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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 »

  5. Asia Pacific

    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 »

  7. Asia Pacific

    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 »

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  • 7.Britain pledges more aid for Myanmar cyclone victimsAFP

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  • 8.Malaysia's deputy PM denies link to murder case, graft: reportAFP

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