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| Friday, May 16, 2008
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China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000
LUOSHUI TOWN, China (AP) -- Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final toll could more than double to 50,000....
Myanmar junta warns against hoarding cyclone aid
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods....
Bush, Saudis to discuss soaring gas prices
JERUSALEM (AP) -- President Bush put the finishing touch on his celebrate-and-be-celebrated Israel stay, leaving the Holy Land Friday with no movement on Mideast peace but hoping to fare better in Saudi Arabia at obtaining help for soaring gas prices at home....
Venezuela weapons worry US, Colombia
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The United States and Colombia have long been wary of Venezuela's peacetime military buildup, suspecting the weapons could end up in the hands of drug-trafficking Colombian rebels....
Losing racehorses in Puerto Rico condemned to die
CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico (AP) -- For thoroughbred racehorses in Puerto Rico, success can be a matter of life and death. Many losers don't make it off the racetrack grounds alive....
In Qatar, Muslim, Jewish clerics meet
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- More than a dozen Jewish rabbis, including two from Israel, were in attendance this week as this conservative Muslim sheikdom opened one of the Gulf's first scholarly centers dedicated to interfaith dialogue....
Suicide blast kills 6, wounds 50 in Sri Lanka's capital
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- A bomb blast blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels killed six policemen and wounded 50 people, including civilians, in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo Friday, the military said....
Police: 9 killed in Philippine bank robbery
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- At least eight bank employees and a security guard were lined up and shot dead in the head Friday in a bloody Philippine bank robbery, police said. Another employee was in critical condition at a hospital....
Iraqi forces mount al-Qaida hunt in Mosul
BAGHDAD (AP) -- U.S. and Iraqi troops moved against al-Qaida on two separate fronts Thursday, with house-to-house searches in Mosul and an operation in the desert to stanch the flow of insurgents and weapons to that northern city....
UN: World economy to grow by 1.8 percent in 2008
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The world economy is "teetering on the brink" of a severe downturn and is expected to grow only 1.8 percent in 2008, the United Nations said in its mid-year economic projections Thursday....
Gay marriage opponents vow to fight Calif. ruling
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Even as same-sex couples across California begin making plans to tie the knot, opponents are redoubling their efforts to make sure wedding bells never ring for gay couples in the nation's most populous state....
Woman indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide....
Muskogee, Okla., teen ready for mayoral challenge
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) -- Nineteen-year-old John Tyler Hammons has a lot on his plate as he prepares to take over as mayor of this eastern Oklahoma city, but he's trying to keep his priorities straight....
Polygamist sect's finances are murky
ELDORADO, Texas (AP) -- In just five years, the West Texas polygamist sect transformed 1,700 acres of scrubland purchased for $700,000 into a bustling ranch with a blazing-white limestone temple, sprawling three-story log cabins, woodworking shops and a dairy....
Ex-Army Corps consultant indicted in bribery case
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A former Army Corps of Engineers consultant and a dirt subcontractor were indicted Thursday on bribery charges stemming from an investigation into levee work after Hurricane Katrina....
Prosecutor: Landlord tried to kill man over rent
NEW YORK (AP) -- Prosecutors say a New York landlord who tried to kill a tenant with a bomb has been indicted on attempted murder and other charges. The tenant lost a leg in the blast....
Police: Man a prime suspect in Florida fires
PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) -- A man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail into the woods as firefighters battled large blazes nearby set several other small fires to throw off officers who were pursuing him, police said Thursday....
LA jury convicts Hollywood private eye in racketeering case
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Hollywood private investigator was convicted Thursday of federal racketeering and other charges for digging up dirt for his well-heeled clients to use in lawsuits, divorces and business disputes against the rich and famous....
Controversy sizzles over taco truck restrictions
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jose Ochoa has parked his taco truck on the same stretch of road since 1989, and, like scores of other lunch vendors around Los Angeles, he refused to pack it up Thursday, the first day for a new law requiring food wagons to move every hour or face $1,000 fines....
Flight attendant accused of setting fire on airplane
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A flight attendant angry about his work route set a fire in an airplane bathroom, forcing an emergency landing, authorities said....
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