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Aftershocks Bury Vehicles In Sichuan
Last Updated: 2:39 PM 05/16/08 - A Chinese state news agency says new aftershocks have cut off roads and telecommunications in quake-hit Sichuan province, burying a number of vehicles. (Full Story)
Red Cross: Clean Water Most Urgent for Myanmar
Last Updated: 9:00 AM 05/16/08 - The International Red Cross says a lack of clean water will be the biggest killer in Myanmar in the coming days. (Full Story)
Local Chinese Govt Says Death Toll at 21,500
Last Updated: 8:03 AM 05/16/08 - The Sichuan government says the official death toll from Monday's powerful earthquake in the Chinese province has risen to 21,500.
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Myanmar Says Military-Backed Constitution Approved
Last Updated: 2:32 PM 05/15/08 - Myanmar has announced that a military-backed constitution was overwhelmingly approved by voters in last week's referendum. (Full Story)
Red Cross: Up To 128,000 May Have Died In Myanmar
Last Updated: 10:42 AM 05/15/08 - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is organizing an emergency team it hopes to send to Myanmar to assess the humanitarian crisis triggered by a cyclone more than a week and a-half ago. (Full Story)
Rescuers at China Quake Epicenter, Digging By Hand
Last Updated: 10:21 AM 05/15/08 - China is ordering 100 more helicopters into areas devastated by this week's earthquake.
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Bush Unwavering in Support of Israel
Last Updated: 8:15 AM 05/15/08 - President Bush is preparing to deliver a speech of unwavering U.S. support for Israel when he stands before the Israeli parliament. (Full Story)
Aid Worker Enters 'Unrecognizable' Myanmar Delta
Last Updated: 12:19 PM 05/14/08 - U.N. officials are warning of an escalating threat for two million people at risk of disease and starvation in Myanmar unless relief efforts are dramatically stepped up. (Full Story)
UN Says Another Cyclone Forming Near Myanmar
Last Updated: 10:34 AM 05/14/08 - The U.N. says another cyclone may be forming near Myanmar. (Full Story)
Pregnant Woman Rescued From Earthquake Rubble
Last Updated: 10:17 AM 05/14/08 - Chinese rescue workers have pulled a woman who is eight months pregnant to safety after she spent 50 hours under earthquake rubble. (Full Story)
Bush in Israel
Last Updated: 9:37 AM 05/14/08 - President Bush has opened a celebratory visit to israel where he'll make a new push for peace in the long-troubled Middle East. (Full Story)
China Reports Thousands More Deaths
Last Updated: 8:30 AM 05/14/08 - The death toll in china's powerful earthquake has pushed to almost 20,000. (Full Story)
More Than 12,000 Reported Dead, Search Continues for Earthquake Survivors

Last Updated: 2:49 PM 05/13/08 - Dujiangyan, China (AP) Rescue workers in china are making desperate attempts to find survivors following yesterday's deadly earthquake. (Full Story)
Update: Chinese Death Toll Rises to Almost 12,000
Last Updated: 1:47 PM 05/13/08 - A Chinese disaster relief official says the death toll has risen to nearly 12,000 following a massive earthquake that struck the country. (Full Story)
UN Says Most Victims Without Relief, Others Accuse Myanmar Regime Of Stealing Aid
Last Updated: 9:45 AM 05/13/08 - European Union officials meet in Brussels today to consider all diplomatic means to get Myanmar's military leaders to let in more emergency aid to cyclone victims. (Full Story)
Weather Hinders Search For Chinese Earthquake Survivors
Last Updated: 9:22 AM 05/13/08 - The desperate search continues for people buried alive in the rubble and devastation following yesterday's earthquake in China.
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Polish Holocaust Hero Dies At 98
Last Updated: 2:10 PM 05/12/08 - The family of a polish social worker credited with rescuing 2,500 jewish children from the Nazis says she has died. (Full Story)
Myanmar Raises Cyclone Death Toll as First U.S. Relief Arrives
Last Updated: 1:57 PM 05/12/08 - Myanmar is raising the official death toll from a powerful cyclone to nearly 32,000. (Full Story)
First American Relief Flight Lands
Last Updated: 10:56 AM 05/12/08 - The United States has made its first shipment of cyclone relief supplies to Myanmar. (Full Story)
Update: Death Toll In China Earthquake Rises To 8,533
Last Updated: 11:59 AM 05/12/08 - Chinese state media says more than 8,500 have died in Sichuan province alone from a massive earthquake. (Full Story)
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