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Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears
Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of potential floods from a river blocked by landslides.
Source : ctv.ca | 17-May-2008 13:19

Fans ready for Pompey's big day
Tens of thousands of Portsmouth supporters are preparing to watch their club's first FA Cup final for 69 years.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 13:14

Service held for bakery death boy
A memorial service is being held for a 16-year-old who was killed in a bakery in south-east London.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 13:13

Lost generation
Tragedy of China's one-child families hit by earthquake
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 13:09

Thousands of Chinese Quake Victims Flee Possible Flooding
Death toll nears 29,000; expected to pass 50,000
Source : voanews.com | 17-May-2008 13:05

Montreal woman set for a 'low-key' royal wedding
Excitement is building among royal watchers as the Queen's oldest grandson, Peter Phillips, prepares to head to the altar with the daughter of a hairdresser from Montreal on Saturday.
Source : ctv.ca | 17-May-2008 13:04

TV's Ellen to wed actress partner
TV show host Ellen DeGeneres is to marry Portia de Rossi after California lifted its ban on same-sex ceremonies.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 13:00

Police aim for peaceful cup final
More than 1,000 police officers are drafted in to ensure the FA Cup final passes off peacefully.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 12:59

Dunlop son wins race 'for father'
Michael Dunlop, the son of late motorcycle legend Robert, wins the 250cc race at the North West 200.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 12:51

Lakers hold off Jazz 108-105, reach West finals (AP)

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24) greets Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan after Game 6 of the NBA basketball Western Conference semifinal series Friday, May 16, 2008, in Salt Lake City. The Lakers beat the Jazz 108-105. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)AP - Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years.



Source : Yahoo! News | 17-May-2008 12:51

Artist covers old gas station with huge blanket (AP)

Artist Jennifer Marsh poses for a portrait in front of her work of art in Syracuse, N.Y., Thursday, May 15, 2008. Marsh took a fifty-year-old abandoned gas station and transformed it into an art exhibit, making a dramatic statement about the world's dependence on oil and the price we pay at the pump. The installation utilizes more than 3,400 colorful panels created by thousands of people from 15 countries and 29 states. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)AP - Jennifer Marsh was sick of paying high gas prices and bothered by the abandoned gas station that was an eyesore on the drive to her studio each day.



Source : Yahoo! News | 17-May-2008 12:47

U.S. House Leader Nancy Pelosi visits Iraq (Reuters)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (R) and Israeli Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik light the eternal flame, commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust, during a memorial ceremony at Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem May 16, 2008. (Eliana Aponte/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a key Democrat critic of President George Bush's war policy in Iraq, landed in Baghdad on Saturday for talks with U.S. and Iraqi officials, the U.S. embassy said.



Source : Yahoo! News | 17-May-2008 12:47

New leaders unlikely to ease US-Russian tensions (AP)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, left, and Strategic Missile Forces Chief Nikolai Solovtsov, right, talk at a nuclear missile base in Teikovo, Russia Thursday, May 15, 2008. Russia's new president has promised the kind of democratic reforms Washington called for during predecessor Vladimir Putin's tenure. And all the candidates to succeed U.S. President George W. Bush have promised a break from a foreign policy that Moscow has bitterly criticized. But there is scant optimism that the changes in leadership in Moscow and Washington will shift the downward momentum in relations between the two nuclear powers. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)AP - Russia's new president has promised the kind of democratic change that Washington advocated during predecessor Vladimir Putin's tenure. At the same time, all the candidates to succeed President Bush have promised a break from a foreign policy that Moscow has bitterly criticized.



Source : Yahoo! News | 17-May-2008 12:46

Oregon race could spell end of Schumer streak (AP)

In this Aug. 27, 2007 file photo, Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley speaks during a interview in Portland, Ore. Merkley seems to have all the advantages as he seeks to become his party's nominee against incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith, the last Republican left standing on the West Coast. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - As head of the deep-pocketed Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commission, New York Sen. Charles Schumer hand-picked his party's nominee to take on Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, the last Republican standing on the West Coast. But apparently, Schumer forgot to inform the state's voters.



Source : Yahoo! News | 17-May-2008 12:45

Late Senator figures in 2008 presidential furor (AP)

This 1936 file photo shows Idaho U.S. Sen. William Borah. Being dead since 1940 hasn't kept Sen. Borah from being inserted squarely into 2008 presidential politics after Democratic candidate Barack Obama took issue with President Bush's borrowing of a quote from Borah Thursday, May 15, 2008 in his speech to the Israeli Knesset. (AP Photo)AP - Being dead since 1940 hasn't kept Idaho U.S. Sen. William Borah from being inserted squarely into 2008 presidential politics after Democratic candidate Barack Obama took issue with President Bush's borrowing of a quote from Borah.



Source : Yahoo! News | 17-May-2008 12:45

McEntire says she has more fun hosting ACM Awards (AP)

Reba McEntire acknowledges the crowd during taping of 'CMT Giants' honoring Reba McEntire, in this file photo from Oct. 26, 2006, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. the tireless country star is preparing for her 10th turn as host of the Academy of Country Music Awards this weekend. Over the years, she says she's gained more ease hosting the event. 'I've got a lot more confidence,' McEntire told AP Television at rehearsals Friday. ' (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)AP - After wrapping up a successful concert tour, you'd think Reba McEntire would want to take some time off to relax. Instead, the tireless country star is preparing for her 10th turn as host of the Academy of Country Music Awards this weekend. Over the years, she says she's gained more ease hosting the event.



Source : Yahoo! News | 17-May-2008 12:42

China quake victims flee 'flood'
Aid efforts in the quake-hit city of Beichuan halt after reports of a river bursting its banks spark widespread panic.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 12:39

Regular tests 'narrow curriculum'
Regular testing means some aspects of the curriculum are not being taught, an academic says.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 12:25

Bush Pivots to Arab Side of Mideast Peace Dispute
President Bush, after visit to Israel, focuses on Arab side of Mideast stalemate
Source : ABC News | 17-May-2008 12:20

Live - FA Cup final build-up
Portsmouth and Cardiff fans descend on Wembley ahead of the FA Cup final.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 12:00

Tsvangirai delays return home
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has postponed a planned return to Zimbabwe, officials from his party say.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 11:58

Tsvangirai delays Zimbabwe return
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has postponed a planned return to Zimbabwe, officials from his party say.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 11:58

Four held in murder probe
Police investigating the death of a man at a flat in the Townhead area of Glasgow arrest four suspects.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 11:55

Make-up artist's husband in court
The husband of an award-winning make-up artist appears in court charged with her murder.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 11:41

Live - England v New Zealand
Alastair Cook reaches his half-century as England press on at Lord's.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 11:40

Girl killed by van in hit-and-run
A six-year-old girl is killed in a hit-and-run involving a van on Merseyside.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 11:07

Down in one
Did US rivals really have a Tallinn vodka contest?
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 11:01

Myanmar death toll soars, diplomats tour delta (Reuters)

People get on carts as it rains in a village hit by Cyclone Nargis outside Yangon May 15, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Myanmar's junta took diplomats on a tour of the storm-ravaged Irrawaddy delta on Saturday as the toll of dead and missing from Cyclone Nargis soared above 133,000 people, making it one of the most devastating ever to hit Asia.



Source : Yahoo! News | 17-May-2008 10:29

Star returns to stage after crash
Actor Kris Marshall makes his debut in West End comedy Fat Pig, three weeks after being hit by a car.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 10:14

Fans ready for Cardiff's big day
Cardiff City football fans across the globe are watching their club as it chases FA Cup final glory.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 10:13

Pakistan Afghan ambassador freed
Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan, abducted by suspected Taleban militants in February, is released.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 08:44

Survivors found in China
New survivors were found on Saturday as rescuers in China waged a desperate battle to save lives.
Source : iafrica.com | 17-May-2008 08:43

Zim warns US over hospital
Zimbabwe warned US Ambassador James McGee after he visited victims of election violence in hospital.
Source : iafrica.com | 17-May-2008 08:32

Shatila people
Meet key people in a 60-year-old Palestinian camp
Source : bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 08:30

Shatila people
Meet key figures in a 60-year-old Palestinian camp
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 08:30

N Korea food aid resumes
The United States is to resume food aid to North Korea to help avoid a critical food shortage.
Source : iafrica.com | 17-May-2008 08:21

Myanmar toll tops 133 000
Myanmar said more than 133 000 people were dead or missing in the cyclone disaster.
Source : iafrica.com | 17-May-2008 08:08

James scores 32, Cavs beat Celtics to force Game 7 (AP)

Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce (34) runs into Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James during the third quarter of Game 6 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinals Friday, May 16, 2008, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - The Cleveland Cavaliers packed for a weekend stay in Beantown — not a few weeks on Cape Cod. They've got at least one more game left, and in the NBA, it's as big as they ever get. Game 7. On Sunday. In Boston.



Source : Yahoo! News | 17-May-2008 07:17

Survivors found five days after China quake (Reuters)

A wounded survivor walks with some 1000 other survivors during a 9-hour trek from the village of Qingping to Hanwang, after the village was isolated because of Monday's earthquake, in Sichuan Province May 16, 2008. (Nir Elias/Reuters)Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao urged rescuers in the southwestern province of Sichuan to race to save lives, days after the most destructive earthquake to hit modern China, state media said on Saturday.



Source : Yahoo! News | 17-May-2008 07:14

US Ships in Frustrating Wait Off Burma's Coast to Deliver Aid
Crews frustrated because Burmese government is preventing them from delivering large amounts of relief supplies on board which aid agencies say are desperately needed by millions of survivors of Cyclone Nargis
Source : voanews.com | 17-May-2008 07:12

Robert Mondavi, California wine pioneer, dies at 94 (AP)

In this photo originally provided by Departures Magazine, wine makers, Robert Mondavi, left, and his brother Peter Mondavi, hold hands at the 26th annual Auction Napa Valley at Meadowwood Resort, on June 3, 2006, in St. Helena, Calif. Robert Mondavi, the pioneering vintner who put California wine country on the global map, died Friday, May 16, 2008. He was 94. (AP Photo/George Nikitin, Departures Magazine)AP - Robert Mondavi, the vintner who built his career and helped an iconic Northern California industry blossom by insisting that Napa Valley wines can compete with the best in the world, died in the valley Friday. He was 94.



Source : Yahoo! News | 17-May-2008 07:06

China leader spurs rescue effort
China's President Hu Jintao urges rescuers in the earthquake-struck province of Sichuan to race to save lives.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 07:04

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz wedding imminent
Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent.
Source : ctv.ca | 17-May-2008 07:03

Signs point to imminent Ashlee Simpson wedding (AP)

In this Sept. 8, 2007 file photo, Ashlee Simpson and her boyfriend Pete Wentz, of the band Fall Out Boy, arrive together at the Rolling Stone 40th anniversary party in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent. Aerial photos posted Friday at several celebrity Web sites, credited to the Insight News & Features paparazzi photo agency, purport to show the Simpson family home near Los Angeles dotted with large white party tents.



Source : Yahoo! News | 17-May-2008 07:02

France angered by Burmese delays
France's UN envoy accuses Burma of being on the verge of a crime against humanity by not accepting aid.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 07:01

Burma 'guilty of inhuman action'
Gordon Brown accuses Burma's rulers of neglecting its people by blocking aid to cyclone survivors.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 17-May-2008 07:00

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