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News and Media RSS FeedsChinese leader visits quake area - Hu Jintao flies to Sichuan Province, where it is feared up to 50,000 people may have died in Monday's earthquake....Feed Source: news.bbc.co.uk Burma storm aid frustrations grow - Top aid officials ramp up pressure on Burma, as the military government insists it has cyclone aid under control.... Wildlife populations 'plummeting' - Between a quarter and a third of the world's wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to scientists in the UK.... BA reports large jump in profits - British Airways reports a 45% jump in annual profits to £883m but warns of challenges ahead.... Eight killed in Sri Lanka blast - At least eight policemen die in a suicide attack in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, the military says.... Farc rebel link files 'genuine' - Colombia did not fake computer files which it alleges connect rebels to Venezuela and Ecuador, Interpol says.... Oil and Iran on Bush Saudi agenda - US President George W Bush is due in Saudi Arabia for talks expected to focus of oil prices and Iran.... US 'cyber-bully' mother indicted - A US woman whose daughter's friend committed suicide after she allegedly bullied her on MySpace is indicted by a Grand Jury.... Lebanon leaders to meet in Qatar - Lebanon's rival leaders are to meet in Qatar for talks aimed at pulling the country back from the brink of civil war.... How the 'world's worst poet' could be having the last laugh - The "world's worst poet" could be about to outsell JK Rowling, Ian Fleming and Roald Dahl at auction.... Chicago city council overturns foie gras ban - Chicago's city council overturns a ban on restaurants serving foie gras, angering animal rights activists.... Ronaldo may consider Spanish move - Man Utd star Cristiano Ronaldo says he may consider his future at the club after next week's Champions League final.... McCullum urges NZ to press ahead - Brendon McCullum says New Zealand are still in the first Test against England despite slipping to 208-6.... Inside Shatila - Explore life in a Palestinian refugee camp... Failing the people - Natalia Antelava meets angry survivors in Burma... It's quiz time! - How did the Pope's stargazer describe aliens?... Dangerous ground - Hezbollah offensive pushes Lebanese unity to the limit... Hillary's endgame - Who could tell Clinton if and when the party's over?... Slum diary - Sierra Leone medic on telling someone their HIV status... Lagos pipeline blast 'kills 100' - At least 100 people are killed in an oil pipeline explosion in the Nigeria's city of Lagos, the local Red Cross says.... Obama attacks Bush over Iran barb - US presidential hopeful Barack Obama interprets a speech by President Bush as an attack on his foreign policy.... US marine guilty of Japan assault - A US marine is convicted of assaulting a 14-year-old girl on the Japanese island of Okinawa. ... Italian police swoop on migrants - Italian police arrest hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants in raids across the country.... Abbas pledge on 'catastrophe' day - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vows to end Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory.... India issues new suspect sketches - Police in India issue three more sketches of men whom they want to question for the attacks in the city of Jaipur.... Missing woman's husband quizzed - Police continue to question the husband of a missing TV make-up artist following the discovery of a body.... Fed auctions $7bn in securities - The US central bank auctions $7bn in securities, far less than was available, showing credit markets are improving.... Doubts over asbestos cancer chemo - Chemotherapy does not help people with asbestos-related cancer, according to UK researchers.... Evolution rolls on for Mars rover - The wheels continue to turn on Europe's billion-euro project to put a robotic rover on the Red Planet's surface.... Diamond tops chart for first time - Singer Neil Diamond reaches the top of the US Billboard chart for the first time in his career.... '$100 laptop' embraces Windows XP - Microsoft joins forces with the makers of the "$100 laptop" to make Windows XP available on the low-cost computers.... Have you got a good story? What do you want to talk about? - Are there topics you want to get the world to talk about? What do you want to comment on or find out what others think about? Set the agenda for global conversations and have your say.... Women Rise in Rwanda's Economic Revival - MARABA, Rwanda -- Sun-kissed plantations ring this village, renowned in recent years for growing the rich arabica beans brewed and served in some of the world's finest coffee houses. But the secret to success here has had far less to do with the idyllic climate and volcanic soil than with a group of
... Burma Requests Farming Aid Before Rice-Planting Season - BANGKOK, May 15 -- Burma's military government has appealed for international help in getting Irrawaddy Delta rice farmers back to their fields after Cyclone Nargis, as concerns grow about future food shortages if cultivators miss the upcoming planting season.
... Chinese Open Wallets for Quake Aid - BEIJING, May 15 At the headquarters of the Red Cross Society of China, volunteers turned a boardroom into a makeshift cashier's office Thursday, sending tens of thousands of fluttering bank notes through counting machines and handing receipts to people like Cai Lili, 30, who stood in long lines with
... McCain Sees U.S. Troops Leaving Iraq by 2013 - COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 15 -- Sen. John McCain on Thursday offered for the first time what he hopes will be an end date for the war in Iraq, part of a vision he presented in which his policies lead to peace and prosperity at home and abroad by 2013, the end of what would be his first term as president.
... Bush's Comments In Israel Fuel Anger - JERUSALEM, May 15 -- On an emotional visit to mark Israel's 60th anniversary, President Bush on Thursday compared people seeking talks with Iran and radical Islamic groups to the Nazis' appeasers, provoking a political storm at home and accusations that he was politicizing the celebration.
... Factions in Lebanon Agree to Meet for Talks - BEIRUT, May 15 -- Arab mediators brokered a deal Thursday to end Lebanon's worst internal fighting since its 15-year civil war, inviting factions to Qatar for talks but leaving unresolved questions that have embroiled the country for 18 months.
... FARC Computer Files Are Authentic, Interpol Probe Finds - CARACAS, Venezuela, May 15 -- Interpol, the international police agency, said Thursday that computer files seized by Colombia's army in a raid on a rebel camp belonged to a top guerrilla commander and had not been modified, falsified or forged.
... Iraq Finds Its Arab Neighbors Are Reluctant to Offer Embrace - When Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal greeted his Iraqi counterpart with a bear hug at a Persian Gulf conference last month, Bush administration officials watching from the sidelines were all smiles. After years of trying to bring their client state and the Arab giant together, it looked like
... Sounds of Life, but Few Options for Rescue - BEICHUAN, China, May 15 -- "What floor were you on?" Five taps. "How many are you?" Eight taps. Then, tap, tap, tap, tap.
... Zimbabwe's Opposition Seeks Foreign Intervention - JOHANNESBURG, May 15 -- Zimbabwe's opposition party on Thursday called for an urgent new round of regional diplomacy to resolve that nation's six-week-old electoral stalemate, saying that only foreign intervention can prevent a recent surge of political violence from developing into full-scale civil
... Poor Muslims Cite Fear of Backlash After Blasts in Historic Indian City - JAIPUR, India, May 15 -- Down dusty alleys in a neighborhood of Bangladeshi migrant workers, police detectives searched house to house Thursday for suspects in the coordinated bombings that tore through this historic city two days ago.
... Haqqani Back in D.C., Where Everybody Knows His Name - Most ambassadors gain real influence only after years of working Washington's corridors of power -- and often only with the help of expensive lobbying firms. But Husain Haqqani, the ambassador-designate from Pakistan, already knows almost everyone who counts.
... UN official says foreign agents are killing Afghans - KABUL, Afghanistan -- Foreign intelligence agents are leading secret, deadly raids on suspected insurgents in Afghanistan and shirking responsibility when innocent civilians are killed, a U.N. official alleged Thursday.
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