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Morning News


May.6   Iraq 3,500 U.S. troops to head home from Iraq  3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, a 'surge' brigade deployed to Iraq last year, is heading back to the United States

  Somalia Civilians 'routinely targeted' for brutality  Amnesty International: Soldiers, insurgents and bandits routinely target civilians for rape, robbery and murder

  Indiana Last big primaries for Democrats  Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are fighting primaries in Indiana and North Carolina, in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination

  Italy Sprint king Petacchi given doping ban  Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi was found guilty of a doping offense and stripped of his 5 stage wins in the 2007 Giro d'Italia

  Myanmar     Cyclone death toll jumps to 22,000
  41,000 missing after the catastrophic cyclone that battered the country. The U.N. estimated up to a million could be homeless
 Aid agencies begin what they expect to be a major relief operation to help tens of thousands left without clean water and shelter. Up to 1.5 million people may have been affected by Cyclone Nargis, which devastated the Irrawaddy Delta region

Day News


  North Carolina     Obama wins North Carolina vote
  Barack Obama has beaten Hillary Clinton in the N. Carolina primary, but it is too early to call Indiana's vote


  US Georgia Death row inmate executed  A convicted murderer William Early Lynd has been executed after the US Supreme Court rejected an appeal

  Yemen Somalis into Yemen in record numbers  Intensifying violence, food shortages and widespread drought are driving an increasing number of Somalis to seek asylum

  Myanmar Relief groups scramble to aid Myanmar  The United Nations and international relief organizations are saying the cyclone was the worst disaster the country had suffered in years

Evening News


  Japan     China-Japan leaders hold summit
  On the first full day of his state visit to Japan, the Chinese President Jintao has held talks with the Japanese PM, Fukuda


  Indiana     H. Clinton narrowly won Indiana primary  Senator Clinton won 51% of the vote. A win was seen as critical for Mrs Clinton
San Francisco Bay Area , May 6, 2008 Timeline