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Myanmar
cyclone survivors emerge
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LABUTTA, Myanmar: Tens of thousands of shocked survivors of cyclone
Nargis’s attack in Myanmar flocked to this town, trekking through
are floodwaters littered with bloated bodies, an Agence France-Presse
reporter said Wednesday.
The town of Labutta, the center of a community
of 90,000 people before Saturday’s disaster, is itself devastated;
with virtually no food or fresh water, and residents are sharing
meager supplies of wild rice with the new arrivals.
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Myanmar approves UN
aid flight for cyclone relief
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GENEVA: Myanmar’s military rulers have approved a UN aid flight to
take emergency supplies to the cyclone-hit country, the UN’s
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said
Wednesday.
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Bill Gates in Indonesia
to fund bird flu research
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JAKARTA: Bill Gates, founder of the world’s largest software
company Microsoft Corp., is scheduled to arrive in Jakarta on
Thursday to discuss bird flu research funding with the government.
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Interpol has 200 leads on Asian
pedophile
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LYON, France: Interpol is following up more than 200 leads on
potential names of a Western man accused of molesting Asian boys,
the police agency said Wednesday, 24 hours after launching a global
hunt for the suspect.
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China virus outbreak kills 28 children
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BEIJING: The number of children confirmed to have died from a highly
contagious virus in China rose to 28 on Wednesday as authorities
warned a “mass outbreak” of the virus across the country.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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SYDNEY: Pope Benedict XVI will give a new meaning to the term
religious text by sending “inspirational messages” to mobile
phones during Catholic World Youth Day in Australia, organizers said
Wednesday.
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