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Tehran Condemns Deal With America
By Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran — Two hard-line newspapers seen as speaking for Iran's clerical establishment called yesterday for Iraqis to oppose a strategic framework deal with America, Tehran's first public condemnation of the arrangement.
The papers accused Iraqi...
Rescue Workers Struggle To Reach Victims of China Quake
By RICHARD SPENCER
CHENGDU, China ? More than 12 hours after an earthquake struck in central China yesterday there was only silence from Wenchuan, the epicenter of the disaster.
More than 110,000 people live in Wenchuan, where the rice-growing plains of Chengdu give...
NASA Uneasy Over Russian Space Troubles
By The Washington Post
Two consecutive chaotic and dangerous landings by Soyuz space capsules, including one with an American astronaut aboard, have NASA and space experts concerned about the spacecraft's reliability in ferrying astronauts to and from the international...
Child Virus Claims Five More in China
By Associated Press
BEIJING — Five more children have died of hand, foot, and mouth disease in China, bringing the death toll to 39 since late March, the official Xinhua News Agency said yesterday.
A girl died in eastern Anhui province from enterovirus 71, a virus that...
Putin Names Kremlin Loyalists to New Cabinet
By MANSUR MIROVALEV
MOSCOW ? Prime Minister Putin wasted no time in naming his new Cabinet yesterday, bringing in loyalists from the Kremlin in what was seen as an effort to shift the center of power to his new place of work.
He also left several prominent ministers...
Junta Leader Avoids U.N. Chief's Calls
By Staff Reporter of the Sun
UNITED NATIONS — Signaling the growing frustration among U.N. relief workers with the Burmese regime, Secretary-General Ban said yesterday that the country's military leader is declining to return his phone calls.
Although the Burmese authorities...
Darfur Rebel Leader Vows To Press Offensive
By SARAH EL DEEB and MOHAMED OSMAN
KHARTOUM, Sudan ? Darfur's most-wanted rebel leader vowed yesterday to keep up his offensive against the Sudanese government, saying he can exhaust the military by fighting it all across Africa's largest nation.
In a phone interview with the...
Bolivia's President, Critics Support Recall Election
By Los Angeles Times
LA PAZ, Bolivia — In a rare point of concurrence, Bolivia's president, Evo Morales, and his critics have agreed to support a recall election for Mr. Morales and all eight sitting state governors approved yesterday.
The referendum, scheduled for...
U.S. Admiral Presses Burma To Open Borders to Relief
By AMY KAZMIN and COLUM LYNCH
BANGKOK, Thailand — The head of the U.S. Pacific Command flew into Burma yesterday aboard the first U.S. military aid flight, to press for a full-scale international relief operation for victims of Cyclone Nargis. Facing mounting international...
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China Death Toll Could Rise After A Major Quake
By JILL DREW
BEIJING — A powerful earthquake hit central China yesterday, killing nearly 10,000 people, as schools and other buildings collapsed across four provinces and tremors shook buildings as far away as Bangkok.
State press outlets reported widespread...
Bush Visit May Boost Olmert
By ELI LAKE
WASHINGTON — For the more than 50 American Jewish leaders invited to join President Bush's special delegation to Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations this week, the hottest ticket is for Mr. Bush's speech Thursday at the Knesset.
Although the...
Mexican Bid for Top U.N. Post May Be in Jeopardy
By BENNY AVNI
UNITED NATIONS — Efforts to appoint a Mexican national to the highest U.N. human rights position may be undermined by new reports that the Mexican government has successfully pressured the outgoing human rights commissioner, Louise Arbour, to remove...
Pakistan Party Exits Ruling Coalition
By MUBASHIR ZAIDI and LAURA KING
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ? One of the two main parties in Pakistan's ruling coalition declared yesterday it would quit the government in a dispute over when and how to reinstate judges fired by President Musharraf during a crackdown late last year.
The...
Fighting in Lebanon Moves North, Capital Is Quiet
By SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Fighting between pro- and anti-government factions jumped to Lebanon's north yesterday, but a grim calm hung over the nearly empty streets of Beirut — a capital crippled by roadblocks, suspicion, and fear.
As black-clad Shiite...
Pakistan Party Exits Ruling Coalition
By Los Angeles Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — One of the two main parties in Pakistan's ruling coalition declared yesterday it would quit the government in a dispute over when and how to reinstate judges fired by President Musharraf during a crackdown late last year.
The...
Police Raid Olmert's Offices in Israel
By Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Israeli police raided Jerusalem's City Hall yesterday, searching offices and confiscating documents as part of a widening corruption inquiry against Prime Minister Olmert.
Mr. Olmert is suspected of illicitly accepting large sums of cash...
Islamic Cleric Says Trial Should Stay in Britain
By Bloomberg News
LONDON — The Islamic cleric jailed in Britain for inciting murder and racial hatred, Abu Hamza al-Masri, said London's chief magistrate was wrong to recommend he be extradited to face trial in America. London lawyers for the cleric, who has been in...
Turkish Fighter Planes Bomb Kurdish Rebels
By Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish fighter planes bombed Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq in a third straight night of air strikes, Kurdish officials said yesterday.Warplanes targeted suspected rebel hideouts near the towns of Neroye and Rekan in the Dahuk...
Main Shiite Faction Signs Deal To Clear Way for Soldiers in Sadr City
By ALEXANDRA ZAVIS
BAGHDAD, Iraq ? Representatives of Iraq's main Shiite Muslim factions signed a deal yesterday clearing the way for Iraqi soldiers to operate throughout Sadr City, a vast Baghdad slum that is largely under the control of militiamen loyal to firebrand...
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