14th May 2008
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China quake death toll soars past 12,000 17:40
DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - The number of dead in China's earthquake climbed past 12,000 on Tuesday with the toll expect...
China quake death toll soars past 12,000 16:39
DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - The number of dead in China's earthquake climbed past 12,000 on Tuesday with the toll expect to soar further after...
25 dead after six blasts in India's Jaipur 17:00
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - At least six bombs exploded in the western Indian city of Jaipur on Tuesday evening, most...
Government cuts income taxes 16:35
LONDON (Reuters) - The embattled government trimmed income taxes for 22 million people on Tuesday, as soaring food and fuel bills sent inflation...
Lebanon's Hariri vows no surrender to Hezbollah 17:06
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Sunni Muslim leader Saad al-Hariri pledged on Tuesday there would be no political surrender to what...
Rain lashes Myanmar 15:35
YANGON (Reuters) - Heavy rains pelted homeless cyclone survivors in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, complicating the already slow delivery of...
Shi'ite gunmen in Baghdad slum ignore truce 17:11
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An agreement aimed at ending fighting in the Baghdad bastion of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr appeared...
25 dead after six blasts in India's Jaipur 16:00
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - At least six bombs exploded in the western Indian city of Jaipur on Tuesday evening, most within a few minutes of each...
Rain lashes Myanmar 16:35
YANGON (Reuters) - Heavy rains pelted homeless cyclone survivors in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, complicating the already slow delivery...
Jury shown impact of "airline bombs" 17:23
LONDON (Reuters) - A jury was shown video footage on Tuesday of what prosecutors said would have been the devastating impact of liquid explosives a...
U.S. drops charges against accused "20th hijacker" 17:21
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday it dropped charges against a Saudi who U.S. officials say intended to...
Cameron says winning battle of ideas 17:01
LONDON (Reuters) - Conservative leader David Cameron said on Tuesday his party was winning the ideological debate that was essential to a general...
Iran says puts package of proposals to EU's Solana 18:03
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran's ambassador to Brussels presented proposals on global issues including its disputed nuclear programme to European Union...
Tourist snaps may be key to Oxford St. murder 17:35
LONDON (Reuters) - Tourists taking holiday snaps along Oxford Street could hold pivotal evidence to the murder of a 22 year-old-man who died after...
Italian PM may be drawn into CIA abduction case 16:42
MILAN (Reuters) - An Italian judge could decide on Wednesday to make Silvio Berlusconi the first head of a government...
Man arrested for murder of Jimmy Mizen 16:58
LONDON (Reuters) - A 19-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of murdering Jimmy Mizen, a teenager who died in an unprovoked attack at a...
Rights group concerned at mass arrests in Khartoum 17:43
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch voiced concern on Tuesday at mass arrests in Khartoum after an attack on Sudan's...
Vast Chile volcano ash cloud partially collapses 16:48
PUERTO MONTT, Chile (Reuters) - A towering cloud of hot ash, gas and molten rock spewed miles into the air by a volcano in southern Chile has...
Israeli police seize documents in Olmert probe 15:26
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police raided the offices of a government ministry on Tuesday, confiscating documents as part of a...
Some Hendrix or Mozart with your Cabernet sir? 14:44
LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) - Research by a Chilean wine producer and a Scottish university has revealed a world scientific first - music has a direct...