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A Myanmar child displaced following Cyclone Nargis looks on at a temporary shelter on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Friday May 9, 2008.

Myanmar seizes UN relief material while its cyclone stricken population live in misery
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's junta seized two planeloads of critical aid sent by the U.N. on Friday for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help. "All of the food aid and equipment that we managed to get in has been confiscated," said Paul Risley, a spokesman...

photo: AP Photo

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China to modernise nuclear weapons capability
Infowars

China is undertaking a dramatic overhaul of its nuclear weapons in an effort to modernise and...

An 'Interview' With Smedley Butler
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Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, one of the most colorful officers in the Marine Corps,...

Burma death toll worse than Tsunami
Infowars

THE death toll in cyclone-ravaged Burma could hit 500,000 - more than TWICE the total killed by...

Judge extends custody of Austrian accused in dungeon case

Outside view of the 'Bezirksgericht', or district court, building in Amstetten, Lower Austria, on Friday, May 2, 2008.

Philadelphia Daily News

The Associated Press VIENNA, Austria - An Austrian judge has ruled that a man accused of keeping his daughter captive in a dungeon for 24 years should remain in custody. St. Poelten provincial court spokesman Franz Cutka said the decision Friday...
photo: AP Photo / Kerstin Joensson

US military denies Iraq report of al-Qaida arrest

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BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. military on Friday denied Iraqi government claims that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured and said a man with a similar name had been arrested in the northern city of Mosul. Iraqi authorities had announced Thursday...
photo: U.S. Army / Spc. Charles W. Gill,

Obama nears finish line

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., shakes hands with supporters before he speaks at a town hall meeting in Medford, Ore., Saturday, March 22, 2008.

Canada Dot Com

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama predicted Thursday he could wrap up the Democratic presidential nomination within two weeks, potentially ending an exhausting 17-month campaign that has both re-energized and deeply divided his party. But even as the...
photo: AP / Alex Brandon

Hong Kong's key stock index drops 1.5 percent as investors sell real estate companies

A woman looks at a digital stock indicator showing the Hang Seng Index outside a bank in Hong Kong Thursday Sept. 27, 2007. The Hang Seng index closed at 634.86 points or 2.4 percent at 27,065.15, off a low of 26,664.79 and a new all-time-high of 27,166.

International Herald Tribune

: Hong Kong's key stock index dropped its third straight session Friday as investors sold real estate companies. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index fell 386.62 points, or 1.5 percent, to 25,063.17. Francis Lun, general manager of Fulbright Securities,...
photo: AP/Kin Cheung

Has war worn itself out in Kashmir?

San Fransisco Chronicle

(05-09) 04:00 PDT Srinagar, India -- Bullet holes are still visible along the commercial heart of Kashmir's capital, reminders of past gunbattles, bombings and suicide attacks that used to be an almost daily occurrence here. Today, the only din is...
photo: WN / Imran Nissar

Israeli leader denies taking illicit donations from American

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert talks to members of the media during a news conference at his official residence in Jerusalem, late Thursday May 8, 2008.

Syracuse

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied fresh accusations that he illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen, but said Thursday night that he will step down if he is indicted. The latest investigation...
photo: AP Photo / Dan Balilty

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