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» China leader spurs rescue effort
17/05/08 04:07 from BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
China's President Hu Jintao urges rescuers in the earthquake-struck province of Sichuan to race to save lives.

» Bin Laden driver's trial delayed
17/05/08 03:12 from BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
A military judge postpones the trial of Osama Bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan.

» Cardiff City's FA Cup run as never seen before - in Lego
16/05/08 14:14 from BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
A Cardiff City fan spends more than 40 hours using Lego to recreate the club's journey to the FA Cup final.

» Plastic bag policy 'a diversion'
17/05/08 01:46 from BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
Plans to tackle use of plastic bags are a diversion from the real environmental issues, a government adviser says.

» Windsor ready for royal wedding
17/05/08 01:12 from BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
Princess Anne's son, Peter Phillips, is to marry Canadian management consultant Autumn Kelly at Windsor Castle.

» Beichuan rescue
16/05/08 20:28 from BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
Survivors pulled from rubble in China quake town

» France angered by Burmese delays
16/05/08 23:59 from BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
France's UN envoy accuses Burma of being on the verge of a crime against humanity by not accepting aid.

» Striking drama
16/05/08 17:38 from BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
Movie about IRA prisoner Bobby Sands hits Cannes

» Week in pictures
16/05/08 14:18 from BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
Some of the most striking images around the world

» Brown gives Kirk assembly speech
17/05/08 00:15 from BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
Gordon Brown addresses the Kirk's General Assembly 20 years after Mrs Thatcher's sermon on the mound.

» Iranian Embassy employees shot in Iraq
15/05/08 23:09 from CNN.com
Iranian Embassy employees and their driver were shot Thursday in a Baghdad incident that some reports said involved Iraqi troops.

» Mom indicted in deadly MySpace hoax
15/05/08 22:17 from CNN.com
A Missouri mother was indicted Thursday in the case of a teen who killed herself after being taunted on the social networking site MySpace.com.

» Michelle Obama gets heat from Tennessee GOP
15/05/08 20:50 from CNN.com
In a preview of the political onslaught Michelle Obama may face in the fall, the Tennessee Republican Party unveiled a Web video Thursday highlighting her comment that she was proud of America "for the first time in my adult life."

» Republicans block Dems' war-funding bill
15/05/08 20:25 from CNN.com
Republicans in the House of Representatives blocked a $163 billion war funding bill Thursday, dealing a surprising defeat to Democrats who had expected to pass the measure.

» Sleuth to stars guilty of illegal dirt-digging
15/05/08 19:43 from CNN.com
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» Hezbollah lifts Beirut street blockades
15/05/08 19:21 from CNN.com
Hezbollah militants Thursday began removing street blockades -- one day after the reversal of two Lebanese Cabinet decisions made during the recent factional violence.

» Indictment sought in Internet suicide
15/05/08 19:03 from CNN.com
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» Red Cross: 100 killed in Nigeria pipeline fire
15/05/08 18:13 from CNN.com
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» China quake: Total chaos, tiny miracles
15/05/08 17:50 from CNN.com
iReporter Ben Geisler rode his motorcycle into some of the areas hardest hit in Monday's earthquake.

» Bush slams Dems for terrorist 'appeasement'
15/05/08 17:24 from CNN.com
President Bush launched a sharp but veiled attack on Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats, suggesting they favor "appeasement" of terrorists in the same way some Western leaders appeased Hitler in the run-up to World War II.