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5/30/08

China seeks earthquake aid from Japan

World Bank pledges $1.2 billion to battle food crisis

Obama considering trip to Iraq

5/29/08

Weeks of rain bring disease to Colombia

City dwellers produce less carbon, report suggests

Presidential candidates sign joint statement on Darfur

5/28/08

China evacuates 160,000 over quake lake fears

China, Russia, U.S. focus of human rights report

Japan pledges to double aid to Africa

5/27/08

Sri Lanka vows to 'crush' train bombers

Bush: Arlington cemetery 'watered by silent tears'

Hezbollah promises Lebanon cooperation

5/23.08

Memorial Day travelers face headwinds

China: Quake victims need millions of tents

Analysts foresee 'new world energy order'

5/18.08

Lebanon factions reach deal to end crisis

U.N. chief arrives in Myanmar to meet military rulers

Can Obama win over the working class?

5/17/08

Obama blasts Bush, McCain over 'attacks'

Trial of bin Laden's driver postponed

Pentagon pushes for swift passage of war funding

5/16/08

Zimbabwe runoff announced for end of June

Serbian leader in coalition threat

Bin Laden urges Muslims to liberate Palestine

5/15/08

Parents' losses compounded by China's one-child policy

Myanmar cyclone toll estimate soars

Lebanon officials reverse decisions that set off violence

5/14/08

Myanmar worried by new storm warnings

Reward for wanted terrorist drops

Bush arrives in Israel on Mideast trip

5/13/08

Zimbabwe police quiz U.S. envoy

Chinese media: 18,000 trapped in one city alone

Agency: Junta holding back best cyclone aid

5/12/08

Sudan cuts ties with Chad after attack

China: 107 dead, 900 students buried in quake

Hezbollah-led forces take revolt to mountains

5/9/08

U.S. says al Qaeda in Iraq leader not captured

U.N. halts Myanmar flights after aid 'seized'

Hezbollah militias assume control of western Beirut

5/8/08

Pentagon: Ex-detainees returning to fight

Rotting corpses pile up as Myanmar stalls on aid

Olympic torch scales Everest

5/5/08

Myanmar death toll 'more than 10,000'

Police: Mother only suspect in freezer babies case

Incest victims helped to build cellar

5/2/08

Hong Kong cheers Olympic torch

Mideast Quartet presses Israel over settlements

Turkey bombs Kurdish rebels in Iraq

5/1/08

Official: Mugabe will retain power if no run-off vote

Report: Taliban strengthens in Afghanistan

Michelle Obama: Let's move past Wright, get back to issues

4/30/08

Zimbabwe edges closer to election outcome

Report: Iraq windfall soars along with oil prices

Clinton, Obama dead even for fifth straight day

4/29/08

17 sentenced for alleged roles in Tibet riots

Cuba announces Communist Party congress

Zimbabwean opposition addresses U.N. Security Council

4/28/08

Dozens dead in Chinese train crash

North Koreans greet Olympic torch

Obama's ex-pastor delivers spirited speech to NAACP

4/25/08

Blast rocks police station in Pakistan

Interpol: Protesters will target Olympics

Hamas 'playing games' with truce, Israeli official

4/24/08

Zimbabwe crisis at critical level, warns Zuma

N. Korea cites progress with U.S.

Source: Intel shows N. Korea-Syria nuclear link

4/23/08

Recount of parliamentary vote in Zimbabwe

Tibet banner gets U.S. citizen kicked off Mount Everest

Clinton claims victory in Pennsylvania

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