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  • China orders evacuation amid quake flood fears

    Chinese authorities Tuesday ordered the evacuation of 80,000 people as troops scrambled to hold back a dangerously swelling lake formed by this month's devastating earthquake. As the death toll from the May 12 quake jumped to 67,000, state press said that emergency workers aimed to move the residents from their homes near the so-called "quake lake".. More

  • Australia Muslim school rejected

    Authorities in an Australian town have rejected proposals to allow an Islamic school to be built there. Councillors for Camden, a small town on the outskirts of Sydney, unanimously voted against the proposed school for 1200 pupils. The councilors said they based their decision solely on planning grounds, citing an internal report about its environmental.. More

  • Nasrallah: Prisoner swap 'imminent'

    Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, has said that a prisoner swap with Israel is expected soon. Israeli Army Radio also said that the swap is likely to involve two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah in 2006. The capture sparked a 34-day war between Israeli and Hezbollah forces. The prisoner swap is also likely to include the.. More

  • Carter: Israel has 150 atomic bombs

    The state of Israel has at least 150 nuclear weapons, Jimmy Carter, the former US president, has said according to reports in the UK. The announcement marks the first time a US president has publicly acknowledged the Jewish state's nuclear arsenal. Carter made the remark while responding to a question at the Hay-on-Wye literary festival in Wales in.. More

  • Spacecraft lands at Mars north pole

    A small science probe blazed through the salmon-coloured skies of Mars on Sunday, touching down on a frozen desert at the planet's north pole to search for water and assess conditions for sustaining life, NASA officials said. The spacecraft, known as Phoenix, landed at 12:53 a.m. British time Monday after a do-or-die plunge through the planet's thin.. More

  • Eight dead, scores hurt in Sri Lanka train bombing: military

    At least eight people were killed and scores more wounded Monday in the bombing of a packed commuter train by suspected Tamil rebels in the suburbs of the Sri Lankan capital, officials said. Hospital officials said eight bodies had been recovered, among them five women, and that more than 72 people were being treated, mostly for burns. The island's.. More

  • New Lebanon president in unity call

    Michel Sleiman has called for unity in Lebanon after he was sworn in as the country's new president. The ex-army chief was elected president on Sunday in a parliamentary session attended by foreign dignitaries including Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the emir of Qatar, who helped broker a deal to end a dispute between rival factons. ".. More

  • Dozens die in Iran plant blaze

    Thirty people have died in a series of blasts followed by a blaze that engulfed a pharmaceutical plant in central Iran, the official IRNA news agency said. The accident occurred on Sunday when a container of chemicals caught fire. The plant is in the Markazi province near the city of Arak, 290km southwest of the capital Tehran. A container holding.. More

  • G8 ministers eye long-term climate goals

    Environment ministers from the world's top industrial powers called Monday for more effort to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but little headway was seen in setting more immediate goals. Ministers from the Group of Eight held three days of talks in a bid to set the tone for a summit involving the G8 leaders, which opens July 7 in the northern.. More

  • Peru recovers mass grave bodies

    Forensic investigators in Peru say they have recovered the remains of at least 25 people from a mass grave, which could be the site of a 1984 massacre. A group for the victims' families says it believes the grave contains more than 125 people killed by the military. The search for mass graves follows a government-approved truth commission into atrocities.. More

  • Powerful aftershock hits China; 1 killed, 260 hurt

    One of the most powerful aftershocks to hit quake-ravaged central China killed one person, left dozens more injured and leveled homes Sunday, as soldiers carrying explosives hiked to a blocked-off river to alleviate the threat of floods. Some 260 people were injured in the aftershock Sunday afternoon, the government-run China News Service said,.. More

  • Sleiman elected Lebanese president

    Michel Sleiman, Lebanon's army chief, has been sworn in as the country's president in a step towards defusing an 18-month standoff between rival factions. He was elected on Sunday in a parliamentary session attended by foreign dignitaries including Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the emir of Qatar, who helped broker a deal to end.. More

  • Colombian rebels say leader dead

    Colombia's main leftist rebel group, the Farc, has confirmed the death of top commander Manuel Marulanda, saying he died of a heart attack. The long-time commander and founder of the group died in his companions' arms on 26 March, according to a Farc statement broadcast by Colombian media. His death was reported on Saturday by the.. More

  • Nato convoy targeted in Afghanistan

    A suspected suicide car bomb has exploded near a Nato military convoy in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, injuring at least two children, police and witnesses said. "I can confirm there was a suicide car bomb against Nato troops," police officer Ghulam Mohammad told reporter at the scene on Sunday. "I know two children were wounded but I don't.. More

  • Indian tribal clashes kill dozens

    At least 36 people have died in two days of clashes between security forces and ethnic Gujjar protesters in the Indian state of Rajasthan, police say. Police opened fire on demonstrators on Friday in Bharatpur district killing at least 15. One policeman also died. Unrest continued on Saturday in Sikandra as police stations were torched and 20 more.. More