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  • Myanmar cyclone toll exceeds 350

    Several regions in Myanmar have been declared disaster zones after a tropical cyclone, with winds of up to 190kph, destroyed thousands of houses and knocked out electricity. At least 350 people have been officially confirmed dead since Cyclone Nargis hit Yangon, the commercial capital, at about 5am local time (22:00 GMT) on Saturday. Yangon, Irrawaddy.. More

  • Iraq's first lady unharmed after her motorcade is bombed

    A bomb hit a motorcade carrying Iraq's first lady through Baghdad on Sunday, while the U.S. military said a roadside explosion killed four Marines in the deadliest attack in western Anbar province in months. The motorcade bombing in Baghdad's Karrada district injured four of Hiro Ibrahim Ahmed's bodyguards but left her unharmed, according to the.. More

  • High waves kill nine in S.Korea

    Nine people including two children were killed Sunday when high waves slammed into a breakwater on South Korea's west coast, sweeping anglers and others into the sea, coastguard officials said. Another 14 people were taken to hospital where five of them were still being treated, said Lee Won-Il, a coastguard official, adding that two of the five are.. More

  • Rice presses Barak on roadblocks

    Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, has met Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, to discuss the removal of roadblocks dotting the Palestinian territory of the West Bank. Sunday's meeting came a day after Rice held talks with Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, and urged him not to undermine Palestinian security forces. Later.. More

  • Cyclone turns Myanmar city into "war zone"

    Myanmar's military government declared disaster areas in five states on Sunday after a Category 3 cyclone tore through the Irrawaddy delta region, killing at least four people in Yangon, state newspapers said. Packing winds of 190 km (120 miles) per hour when it hit on Saturday morning, Cyclone Nargis devastated the former Burma's leafy main city,.. More

  • Deadly prison riot in Honduras

    At least 18 prisoners have been found dead after being attacked with knives and machetes at the Honduras' National Penitentiary. The riot at the jail outside the capital Tegucigalpa was the second such incident in the country's crowded prison system in a week. "In the first hours of the morning, while making checks, it was found that there were a.. More

  • Turkish raids 'kill PKK fighters'

    More than 150 Kurdish fighters have been killed in a series of cross-border air raids by Turkey into northern Iraq, the country's military has said. But a spokesman for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said that only six fighters from a breakaway faction were killed in Friday's raids on Mount Qandil in Iraq. The latest raids, which began on Thursday,.. More

  • Mugabe rivals debate poll run-off

    Zimbabwe's opposition MDC is meeting this weekend to decide whether its leader Morgan Tsvangirai should contest a run-off election for president. Mr Tsvangirai has not ruled out participating. President Robert Mugabe would win automatically if he did not. On Friday, the opposition rejected the results of the 29 March election that gave Mr Tsvangirai.. More

  • Brown stunned by British election 'massacre'

    An eccentric ex-journalist from the opposition Conservatives ousted the Labour mayor of London Saturday, capping an election rout for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown who faces an uphill battle to revive his government's fortunes. Gaffe-prone lawmaker Boris Johnson beat maverick left-winger Ken Livingstone in the capital, the key prize.. More

  • Tibetan envoys head for China talks

    Two envoys of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, are on their way to China for "informal" talks aimed at ending the crisis in Tibet. Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen had arrived in Hong Kong, on their way to mainland China for the talks, according to Thubten Samphel, a spokesman for the Dalai Lama. The meetings, scheduled.. More

  • 7 killed in Arkansas as storms move through central US

    Violent storms rolling across the nation's midsection unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four states and killed seven people in Arkansas on Friday, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept. The storms late Thursday and early Friday ripped off roofs and toppled train cars near Kansas City, Mo.; pelted parts.. More

  • Quartet seeks halt to settlements

    Members of the Middle East Quartet have called on Israel to freeze the construction of further settlements in the West Bank. The Quartet "called on Israel to freeze all settlement activity," Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, said, reading from a statement agreed at the meeting of the UN, the US, Russia and the European Union... More

  • Gates says U.S. could eye expanded Afghanistan role

    U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday the United States could consider taking over NATO's command in southern Afghanistan, where some NATO allies have been reluctant to provide combat forces. But Gates said the Pentagon would consult closely with NATO allies, particularly those countries with combat forces in the southern region, before.. More

  • Blast at Yemen mosque kills 15, wounds 60

    Around 15 people were killed and over 60 were wounded when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded outside a mosque in Yemen's volatile northern city of Saada on Friday, a security source said. The blast happened as worshippers, including army officers, were leaving the Salman Mosque after Friday prayers, officials and security sources said. "It.. More

  • Britain's Brown suffers major defeats in local polls

    British Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted Friday that his party had suffered a "bad" blow in key local elections, as forecasts predicted the worst results for Labour since the 1960s. As results poured in, Labour -- with Brown leading them into elections for the first time since taking office last year -- was set to finish in third place.. More