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Morning News


May.20   Southern China     Earthquake toll tops 40,000 Map of Sichuan province China  Chinese aid workers are struggling to find shelter for millions who lost their homes. Foreign medical teams have started arriving in the area

  Berlin Blaze at orchestra venue  Fire-fighters are battling to extinguish a blaze at the home of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra

  North Mexico Four people 'executed' in Baja California  The bodies of 4 people, including at least one American, were found, part of a wave of violence sweeping the country

  Myanmar Thousands pray for strength  Monks began to chant and the worshippers prayed. Many brought their children, some of whom laughed and played marbles in the pavilion

Day News


  Qatar   Deal agreed on Lebanon crisis
  Arab mediators have been engaged in 2 days of talks to try to reconcile the West-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition


  South Africa     Thousands flee violence
  Police armed with rubber bullets were patrolling neighborhoods to quell a recent spree of violence aimed at foreigners
 The violence killed 22 people and displaced an estimated 13,000


  Kentucky     Clinton wins primary  Hillary Clinton has won state Democratic presidential election primary. Surveys suggest Barack Obama will win

  U.S. Congress     Gates: U.S. 'stuck' in Guantanamo  Defense Secretary told a Senate subcommittee that Efforts to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are at 'a standstill'

  Washington Inquiry clears FBI in harsh interrogations  Justice Department: The FBI did not participate in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists detained in Guantanamo, Afghanistan or Iraq

  Southern China Woman freed from rubble after 195 hours  A woman who survived on rainwater has been freed after being trapped in the aftermath of the earthquake

  Southern France ETA 'political leader' arrested  The suspected political leader of the Basque separatist movement has been arrested in a joint Spanish-French operation

Evening News


  Oregon     Obama 'within reach' of victory
  Barack Obama says he is now within reach of winning the Democratic Party's nomination to run in the presidential election in November


  Myanmar Burma to let UN copters deep into country  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: reclusive government has agreed to allow U.N. helicopters into some of the least accessible areas
San Francisco Bay Area , May 20, 2008 Timeline