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Morning News


May.28   Jerusalem     Call for PM to stand down
  Israeli Defence Minister Barak has called on Ehud Olmert to take a leave of absence or resign as he battles allegations of corruption


  France   Life sentence for French killer
  66-year-old Michel Fourniret has been sentenced to life in prison by a court for murdering seven girls and young women


  Paris Sharapova survives big scare  World No. 1 struggled into the second round of the French Open after surviving a massive scare against unheralded fellow Evgeniya Rodina

  Germany Grisly baby murder cases shock Germany  Germany has been gripped by soul-searching over a series of cases of mothers murdering their babies

  Southern China 160,000 evacuated over quake lake fears  An unstable lake created by a landslide is China's 'most urgent task' in the aftermath of massive earthquake

Day News


  Nepal   Nepal abolishes monarchy
  Newly elected leadership changed the country to a republic, a historic move that ended about 240 years of autocratic rule
 The Maoists were committed to ousting King Gyanendra. A constituent assembly meeting in Kathmandu, overwhelmingly voted to abolish royal rule. People celebrated wildly in the streets after news of the assembly vote


  Ireland   Deal reached to ban cluster bombs   More than 100 nations meeting in Dublin agreed on a treaty that would immediately ban all cluster bombs
 Diplomats agreed to back an international ban on the use of the controversial weapons following 10 days of talks


  Beijing China invites Taiwan to key talks  China has invited the Taiwanese organisation to restart bilateral talks that have been suspended for a decade

  Argentina Farmers resume strike against export tax  The farm groups went on strike for the third time in nearly three months to protest high export taxes, 44 percents

Evening News


  Sweden     UN hosts key conference on Iraq  Envoys from nearly 100 countries are gathering for a forum on economic and political reform in Iraq and to review a five-year package

  Colombia Weeks of rain bring disease  Flooding in central Colombia has left at least 14 people dead, 100 injured and 100,000 homeless over the week
San Francisco Bay Area , May 28, 2008 Timeline