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Fighting in Tripoli, but Lebanon's capital is calm

May 13, 2008

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) _ Fighting between pro- and anti-government factions jumped to Lebanon's north Monday, but a grim calm hung over the nearly empty streets of Beirut — a capital crippled by roadblocks, suspicion and fear.



As black-clad Shiite militants of Hezbollah carried their latest dead to burial, so did the families and friends of civilians caught in the middle of combat that has routed Sunni factions supporting the Western-allied government from Muslim west Beirut.



More than 50 people were confirmed dead since fighting erupted Wednesday — first in Beirut, then in the mountains overlooking the city and on Monday in the northern city of Tripoli. It is the worst sectarian violence to wrack Lebanon since a 15-year civil war ended in 1990.

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Polish Holocaust hero dies at age 98

May 13, 2008

WARSAW, Poland (AP) _ Irena Sendler — credited with saving some 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazi Holocaust by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, some of them in baskets — died Monday, her fam

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Haitian lawmakers reject president's pick for prime minister

May 13, 2008

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ Haitian legislators on Monday rejected President Rene Preval's pick for prime minister, extending a monthlong period without a functioning government for the troubled nati

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U.S. begins aid flights to Myanmar cyclone victims

May 13, 2008

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ A U.S. plane ferried relief to Myanmar for the first time Monday to help nearly 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation, but both President Bush and the U.N.

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2008 turns out to be a year of trouble for China

May 13, 2008

BEIJING (AP) _ China hoped 2008 would be a yearlong celebration, a time to bask in the spotlight of the upcoming Beijing Olympics.

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China quake death toll rises to about 10,000

May 13, 2008

CHENGDU, China (AP) _ A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants Monday in central China, killing about 10,000 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel

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