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Reuters - 22 minutes ago

BEIRUT - Lebanon's army said it will use force from Tuesday to stop fighting in the country between pro- and anti-government forces that has recalled the 1975-90 civil war. "Army units will halt violations... in accordance with the law, even if that leads to the use of force," a military statement said on Monday. The order would be implemented from 6 a.m. (4 a.m. British time) - Earthquake in China kills nearly 9,000 More »

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  • Basque rebels target regional train network site

    Reuters - 41 minutes ago

    MADRID - Two small bombs targeting a regional train network under construction in Spain's troubled Basque Country exploded on Monday, an attack claimed by regional separatist guerrilla group ETA, police said. More »

  • First U.S. aid flight lands in Myanmar

    Reuters - Tuesday, May 13

    "It's a good first step," she said, adding that Washington was increasing its humanitarian aid to $16 million (8 million pounds) - YANGON - The first U.S. military aid flight to Myanmar landed in Yangon on Monday but emergency supplies remained at a trickle for 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease in the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta. More »

  • Attacks on foreigners dent South Africa's image

    Reuters - Tuesday, May 13

    JOHANNESBURG - A mob attacked a group of immigrants with stones, whips and guns in a South African township, killing two people and injuring about 40, police said on Monday. More »

  • Saviour of Warsaw Ghetto children dies

    Reuters - Tuesday, May 13

    WARSAW - Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who saved thousands of Jewish children during World War Two by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, died in the Polish capital on Monday after a long illness, local media said. More »

  • China quake kills nearly 9,000

    Reuters - Tuesday, May 13

    CHONGQING, China - China's most devastating earthquake in three decades killed nearly 9,000 people on Monday, with the toll likely to soar as authorities struggle to reach casualties in large areas cut off from relief. More »

  • Serbia in coalition scramble after ambivalent vote

    Reuters - Tuesday, May 13

    BELGRADE - Serbia's pro-European alliance sought a coalition deal with smaller parties on Monday to stave off a challenge from nationalist runners-up who say they too can form a government after Sunday's parliamentary election. More »

  • Putin in control as Russia names cabinet

    Reuters - Tuesday, May 13

    MOSCOW - Incoming Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced a cabinet line-up on Monday which combined key ministers and powerful Kremlin figures into an unusually strong team under his command. More »

  • Zimbabwe rejects Western election observers

    Reuters - Tuesday, May 13

    HARARE - Zimbabwe will not invite election observers from Western countries to monitor a presidential run-off unless they remove sanctions, state media said on Monday, rejecting opposition demands. More »

  • Report says developing countries eye nuclear power

    Reuters - Monday, May 12

    WASHINGTON - More than 40 developing countries have recently approached United Nations officials to express interest in starting nuclear power programs, the Washington Post reported on Monday. More »

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