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Second round between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai scheduled for June 27
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Agreement to show foreign officials cyclone-hit region is glimmer of hope military junta could cave to international pressure on aid
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US president flies into kingdom and makes renewed appeal for help in cutting oil prices
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Audio message purportedly from Osama bin Laden vows to continue jihad against country and allies
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Interpol authenticates documents that suggest Venezuelan officials plotted to help Marxist rebels
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Ruling from California's supreme court overturns state's ban on same-sex marriage
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Strong aftershock reported to have buried vehicles and again cut off ravaged areas from rescue effort
- Video: Tania Branigan finds hope amid devastation
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Audio: Jonathan Watts in Mianyang
- Dan Chung witnesses the earthquake's aftermath
- In the rubble, bodies everywhere, too many to count
- 'Boulders and rocks were flying overhead'
- Comment is free: Isabel Hilton
- News blog: the latest from around the web
- Video: the moment the earthquake struck
- Interactive guide: earthquake in Sichuan
- Full coverage of the Sichuan earthquake
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Seedy side of LA laid bare as Anthony Pellicano found guilty of 76 counts of illegal activity
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More world news
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Chavez's Farc ties may be insufficient grounds for US sanctions
May 16 2008:Interpol's stunning confirmation yesterday that incriminating documents came from a computer belonging to a Farc rebel leader with links to President Hugo Chavez may not be enough to impose US sanctions against Venezuela, even as Washington called the ties "highly disturbing"
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'Tension, mistrust and ever-present danger'
May 16 2008:Photojournalist John D McHugh joins Charlie Company at an outpost near the Pakistan border his latest diary extract from Afghanistan
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BBC sorry for Burma picture mistake
May 16 2008:The BBC has apologised after it broadcast a picture which it claimed was of dozens of people killed by the devastating Burmese cyclone, but actually showed victims of the 2004 tsunami in Sumatra. By Leigh Holmwood
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Communist party membership no longer a fireable offence in California
May 16 2008:Republican senator warnes: 'the Communist party is not a dead organisation ... and [is] actively repressing human beings in Cuba and China in brutal ways'
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US housing data unexpectedly strong
May 16 2008:
News pushes up stocks around world and nudges dollar higher on speculation that worst of America's housing market downturn could be over
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Conflict in Congo
Gallery (11 pictures),
May 16 2008:
How the ongoing war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has affected its people
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US marine jailed for abusing 14-year-old Japanese girl
May 16 2008:A US military court in Japan today sentenced a US marine to four years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in a case that prompted renewed anger at the huge American military presence on the island of Okinawa
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Guardian Daily podcast: ID cards and the China earthquake
Audio
(26min 56sec),
May 16 2008:
In our daily audio show, Jon Dennis and guests discuss ID cards, China’s earthquake and a musical about Catherine the Great
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Travellers to Rome stranded as police impound airport buses
May 16 2008:Travellers flying to Rome for a spring break this weekend may be in for a shock – the buses they were expecting would whisk them to the city centre have been impounded by police
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Bank robbers kill nine in Philippines
May 16 2008:
Bank employees lined up and shot dead in what police call the worst bank robbery in the country's history
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Video: Bush sparks appeasement row
Video
(51 sec),
May 16 2008:
The US president, George Bush, suggests offers to negotiate with America's enemies in the Middle East are comparable to appeasement of Hitler
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Bush appeasement slur angers Democrats
May 16 2008:Obama outraged by president's claim that talking to US foes in Middle East is like negotiating with Hitler
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Bostock defends Yahoo against Icahn
May 16 2008:Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock has staunchly defended the firm against a potential boardroom coup being led by Carl Icahn. By Jemima Kiss
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At least 100 feared dead in Lagos pipeline blast
May 16 2008:Construction vehicle accidentally rips open oil pipeline and triggers huge explosion in Nigeria's largest city
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Moscow's plan to avert Manchester-style chaos
May 16 2008:6,000 Russian officers will patrol football final, with ban on public drinking and absence of outdoor TV screens
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