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Hopes of finding more survivors are fading three days after a deadly earthquake flattened cities and towns in southwestern China, with the official toll exceeds 19,500.
15/05/2008
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Hezbollah gunmen are reported to have taken control of large areas of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, in a third day of fighting, while fierce gun battles are raging in other mixed Sunni-Shia-Christian neighbourhoods.
09/05/2008
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The US military has denied that a man arrested in Iraq is Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, Al-Qaeda chief in Iraq, who carries a US bounty of five million dollars.
09/05/2008
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Barack Obama has won North Carolina's Democratic presidential primary, according to US media, and his rival Hillary Clinton won in the state of Indiana, eking out a two-point victory in the midwestern state after a protracted vote count, US networks ...
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China's president has called for a new "leap forward" in relations with Japan during a rare summit meeting in Tokyo.
07/05/2008
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Hu Jintao, the Chinese president, is due to arrive in Japan on Tuesday on a trip intended to reinforce a thaw in relations between the two long-standing rivals.
05/05/2008
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The Olympic torch has completed the first leg of its relay through Chinese territory amid cheers and jeers from supporters and protesters in Hong Kong.
02/05/2008
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