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Morning News


May.26   Ethiopia   Court sentences Mengistu to death
  Supreme Court has sentenced former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam, iin absentia, to death. He has lived in exile in Zimbabwe since 1991


  Southern China     China ready to dynamite 'quake lake' Map of Sichuan Province China  Military engineers are prepared to dynamite a potentially dangerous lake created when landslides dammed a river after the earthquake

  Sri Lanka   Bomb rocks busy train Map of Dehiwala Sri Lanka  At least 8 people have been killed and 67 injured in a bombing during rush hour on a packed Colombo-Panadura commuter train

  Paris Federer, Jankovic advance to 2nd round  Federer beat Sam Querrey of the United States 6-4, 6-4, 6-3

  Georgia Protests against 'rigged' vote  About 50,000 opposition demonstrators marched across capital to protest parliamentary election results they said were rigged

  Beirut New leader to form unity cabinet  Military bands and an honor guard salute greeted President Michel Suleiman as he to begin the monumental task of uniting a wounded nation

Day News


  Iran     Iran 'withholds nuclear details'
  IAEA believes Iran is withholding information on its nuclear program and weapons development studies remain a matter of serious concern


  Chile     Pinochet suspects arrests ordered  A judge has ordered the arrest of nearly 100 former secret police and soldiers over rights abuses committed under General Pinochet

  Beirut     Hezbollah promises Lebanon cooperation  Hassan Nasrallah , the fiery leader of Hezbollah militant movement, assured Lebanon that his movement will cooperate in the country's political life

  Northern Iraq Teens trained for suicide bombings  Iraqi soldiers rounded up 6 teenagers who were being trained, against their will, to carry out suicide bombings for al Qaeda

  South Africa Death toll climbs in violence  56 people had been killed and more than 650 injured. More than 30,000 had been displaced or forced from their homes

Evening News


  Canada   Foreign minister resigns
  Maxime Bernier has come under fire after it was reported that his ex-girlfriend had previous relationships with men who had ties with organized crime


  Colombia     FARC leader's death brings hostage hope  Relatives and friends of the hundreds of men and women held hostage in the jungles held out hope for their release

  Myanmar Disease fears loom over Myanmar  The junta insists health conditions are normal in devastated Irawaddy delta. But in many areas they are a recipe for disease

  South Korea Protests over US beef  At least 29 protesters have been arrested after a 3,000-strong rally against a US beef import deal ended in clashes
San Francisco Bay Area , May 26, 2008 Timeline