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Quake effort resumes after panic

17.05.2008 23:13    bbc.co.uk
Rescue efforts resume in quake-stricken Beichuan, China, after fears of a flash flood spark panic.


Abducted Pak envoy freed after 3 months

17.05.2008 22:45    expressindia.com
Taliban militants freed Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan on Saturday...

Bihar minister resigns over graft charge

17.05.2008 22:45    expressindia.com
Bihar's Transport Minister Ramanand Singh, who was inducted during the mid April cabinet reshuffle...

TV channels asked to pull off obscene ads

17.05.2008 22:45    expressindia.com
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued an advisory to all channels, asking them to pull off air two "objectionable" advertisements...

Lakes threaten the quake-hit in China

17.05.2008 22:45    expressindia.com
Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicentre on Saturday, fearful of potential floods from a river blocked by landslides.

Infighting will undo the gains of successful elections: Rajapaksa

17.05.2008 22:42    lankanewspapers.com
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that infighting between Hindu and Muslim Tamils over..

Indiana Jones is back - and he's buff: Harrison Ford holds back the years at Cannes

17.05.2008 22:05    mynews.in
Indiana Jones is back - and he'''s buff. Particularly so, for a 66-year-old. The film's namesake, Harrison Ford, was snapped sport

Pakistan committed to 'just' Kashmir solution

17.05.2008 22:05    mynews.in
Pakistan''s new government on Saturday told leaders from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir that it is committed to a "just solution" to the Kashmir issue whic

Low crowd turnout amid tight security in Jaipur

17.05.2008 22:05    mynews.in
Jaipur: Just about an hour before the Indian Premier League match between Jaipur and Bangalore was to begin, the first spectators -- two 15 year olds

IPL Cricket 40th match: Kings XI get a win and respite due to Delhi shower

17.05.2008 22:05    mynews.in
New Delhi: solid partnership between Jayawardene and Pomersbach and rains helped Kings XI Punjab registering a valuable win over Delhi Dardevils

Wenchuan Earthquake Death Toll Exceeds 22,000

17.05.2008 21:58    en.epochtimes.com
SICHUAN, China-On May 16, the Sichuan provincial government has confirmed that the death toll of the devastating earthquake has increased to 22,881. At a press conference, the governor of Sic...
Wenchuan Earthquake Death Toll Exceeds 22,000

Bus Explosion Kills at Least 14 in East China

17.05.2008 20:20    chinadigitaltimes.net
From Xinhua:At least 14 people were killed in an explosion after a bus and a tractor collided in east China's Zhejiang Province Saturday afternoon, local police said.The collision happened at about 1:54 p.m. in Yongzhong town, Longwan District of Wenzhou

'Greed and Graft Killed Our Children'

17.05.2008 20:20    chinadigitaltimes.net
Peter Harmsen reports in the Age:Locals have a simple answer for why the four-storey Juyuan Middle School collapsed during the China quake, killing hundreds of children, while nearby buildings stayed standing: greed."Look at the building materials they used," said one

West Must Be Careful With Chinese Whispers

17.05.2008 20:20    chinadigitaltimes.net
Sportswriter Simon Barnes writes in The Times:"If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed" -- Prince Philip, to Edinburgh University students in Beijing, 1986It seems that much of the Western world is united on the subject. The people

DOCTOR LYNN JONES REPORT ON ARMENIAN KINGSHIP

17.05.2008 20:09    armtown.com
On May 22, in the Center of the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research Doctor Lynn Jones from Florida State University will present a report titled "Between Islam and Byzantium; Akhtamar ...

ARMENIAN SERVICEMAN KILLED ON AZERBAIJANI BORDER

17.05.2008 20:09    armtown.com
Spokesman of the Defense Ministry of Armenia, Colonel Seyran Shahsuvarian.On May 15, serviceman of the Armed forces of the Republic of Armenia, private Andranik Hayrapetian (born in 1989, drafted in 2007) ...

BUSINESSMEN INSPIRED BUT A LITTLE FRIGHTENED

17.05.2008 20:09    armtown.com
Representatives of the circles met with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian on May 15 in the government to discuss the strategy coming from the government business assistance program. The Prime Minister announced t...

ARMENIAN TOURIST RESORT OR ARMENIAN SETTLEMENT?

17.05.2008 20:08    armtown.com
According to May 13 publication of "Milliet" newspaper, a tourist resort for Armenians is to be constructed near the coast of Lake Van. This initiative roused a wave of indignation in Turkey. Most fiercely ...

Another quake hits Sichuan

17.05.2008 19:25    independent.co.uk
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook Sichuan province in China on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, five days after a massive tremor killed tens of thousands of people.USGS reported the latest earthquake, which follows scores of slightly less strong aftershocks during

Japanese rescue team heads for Beichuan

17.05.2008 18:11    english.people.com.cn
The second group of Japanese earthquake rescuers joined their colleagues working China Saturday morning and they left quake-hit Qingchuan County for Beichuan, another worst-hit county in Sichuan Province to continue rescue operations. ...

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