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16.05.2008
BEICHUAN, China - A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicentre of this week's powerful earthquake, while some survivors were pulled from rubble after being buried for four days.
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16.05.2008
BEIJING - After days of refusing foreign relief workers, China has accepted offers from four countries to send in rescue teams.
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16.05.2008
BEIJING - The Sichuan government says the official death toll from this week's powerful earthquake in the province has risen to 21,000 people.
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16.05.2008
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch political cartoonist is facing possible hate crimes charges.
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16.05.2008
LISBON, Portugal - Legislators in Portugal have adopted a widely contested standardization of Portuguese that requires hundreds of words to be spelled the Brazilian way.
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16.05.2008
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict is again weighing in on the issue of same-sex marriage.
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16.05.2008
SAN FRANCISCO - Opponents of gay marriage say they plan to ask the California Supreme Court to hold off on its decision legalizing such unions until fall.
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16.05.2008
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar state television says the death toll in this month's cyclone has reached almost 78,000, thousands higher than the number previously reported.
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16.05.2008
BEICHUAN, China - A strong aftershock has sparked landslides near the epicentre of this week's powerful earthquake in China.
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16.05.2008
CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden says in a new message that al-Qaida will continue its holy war against Israel and its allies until it liberates Palestine.
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