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- Dam burst fear in China earthquake village
The Fiji News.Net
Around one million people have been evacuated from the Chinese city of Beichuan for fear that a dam may burst.
- Assassination plot unveiled in Zimbabwe
The Fiji News.Net
A reported plot against the life of Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has postponed his return from Europe and South Africa where he had been in exile for a month.
- Dumped rubbish set alight in the city of Naples
The Fiji News.Net
In Italy, angry residents of the city of Naples have set fire to the piles of uncollected rubbish lying in the streets.
- Obama slams Bush for comments made in Israel
The Fiji News.Net
Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama has lashed out at President George Bush for suggesting the Illinois senator would appease terrorists.
- Dungeon children outside at last
The Fiji News.Net
Freed Austrian dungeon boys Stefan and Felix Fritzl have taken their first ever steps in the outside world.
- Australian politician suggests force against Myanmar leaders
The Fiji News.Net
An Australian opposition party member has suggested a regime change in Myanmar if the generals continue to let the humanitarian crisis escalate.
- Bush says Saudi oil boost doesn
New York Post
SHARM - President Bush said Saturday that the Saudis' modest increase in oil production "doesn't solve our problem," and that the United States must act itself to help bring...
- Gadaffi says European states involved in murder
The Fiji News.Net
The Libyan leader, Muammar Gadaffi, has accused European states of overturning the boats of Africans trying to reach land.
- UN anti-torture committee points at Indonesia
The Fiji News.Net
The UN Committee Against Torture has reported that Indonesian police, armed forces and intelligence services regularly use torture on criminal suspects to extract confessions.
- Gujarat police raid Internet cafes for bomb evidence
The Fiji News.Net
The Gujarat special operations police forces have conducted searches in 35 different cyber cafes in Ahmedabad in the wake the Jaipur blasts.
- Georgia sends envoy to ease tensions with Russia
The Fiji News.Net
Georgia has sent an envoy to Russia to ease tensions between two countries over its break-away region Abkhazia.
- Turkey says gunmen attacked guards near its embassy in Baghdad
C News
Turkey's Foreign Ministry says gunmen shot and injured a Turkish police officer near the country's embassy in Baghdad. The ministry says unidentified gunmen opened fire on a...
- 5 computer hackers nabbed
IOL
Spanish police have arrested five young computer hackers who allegedly disabled Internet pages run by government agencies in the US, Latin America and Asia, authorities...
- Aftershock rattles China quake zone
New York Post
A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergency crews rescued more than 30 people...
- House Speaker Pelosi makes visit to Iraq
New York Post
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, met with the Iraqi prime minister Saturday during a surprise visit to Baghdad.
- 2 rail cars overturned, residents evacuated
New York Post
Two rail cars have jumped the track and overturned in southern Louisiana, leaking hydrochloric acid and forcing police to evacuate thousands of residents within a 1-mile of the...
- Police investigating possible murder-suicide near Ben Shemen
Haaretz
Border patrolmen on Saturday found the bodies of a woman reported missing and her ex-husband in a car outside Moshav Ben Shemen in central Israel. Details of the cause of death for the two victims...
- Democrats call upon GOP to support new GI Bill
New York Post
The new GI Bill essentially would guarantee a full scholarship at any in-state public university, along with a monthly housing stipend, for anyone who serves in the military for at least three years....
- Oregon race could spell end of Schumer streak
New York Post
As head of the deep-pocketed Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New York Sen. Charles Schumer hand-picked his party's nominee to take on Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, the last...
- Oil sets record near $128; pump price at high, too
New York Post
News that Saudi Arabia had boosted its oil output by 300,000 barrels a day was greeted as a non-event on oil markets - the move wasn't anywhere near the kind of production increase...
- Pirates hijack Jordanian ship off Somali coast
New York Post
Somali pirates hijacked a Jordanian ship Saturday in the latest in a string of attacks off the lawless coast of Somalia, the head of a seafarer's association said.
- Iraqi forces detain 1,000 in al Qaeda push
Reuters
Iraqi forces have detained more than 1,000 suspects in an offensive aimed at crushing al Qaeda in northern Iraq, the military commander of the operation said on Saturday.
- Carnival ride collapses in California; 24 injured
New York Post
The carnival ride, called the Yo-Yo, collapsed shortly after 6 p.m. Friday at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee, about 80 miles southeast of Sacramento.
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