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Clashes in Northern and Eastern Lebanon, Outside Beirut. Heavy fighting broke out Sunday between supporters of Lebanon's Western-backed government and opposition followers in the central mountains overlooking the capital, security officials said. The violence came after overnight clashes in northern Lebanon. Murdered boy 'turned down fight'. A murdered teenager, described as a 'gentle giant' by his parents, had tried to avoid a fight minutes before his death. Police say the attacker had ordered Jimmy Mizen, 16, to leave a baker's shop so that he could fight him. But after being shown. Sudan 'drives Darfur rebels back'. There was heavy fighting in the western suburb of OmdurmanThe Sudanese government says it has driven out the last of the Darfur rebel group that attacked the capital Khartoum on Saturday. A senior official said searches were continuing across Khartoum. First U.S. Aid Flight To Myanmar. The U.S. launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar on Monday after prolonged negotiations with the country's isolationist junta, which considers Washington its enemy and has restricted international aid to as many as 2 million cyclone victims. The. China in 'all-out' quake effort. Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for 'all-out' efforts to rescue victims of an earthquake measuring 7.8 that has hit south-west China, say reports. The quake struck 57 miles north-west of Sichuan's provincial capital, Chengdu, at 1428 0628. First US aid plane lands in Burma. Many survivors are desperate for aid in the Irrawaddy DeltaThe first US aid flight to Burma following the devastating cyclone nine days ago has landed in Rangoon after a journey from an air base in Thailand. Permission for the aircraft to land in Rangoon. Aid rushed to storm-hit US states. A number of houses were flattened by the stormsFederal authorities in the US are sending aid to the three south-central states hit by last weekend's tornadoes which killed at least 22 people. At least 15 people died in Missouri, six in Oklahoma and one. Jenna Bush's Veiled Nuptials. First daughter's decision to wed privately disappoints a public fascinated by her coming of age. Fed pushes market intervention. WASHINGTON As the House prepared to take aggressive steps to stem the wave of home foreclosures, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke tonight endorsed the need for government intervention, saying that letting markets take their own course could. China leader begins Japan visit. Hu Jintao's visit will be the longest he has made to a single countryChinese President Hu Jintao has begun a five-day state visit to Japan, the first such trip in a decade. He is expected to discuss trade, security and a dispute over undersea gas fields. Radio: Cyclone death toll above 22,000. RANGOON, Burma - The death toll from the cyclone that battered Burma last weekend has risen above 22,000, state radio has reported. 'FAILURE': Junta slows cyclone aid to Burma WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: Aftermath will cause health problems PHOTOS:. Sect leader faces sex charges. SANTA FE, New Mexico -- New Mexico state police say they've arrested the leader of an apocalyptic church on sex charges. State police spokesman Peter Olson says 66-year-old Wayne Bent was picked up without incident Tuesday at the remote former. Aid trickles in to cyclone-ravaged Burma. RANGOON, Burma - Aid began to trickle into cyclone-ravaged Burma late Tuesday but the worst-hit Irrawaddy delta, where nearly 22,000 people perished, was largely cut off from the rest of the world four days after winds, floods and high tidal waves. Obama wins North Carolina decisively. Senator Barack Obama captured a decisive victory in the Democratic presidential primary in North Carolina on Tuesday, but his rival Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was holding a modest lead in Indiana. The results virtually assured that Obama would widen. Coalition Pushes Social Security Accounts. Even though there's a decided lack of momentum on Capitol Hill for President Bush's proposal on Social Security private accounts, business supporters are sounding quite upbeat. The Telephone Game. CompTel/ALTS, the new industry association of competitors to the local phone companies, has snared a politically well-connected Republican as its new chief executive to help in its fight against the not-so-Baby Bells and further consolidation. Anniversary Steeped in Bipartisan Goodwill. In a town riven by partisanship, Cassidy & Associates' 30th-anniversary party Tuesday night was positively brimming over with political goodwill. Aide in Schiavo Case Lands a Lobbying Gig. It's become a Washington truism that there may be flameouts, arrests, firings and other falls from grace, but rarely is anyone truly down and out. Keep your head down at least briefly, and you're sure to pop up again. A Marriage Group's 'Interesting' Union. With an Internet store and online fundraising and advocacy, to say nothing of 1 million free bumper stickers, the Alliance for Marriage is trying to build up support for its proposed constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Too Early to Google. The blogosphere was agog and aghast in recent weeks about news that Dan Senor, former top spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and senior adviser to then-presidential envoy L. Paul Bremer, was joining Google. Hard copy reports that Senor was the new vice president for global communications were confirmed by a Google spokesman. |
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