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Quake buries 10,000 in single China county - Xinhua

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:15:52 +0530

BEIJING (Reuters) - At least 10,000 people remained buried on Tuesday in a single Chinese county after a devastating earthquake struck the region, Xinhua news agency reported.

China quake kills nearly 10,000 in Sichuan

Tue, 13 May 2008 06:07:59 +0530

CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Nearly 10,000 people were killed by the earthquake that hammered southwest China, officials said on Tuesday as rescuers struggled to reach the worst-hit areas where many more may have died.

Apple in Asian iPhone deals; device sold out online

Tue, 13 May 2008 04:58:55 +0530

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has signed deals to bring the iPhone to Singapore, India, Australia and the Philippines this year, which should help the company surpass its sales goal of 10 million units by the end of 2008.

Sharif's party quits Pakistan government

Mon, 12 May 2008 22:49:17 +0530

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif pulled his party out of Pakistan's six-week-old coalition government on Monday, plunging the volatile Muslim nation back into political uncertainty.

Monsoon hits Bay of Bengal 5 days early

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:36:30 +0530

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's monsoon has set in over parts of the Bay of Bengal five days ahead of schedule, the weather office said, but officials said this did not mean the mainland would get rains, key for farming, early.

Indian teenagers chase American dream

Tue, 13 May 2008 06:45:30 +0530

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two Indian teenagers are chasing an American dream as baseball professionals and their promoters hope they can stir up interest in the game in their cricket-mad homeland.

Shyamalan delivers intense frights in "Happening"

Tue, 13 May 2008 06:40:58 +0530

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If there is one thing director M. Night Shyamalan enjoys, it is spooking audiences with his supernatural movies, and he promises his June release, "The Happening," will be the scariest ride yet.

Nepal king makes animal sacrifices to power goddess

Mon, 12 May 2008 20:43:42 +0530

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's King Gyanendra, facing imminent ouster from the throne, made perhaps his last royal public appearance at a shrine outside Kathmandu on Monday and offered annual prayers to Kali, the Hindu goddess of power.

First U.S. aid flight lands in cyclone-hit Myanmar

Mon, 12 May 2008 23:58:37 +0530

YANGON (Reuters) - The first U.S. military aid flight to Myanmar landed in Yangon on Monday but emergency supplies remained at a trickle for 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease in the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta.