BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province at 2:28 p.m. Monday, the State Seismological Bureau said, revising a previous figure of 7.6. People gather on a street in Zhengzhou, capital of north China ...
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PICHER, Okla. - Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 22 people in three states. Seven people died in Picher, once a bustling mining center of 20,000 that dwindled to about ...
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BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon hung between fears of all-out war and hopes of political compromise as government supporters and opponents battled with rockets and machine guns in the mountains overlooking the capital. The fighting saw the collapse of pro-government forces in the Aley region, a stronghold ...
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A military C-130 cargo plane left a Thai air force base Monday and landed in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon. Two more air shipments scheduled to land Tuesday. After the plane's arrival, the supplies were transferred to Myanmar army trucks. Allowing the U.S. flight is a huge concession by Myanmar's ...
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KHARTOUM, Sudan : A Sudanese opposition party says its leader has been arrested apparently because of his links to Darfur rebels who attacked close to the capital this week. A spokesman for the Popular Congress Party says its chief Hassan Turabi was arrested early Monday at his home in Khartoum ...
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Rupert Murdoch has abandoned his $580m (£300m) attempt to buy Newsday in an about-turn likely to relieve campaigners pressing for diversity in US media ownership. Murdoch's News Corporation withdrew its bid for the Long Island daily over the weekend because it was unwilling to match a $650m offer ...
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (AP) - Sergio Garcia summed up his day, his week, maybe even his career, with one small gesture Sunday. Garcia lagged a 45-foot putt from the fringe to 3 feet for par on the famed 17th at TPC Sawgrass, then kissed his putter. The stick that tormented him so many times ...
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