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Tuesday 13 May 2008
At least 12,000 dead, scores buried in Chinese quake
Government sources said on Tuesday that 18,645 people were buried under debris in the city of Miangyang, near the epicentre of the earthquake that rocked China's Sichuan province on Monday. The official death toll nears 12,000. (Story: A. Dupuis)
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- CHINA - EARTHQUAKE
- At least 12,000 dead, scores buried in Chinese quake
- Tuesday 13 May 2008
- Government sources said on Tuesday that 18,645 people were buried under debris in the city of Miangyang, near the epicentre of the earthquake that rocked China's Sichuan province on Monday. The official death toll nears 12,000. (Story: A. Dupuis)
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- PAKISTAN - EXCLUSIVE
- Last-ditch negotiations to save Pakistani government
- Tuesday 13 May 2008
- Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday called for "last minute efforts" to restore dismissed judges and refused the resignation of ministers from Nawaz Sharif’s party, who pulled out of the six-week-old cabinet over the issue.
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- INDIA - BOMB ATTACK
- Serial blasts rip Indian tourist city
- Tuesday 13 May 2008
- A series of bomb blasts tore through the western Indian city of Jaipur Tuesday, killing 80 people and injuring hundreds, according to government officials. The attacks occurred in the crowded walled city, a popular tourist destination.
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- SUDAN - FRANCE 24 EXCLUSIVE
- Turabi says he was 'badly treated' in detention
- Tuesday 13 May 2008
- In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi said he was mistreated while in custody following the weekend attack by Darfur rebels on Khartoum.
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- BURMA - CYCLONE
- UN calls for air corridor to Burma
- Tuesday 13 May 2008
- A UN humanitarian agency called for a coordinated effort in Burma to create an "air or sea corridor to channel aid in large quantities" to speed up the cyclone relief process to those in need and head off a "second catastrophe". Cyril Payen reports.
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- LEBANON - VIOLENCE
- Lebanese majority leader Hariri will not "surrender"
- Tuesday 13 May 2008
- Sunni politician and media businessman Saad Hariri said on Tuesday that he would not "surrender to the Iranian and Syrian regimes", after Hezbollah-led Shi'ite militias defeated his supporters in guerrilla battles over the past six days.
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- COLOMBIA - UNITED STATES
- Uribe extradites paramilitary leaders to US
- Tuesday 13 May 2008
- Alvaro Uribe has extradited 14 nationals to the United States where they were wanted for drug trafficking.
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- USA - VOTE 2008
- Expected W Virginia win not enough for Clinton
- Tuesday 13 May 2008
- Poorer white voters are tipped to help Hillary Clinton secure a big win in West Virginia on Tuesday, but this will not be enough for her to catch up with Barack Obama in the US presidential election. (Report: R.Martin)
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