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WASHINGTON -- As voters in West Virginia went to the polls for that state's presidential primary today, Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton came in from the campaign trail to cast votes in the U.S. Senate. Obama and Clinton

At least 60 people have been killed and more than 150 wounded after a series of bomb blasts tore through the city of Jaipur in western India, officials say. The bombs went off near historic monuments in the crowded old city at one of the busiest times of

BEIJING, May 13 -- The Olympic torch will be carried through quake-ravaged Sichuan province on schedule next month, but China is scaling back celebrations along the route out of respect for earthquake victims and will observe a minute of silence each

While such scenes might be a staple of disasters in much of the world, the televised rescue effort playing nonstop on Chinese television is remarkable for a country that has a history of concealing the scope of natural disasters and then bungling its

TAMPA, Fla. Robert Rauschenberg, whose use of odd and everyday articles earned him a reputation as a pioneer in pop art but whose talents spanned the worlds of painting, sculpture and dance, has died, his gallery representative said today. He was 82.

Mr Darling: Announced the change in the CommonsChancellor Alistair Darling has put up the personal tax allowance by 600 - meaning every basic rate taxpayer will pay 120 less tax this year. Mr Darling, who said the package would cost 2.7bn, added that the

Relief for those affected by Cyclone Nargis has been slow to arriveThe United Nations has called for an air or sea corridor to be opened to channel large amounts of aid to the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma.A spokeswoman for the UN humanitarian

The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades. The official Xinhua News Agency said the death toll

DUJIANGYAN, China - Rescue workers were digging through flattened homes and schools Tuesday in a desperate search for victims of China's worst earthquake in three decades. Authorities said nearly 12,000 people were killed and more than 18,000 are

NEAR CHERANGANY, Kenya -- In the fertile Rift Valley region last week, convoys of army trucks began returning thousands of farmers to their fields. Deep in the rolling green hills, the new arrivals -- some willing, some not -- pitched white tents

BRIDGEPORT, W.VA. It seems like only a few days ago, right after Hillary Rodham Clinton's big win in Pennsylvania, that Margaret Hamrick was on the phone with one of her bank customers, rejoicing at what appeared so possible -- a woman, at last, in the

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MPs loyal to the prime minister blocked access for the presidentUkraine's president has been prevented from making his annual address to parliament by his own allies. Viktor Yushchenko could not reach the podium, blocked by MPs loyal to Prime Minister

A girl is rescued from the rubble of Juyuan school in DujiangyanA massive search and rescue operation is under way in south-western China after one of the most powerful earthquakes in decades. Troops have arrived in Wenchuan county at the epicentre,

The Lebanese army has so far not intervened in the clashesThe Lebanese army has said it is prepared to use force to disarm gunmen and restore order across the country. It follows a week of clashes between supporters of the Western-backed government and

Lebanon's embattled prime minister warned on Monday that Hizbollah had undermined its own ability to confront Israel when it used weapons against its rivals at home and deepened the divisions in the country.Fouad Siniora told the Financial Times the Shia

BEIJING - Monday's deadly earthquake occurred on a fault where South Asia pushes against the Eurasian landmass, smashing the Sichuan plain into mountains leading to the Tibetan highlands. PHOTO GALLERY: Images from China's deadly earthquake WASHINGTON:

BRIDGEPORT, W.VA. It seems like only a few days ago, right after Hillary Rodham Clinton's big win in Pennsylvania, that Margaret Hamrick was on the phone with one of her bank customers, rejoicing at what appeared so possible -- a woman, at last, in the

'); E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Text Size DUJIANGYAN, China: The children who were considered fortunate escaped with a broken bone or a severed limb. The others, hundreds of them, were carried

people are believed to have perished. But in the midst of so much tragedy, searchers found at least one reason for hope: a little girl was pulled out alive from the rubble of what used to be her school. There may be thousands like her -- trapped under

Despite producing relatively little published work, the artist , who has died from leukaemia aged 52, was hugely influential. He was best known for his comic-book series, the Rocketeer, set in a 1930s America that recalled movie serials and pulp fiction,

BEIJING - Chinese troops searched for survivors in collapsed schools and other buildings today after the country's worst earthquake in three decades killed nearly 10,000 people. PHOTO GALLERY: Images from China's deadly earthquake WASHINGTON: U.S.

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The earthquake was even stronger than the Tangshan earthquake of 1976, which killed more than 240,000 people died. The 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit in Sichuan Province on Monday afternoon, and the death toll steadily increased throughout the evening,

BEIJING - China's worst earthquake in nearly three decades killed nearly 10,000 people Monday, according to state media. The Chinese government, sensitive to accusations it did not move quickly enough in previous disasters, immediately launched a massive

The US is prepared to help strengthen Lebanon's army so it can disarm Hezbollah, US President George W Bush said in an interview with the BBC. He said the Shia Muslim Hezbollah movement had acted against its own people and was destabilising Lebanon. He

Mr Field said it was a 'tragedy' that Mr Brown is not enjoying being PMTwo Cabinet ministers have rounded on rebel Labour MP Frank Field, after he suggested Gordon Brown was 'unhappy' as PM and would step down by 2010. Mr Brown's closest ally Ed Balls

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