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13.05.2008
MIANYANG, China - Rescue workers sifted through tangled debris of toppled schools and homes Tuesday for thousands of victims buried or missing after China's worst earthquake in three decades, as the death toll soared to more than 12,000 people in the hardest-hit province alone.
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13.05.2008
JUYUAN, China - The bodies of the young teenagers were brought out of the wreckage on doors scavenged from what remained of their school.
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13.05.2008
YANGON, Myanmar - Victims and aid workers say many cyclone victims in Myanmar are not getting the high-quality supplies shipped in by foreign governments and charities.
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13.05.2008
UTAPAO AIR BASE, Thailand - Flying into Yangon, U.S. marine Cpl. Bryan Hampson looked out the windows of his C-130 cargo plane at an expanse of marshland covered with a thick, brown blanket of water.
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13.05.2008
BEIRUT, Lebanon - The Lebanese army has announced that troops will use force if needed to impose law and order in the country.
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13.05.2008
PITTSBURGH - Americans facing rising gasoline and diesel prices are cycling about, saddling up, singing out and, sometimes, going to extremes.
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13.05.2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky lawyer wants Pope Benedict to testify in connection with a clergy sex-abuse lawsuit.
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13.05.2008
JERUSALEM - U.S. President George W. Bush says the Israeli-Palestinian peace process does not depend on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
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13.05.2008
KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S.-led coalition forces called in air strikes against the Taliban, killing a dozen militants during fighting in southern Afghanistan that has displaced many families, officials said Tuesday.
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13.05.2008
BEIJING - Beijing's Olympic organizers say they will simplify and downscale the Olympic torch relay in the aftermath of the earthquake.
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