bomb, which killed a man in a neighbouring property, after arguing with another girl about a love rival.

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Death toll in China earthquake rises to 8,533

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:51:31 EDT

Chinese state media says more than 8,500 have died in Sichuan province alone from a massive earthquake. The official Xinhua News Agency said that another 10,000 people were believed hurt in one of the province's counties after the 7.8-magnitude quake on Monday.

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Judge ends McCartney's marriage

bibbicletus — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:17:01 EDT

A judge at the High Court in London has pronounced a decree nisi, bringing to an end the marriage of Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills.

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On the pot-holed highway to hell

Aidenag — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:11:08 EDT

If anyone doubts the problems of US infrastructure, I suggest he or she take a flight to John F. Kennedy airport (braving the landing delay), ride a taxi on the pot-holed and congested Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and try to make a mobile phone call en route.

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Due To Fires, BART Delays To Linger Monday - and Perhaps to June

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:16:29 EDT

Bay Area Rapid Transit officials said riders can expect system-wide delays on Monday morning with possible East Bay delays lasting until mid-June, after two separate electrical fires at BART's South Hayward transit yard shut down some train service over the weekend.

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China quake kills 107, buries 900 kids

Nixie — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:50:28 EDT

At least 107 people were killed and 34 injured in southwest China after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan province on Monday, Xinhua news agency said. It said around 900 students had been buried in a high school in Juyuan Township, Dujiangyan City, but did not say if any of the students were thought to be alive.

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Swimmer pokes shark in eye to survive mauling

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:38:54 EDT

An Australian swimmer said he survived a mauling by a 16-foot shark by wrestling with the beast, finally getting free by poking it in the eye.

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Toll from China quake estimated at 3,000 to 5,000

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:56:39 EDT

A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday and state media reported that as many as 5,000 people were killed in a single county while nearly 900 students were trapped under the rubble of their school.

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Death toll in China earthquake rises to 7,600

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:41:25 EDT

A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing more than 7,600 people and trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school, state media reported.

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Neil Young gets new Honor -- His own Spider

digitalfever — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:04:59 EDT

Iconic singer and songwriter Neil Young has had an honor bestowed upon him that is not received by many musicians - his own spider.

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Suspend deliveries to U.S. oil reserve, lawmakers say

engineer — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:23:29 EDT

Congressional Democrats and Republicans support a halt to the nation's emergency stockpiling, citing high gas prices. Bush has said that a moratorium would be risky and wouldn't bring down prices.

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53 illegal immigrants held against will in Phoenix

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:16:26 EDT

Fifty-three illegal immigrants found Sunday had been held against their will in a fortified home by suspected smugglers demanding more money, authorities said.

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Sprint Nextel reports larger loss in 1st quarter

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:10:47 EDT

Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel says it had a larger first-quarter loss as it continued to lose valuable monthly subscribers and had to pay for severance charges and other costs.

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M7.8 quake hits China's Sichuan Province

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:13:17 EDT

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit China's Sichuan Province on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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LEAD: At least 107 dead in China quake, death toll rising

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:52:20 EDT

At least 107 people are now thought to have died in a powerful earthquake in western China on Monday, state media reported, but the number of killed is likely to rise much higher with reports of hundreds of schoolchildren buried after one school that collapsed during the tremors.

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US airlifts aid to Myanmar, UN urges junta to cooperate

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:02:47 EDT

The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who can help up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation.

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State media: 900 students buried by China quake

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:44:48 EDT

A powerful earthquake buried 900 students in central China on Monday and killed at least 107 people, as several schools and a water tower collapsed in the tremor, state media reported.

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Earthquake death toll in China may be 5,000

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:20:09 EDT

Chinese state media say 3,000 to 5,000 people have died in one county in Sichuan province alone from a massive earthquake.

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Join Hands to fight povert and Climate Change

sapna85 — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:11:38 EDT

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Facebook users warned about ads

Hustler101 — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:35:55 EDT

Credit companies are using the Facebook social networking site to target young people, a debt charity has warned

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US Confession: Weapons Were Not Made In Iran After All

hyperbola — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:12:49 EDT

In a sharp reversal of accusations against Iran, the US military made an unprecedented confession: the weapons recently found in Iraq were not made in Iran at all. In contrast, the Pentagon admitted it lost a third of the weapons distributed to Iraqi security forces in 2004/2005. The 190,000 assault rifles and pistols roam free in Iraqi streets tod

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Spread of Nuclear Capability Is Feared

Aidenag — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:56 EDT

At least 40 developing countries from the Persian Gulf region to Latin America have recently approached U.N. officials here to signal interest in starting nuclear power programs, a trend that concerned proliferation experts say could provide the building blocks of nuclear arsenals in some of those nations.

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The Country of the Future Finally Arrives

Neophile — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:29:19 EDT

With an export boom and oil finds, the sleeping giant of South America is awakening.

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Wildfire battle continues as interstate reopens

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:35:14 EDT

Firefighters have made some progress in battling three of four Florida wildfires, but the largest blaze was still frustrating efforts to contain it Monday, authorities said.

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How to Transform Milk Into Instant sugar!

ledy — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:16:31 EDT

How to Transform Milk Into Instant sugar!

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Charles Peters - Judge Him by His Laws - washingtonpost.com

Fedquip — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:44:13 EDT

People who complain that Barack Obama lacks experience must be unaware of his legislative achievements.

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Beirut peaceful as Hezbollah pulls back

moddang — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:53:48 EDT

Hezbollah militias pulled back from positions in western Beirut and government troops took over checkpoints there as peace returned to the Lebanese capital after days of deadly violence between rival Sunni and Shia Muslim

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China: Quake death toll jumps past 8,500

daducha — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:31:21 EDT

Thousands of people have been killed by Monday's powerful earthquake in just one affected region of central China, its government said, with the toll expected to keep rising as bodies are retrieved from schools, homes and factories.

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'Ghost city' Mosul braces for assault on last bastion of al-Qa'ida in Iraq

monicachenoa — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:42:46 EDT

Mosul looks like a city of the dead. American and Iraqi troops have launched an attack aimed at crushing the last bastion of al- Qa'ida in Iraq and in doing so have turned the country's northern capital into a ghost town.

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Death toll in China earthquake up to nearly 9,000

MyWayOnNow — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:23:02 EDT

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated a hilly region of small cities and towns in Sichuan and nearby provinces. The official Xinhua News Agency said 8,533 people died in Sichuan alone and dozens of other deaths were reported in surrounding areas.

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China says up to 5,000 killed in quake in one county

monicachenoa — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:07:36 EDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - An estimated 3,000 to 5,000 people were killed in one county of China's Sichuan province alone after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region, Xinhua news agency said, citing the local government. As many as 10,000 in Sichuan's Beichuan county were feared injured, the report said.

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