China quake toll 'to top 50,000'
China's government fears more than 50,000 people may have died in the Sichuan earthquake, state media say.
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Abbas pledge on 'catastrophe' day
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vows to end Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory.
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Raider launches Yahoo challenge
Billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn announces he will fight to oust the present board of directors at Yahoo.
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Obama attacks Bush over Iran barb
US presidential hopeful Barack Obama interprets a speech by President Bush as an attack on his foreign policy.
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Taylor 'ignored rebel protests'
Liberia's Charles Taylor rejected Sierra Leone rebel complaints about his troops' behaviour, an ex-ally says.
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Afghan police hit by bomb attack
At least five policeman and two civilians are killed by a female suicide attacker in western Afghanistan.
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Aid for Burma 'must be monitored'
Countries sending aid to Burma must monitor it closely to stop the junta seizing it, a rights group says.
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UK's Prince Charles urges logging halt
Prince Charles says the halting of logging in the rainforest is the single greatest solution to climate change.
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Single anti-flu drug 'not enough'
No single drug will be enough to treat all the victims of a global pandemic of the H5N1 bird flu, research suggests.
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Oldest known bust of Caesar found in River Rhone
Divers have found the oldest known bust of Roman ruler Julius Caesar in the River Rhone, officials say.
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Obama says sorry for 'sweetie' comment
US presidential hopeful Barack Obama offers a "chastened" apology for calling a reporter "sweetie".
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Live - England v New Zealand
New Zealand struggle to 130-5 after rain delays the start of day one of the first Test.
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Celtic's Burns loses cancer fight
Celtic first-team coach and former Scotland international Tommy Burns has died of cancer at the age of 51.
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Far from Palestine
Three generations discuss 60 years of exile and loss
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Amazon challenge
Brazil's new plan to protect and exploit the Amazon
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Washington diary
Matt Frei on Edwards's backing of Obama
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Bleak reminder
Today's parallels to USSR's defeat in Afghanistan
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Day in pictures
Striking images from around the world
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New apartheid?
S Africa migrants' fear of xenophobic violence
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Zimbabwe bank issues $500m note
Zimbabwe issues a Z$500m banknote, worth US$2, as the opposition calls for an emergency summit.
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Amazon 'needs middle way'
The minister in charge of Brazil's rainforest says conservation and economic development can go hand in hand.
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Vietnam drugs haul 'largest ever'
Police in Vietnam say they have found nearly nine tons of cannabis in a shipment of blue jeans from Pakistan.
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Italian police swoop on migrants
Italian police arrest hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants in raids across the country.
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Hezbollah 'to restore normality'
Hezbollah says it wants a return to the situation before recent violence across Lebanon.
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India issues blast suspect sketch
Police in India issue a photofit of a man whom they want to question in connection with deadly blasts in Jaipur.
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I can save economy again - Brown
Gordon Brown says he has kept the UK economy growing during tough times before and insists: "I can do it again."
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CBS buys tech news website CNET
Television company CBS agrees to buy online technology news and entertainment website CNET.
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Meningitis B trials 'encouraging'
Initial results of clinical trials on a possible vaccine against meningitis B show 'encouraging' results.
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Evolution rolls on for Mars rover
The wheels continue to turn on Europe's billion-euro project to put a robotic rover on the surface of the Red Planet.
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Diamond tops chart for first time
Singer Neil Diamond reaches the top of the US Billboard chart for the first time in his career.
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Identity fraud hits net telephony
Usernames and passwords from voice-over IP accounts are being traded online, a telecoms firm finds.
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