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Chinese soldiers match near a temporary base at a earthquake site during a rescue mission in Yinxiu, southwest China's Sichuan Province Tuesday, May 20, 2008.

American aid to China flowing but not for Myanmar
CNN

Aid flows to China but less to Myanmar Two major natural disasters this month have created demand for aid. So far the China earthquake is drawing more than the crisis in Myanmar. | | | RSS Subscribe to International feed://rss.cnn.com/rss/money_news_international.rss Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS...

photo: AP / Vincent Yu

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McCain And Obama Are No Different On Iraq
Infowars

Establishment leaders would have us believe that Presidential Candidates John McCain and Barack...

Tax and spend in Virginia
The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has reverted to type with a raft of tax increases and fees: a proposed...

No right here
The Washington Times

The nation's fittingly tough 2003 child-pornography law is safe thanks to an equally tough 7-2...

3 Palestinians reported killed in Gaza airstrikes

Smoke rises from an explosion following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza Strip.

The Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli aircraft launched at least three strikes on Palestinians Tuesday, killing a 13-year-old boy, a Hamas fighter and an unidentified man, Palestinian doctors and Hamas said. Despite the violence, Israeli defense officials said...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

Strike halts Belgium trains, including Eurostar

A police officer and his dog are seen next to an empty departure board at the central station in Antwerp, Belgium, Tuesday May 20, 2008. Train employees organized a general strike on Tuesday, over pay, which forced the cancellation of national and international services including the Thalys international links to France, Germany and the Netherlands and Eurostar services between Brussels and Lon

Turkish Press

A Thalys train awaits departure at Antwerp station in 2007. A 24-hour strike has paralysed Belgium's rail system, shutting down local lines as well as international services such as Eurostar trains between Brussels and London. (AFP/Belga/File) A...
photo: AP / Virginia Mayo

Bush apologizes to Iraqi PM over Koran shooting

President George W. Bush stands with his economic advisors as he delivers a statement to the press Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007, at the U.S. Department of Treasury in Washington, D.C. "We discussed our thriving economy and what we need to do to keep it t

Canada Dot Com

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President George W. Bush has apologized to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and promised prosecution of a U.S. soldier accused of using a copy of the Koran for target practice, Iraq said on Tuesday. Bush apologized in a...
photo: White House/Chris Greenberg

Torch relay to resume

Chinese hold candles during a candlelight vigil to mark the one-week anniversary of the quake in Chengdu, southwestern China's Sichuan province Monday, May 19, 2008. China declared three days of national mourning for earthquake victims and ordered a suspension of the Olympic torch relay, as the search for survivors of the disaster grew blea

The Australian

THE Beijing Olympic torch relay will resume its journey on Thursday after a three-day halt to mark a national period of mourning for China's earthquake victims, state media reported. The relay will restart where it left...
photo: AP / Oded Balilty

ANC to meet over xenophobia

A mob chant in the Reiger Park informal settlement outside Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday May 20, 2008.

News24

Johannesburg - The African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng has expressed concern that hostels appeared to be "launching pads" for the xenophobic violence in various areas of the province, it said ahead of a meeting to discuss the unrest on...
photo: AP Photo / Themba Hadebe

Firms scoop £4bn carrier contract

British Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal sailing up the river Thames, towards the City of London, near Greenwich, England, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004. The Ark Royal is due to dock at Greenwich Pier where she is to stay for six days to aid the Royal Navy in a recruitment dri

BBC News

The Ministry of Defence is set to sign a £4bn deal to build two aircraft carriers in the UK in a move expected to provide 10,000 jobs at its peak. HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales will be built by a consortium to be formed between BAE...
photo: AP / Dave Caulkin

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