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1. Asia Pacific

   Malaysian party headquarters bombed: officials

   AFP - Thursday, May 15

   KUALA LUMPUR, May 15, 2008 (AFP) - A Malaysian opposition party's state headquarters was petrol-bombed overnight on Thursday, officials said, describing the attack as politically motivated. More »

2. Asia Pacific

   Myanmar says constitution approved by 92.4 percent

   AFP - Friday, May 16

   YANGON (AFP) - - Myanmar's military-backed constitution was approved by 92.4 percent in a widely condemned referendum held everywhere except regions hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis, state television said Thursday. More »

3. Asia Pacific

   Head-banging zebras and thousands of toads may have signaled deadly China earthquake

   AP - Thursday, May 15

   BEIJING - First, the water level in a pond inexplicably plunged. More »

4. Asia Pacific

   Survivors pulled from rubble of China quake

   AP - 1 hour 23 minutes ago

   BEICHUAN, China - Rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble Friday who had been buried for four days as a strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake. More »

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   China quake heaviest since 1949, says PM: state media

   AFP - Friday, May 16

   BEIJING (AFP) - - The earthquake which struck China earlier this week was the "most destructive" in the country since 1949, Premier Wen Jiabao was quoted as saying early Friday by state media. More »

6. Asia Pacific

   Sorrowful Yao Ming appeals for quake relief aid

   AFP - Friday, May 16

   BEIJING (AFP) - - Sporting idol Yao Ming has said that his sorrow over the earthquake in his native China is too deep for words as he and other elite athletes and sports teams swing behind relief efforts. More »

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   Japanese scientists say China quake struck in two stages

   AP - Friday, May 16

   TOKYO - The fault line that caused this week's devastating earthquake in China probably buckled in two stages, and the hardness of the terrain contributed to the wide reach of the damage, Japanese scientists said Thursday. More »

8. Asia Pacific

   Long wait for medical care after China quake

   AP - Friday, May 16

   DEYANG, China - After 11-year-old Zhang Jiazhi crawled free of the rubble that remained of his middle school, his parents began a 20-hour ordeal to get medical care for their son, whose arms were crushed to a pulp. More »

9. Asia Pacific

   Foreign rescuers provide unprecedented help to China quake area

   AFP - Saturday, May 17

   DUJIANGYAN, China (AFP) - - Foreign rescue teams arrived in China's quake-devastated southwest on Friday, laden with specialist equipment to aid the desperate search among the rubble of shattered buildings. More »

10. Asia Pacific

    China launches probe into schools hit in quake: state media

    AFP - Friday, May 16

    BEIJING (AFP) - - China announced Friday it had launched a probe into why school buildings collapsed in the earthquake, warning that anyone found to have been responsible for shoddy construction would be punished. More »