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Residents and rescue workers flee from the centre of earthquake-hit ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Residents and rescue workers flee from the centre of earthquake-hit Beichuan county,Sichuan province, May 17, 2008. Thousands fled amid fears a lake would burst its banks in Beichuan, near the epicentre of China's earthquake in which a total 50,000 people may have died, a Reuters photographer said. It was not immediately clear if anyone was hurt. People were told to flee to the hillsides in a public announcement. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (2nd R) welcomes U.S. President ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (2nd R) welcomes U.S. President George W. Bush (L, front) upon his arrival at Riyadh-King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Saudi Press Agency/Handout

Iraqi army soldiers direct traffic at the check-point at the ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iraqi army soldiers direct traffic at the check-point at the main road, leading to the Shiite dominated Baghdad's neighbourhood of Shulla, May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Oleg Popov

A survivor carries his baby on his back as he and some 1000 ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A survivor carries his baby on his back as he and some 1000 other survivors make a 9-hour walk from the village of Qingping to Hanwang, after the village was isolated because of the earthquake on Monday, in Sichuan Province May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Nir Elias

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses the ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses the media during a one-day visit to Maputo April 23, 2008. REUTERS/Grant Lee Neuenburg

Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah (R) ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah (R) talks to a female voter at a polling centre in Rumaithiya, May 17, 2008. Kuwaitis voted in a parliamentary election on Saturday that they hoped would bring in fresh faces able to revive economic reforms to wean the country off its dependence on oil. Some 275 candidates are running for the 50-seat National Assembly, among them 27 women hoping for their first success after failing to win a single seat in 2006. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee

President George W. Bush (L) speaks, as U.S. first lady Laura ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 17 May 2008 09:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - President George W. Bush (L) speaks, as U.S. first lady Laura Bush stands beside him, during a reception in honor of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel at The Israel Museum in Jerusalem May 15, 2008. REUTERS/David Blumenfeld/Pool

A boy watches as a man builds a shelter in a village hit by ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 17 May 2008 08:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A boy watches as a man builds a shelter in a village hit by Cyclone Nargis, near the Myanmar capital Yangon, May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer

Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez gestures after ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez gestures after learning the results of the presidential elections in Santo Domingo May 17, 2008. Fernandez, widely credited with pulling his Caribbean country out of a deep economic slump, cruised to a re-election victory on Friday, winning more than enough votes to avoid a runoff. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

An armoured van, believed to be carrying fugitive Tony Mokbel, ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An armoured van, believed to be carrying fugitive Tony Mokbel, arrives at Barwon Prison outside Melbourne May 17, 2008. Greece on Friday extradited Australia's most wanted fugitive, Mokbel, to face a murder investigation and serve out a 12-year drugs sentence imposed by an Australian court. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas

Dominican Republic's presidential candidate and incumbent President ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Dominican Republic's presidential candidate and incumbent President Leonel Fernandez talks to the media after casting his vote in Santo Domingo May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Afi Wikins (L) and her partner Quesha Landers smile after making ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Afi Wikins (L) and her partner Quesha Landers smile after making their appointment for a marriage license at city hall in San Francisco, California, May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Kimberly White

A guard tower of Camp Delta is seen at the Guantanamo Bay Naval ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A guard tower of Camp Delta is seen at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

A university student wearing a headscarf walks past a poster ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A university student wearing a headscarf walks past a poster which reads, 'We dont want AKP' during a demonstration in Ankara, February 21, 2008. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

The bodies of Sunita Devi (L), 21, and her partner Jasbir Singh, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The bodies of Sunita Devi (L), 21, and her partner Jasbir Singh, 22, lie on the ground after they were killed by villagers in an 'honour killing' in Ballah village in the northern Indian state of Haryana May 9, 2008. Growing economic opportunities for young people and lower castes in Haryana have made 'love marriages' more common, experts say, and the violent repression of them has risen in tandem as upper caste Jat men fight to hold on to power, status and property. REUTERS/Stringer

President Bush meets with Saudi Arabian King Abdullah (L) outside ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - President Bush meets with Saudi Arabian King Abdullah (L) outside the Royal Terminal at the Riyadh-King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh, May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing

A Russian technician works inside the nuclear power plant in ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Russian technician works inside the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, about 755 miles south of Tehran, April 3, 2007. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd during his weekly general ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd during his weekly general audience at the Vatican May 14, 2008. Pope Benedict, speaking a day after a California court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, firmly restated on Friday the Roman Catholic Church's position that only unions between a man and a woman are moral. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

A local resident carries his younger brother's wedding picture ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A local resident carries his younger brother's wedding picture out of the rubble of a collapsed building at the earthquake-hit Wenchuan County, Sichuan province, May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer

An elderly woman mourns as her grandson is buried under the ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An elderly woman mourns as her grandson is buried under the debris of a collapsed building behind at Yingxiu primary school at the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town of Wenchuan, the epicenter, Sichuan province, May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer

A 6-year-old boy from a destroyed village waits to be evacuated ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:14:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A 6-year-old boy from a destroyed village waits to be evacuated in the back of a military truck in earthquake-hit Beichuan county, Sichuan province, May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Lee

A medic walks past a fallen rock as he leaves the city of Beichuan, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A medic walks past a fallen rock as he leaves the city of Beichuan, north of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Relatives of Jasbir Singh, 22, speak during their interview ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Relatives of Jasbir Singh, 22, speak during their interview at Machhrauli village in the northern Indian state of Haryana May 13, 2008 after Jasbir and his partner Sunita Devi, 21, were killed by villagers in an 'honour killing' in Ballah village on May 9, 2008. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur

A medical personal walks past a fallen rock as he leaves the ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A medical personal walks past a fallen rock as he leaves the city of Beichuan, north of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

An elderly woman holding her grandson waits to be evacuated ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An elderly woman holding her grandson waits to be evacuated in the crowd in earthquake-hit Beichuan county, Sichuan province, May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters from rural areas, displaced after post-election violence, camp at their party headquarters in Harare May 12, 2008. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton departs ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton departs from the service entrance after a reception on Capitol Hill in Washington May 14, 2008. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

A policeman wounded by a bomb explosion waits to be transferred ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A policeman wounded by a bomb explosion waits to be transferred to an eye hospital from the general hospital in Colombo May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe

A woman weeps as she struggles to find her granddaughter at ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman weeps as she struggles to find her granddaughter at a centre for misplaced schoolchildren in the city of Mianyang, located around 100 km north of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province May 16, 2008. REUTERS/David Gray

Police and volunteers carry a wounded policeman away from the ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Police and volunteers carry a wounded policeman away from the scene of a bomb explosion in Colombo May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer

Soldiers carry an injured survivor into a helicopter while another ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Soldiers carry an injured survivor into a helicopter while another survivor lies on the ground at a temporary airport in the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town of Wenchuan, the epicenter, Sichuan province, May 14, 2008. REUTERS/China Daily

Two gunmen stand among Druze supporters of Lebanese leader Walid ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Two gunmen stand among Druze supporters of Lebanese leader Walid Jumblatt as he delivers a speech in Baysour, during a tour of Druze villages May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden speaks at a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:40:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden speaks at a news conference in Afghanistan in a 1998 file photo. REUTERS/Stringer/Files

Lebanese wheelchair-bound war veterans gather on airport road ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Lebanese wheelchair-bound war veterans gather on airport road in Beirut during a demonstration May 16, 2008. REUTERS/ Sharif Karim

A bomb blast victim rests in a hospital bed in the western Indian ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A bomb blast victim rests in a hospital bed in the western Indian city of Jaipur May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe

Buddhist monks from the Sitagu Missionary Association keep watch ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Buddhist monks from the Sitagu Missionary Association keep watch on a boat carrying donated rice for cyclone victims as they travel from Kyaiklat to Bogalay, one of the worst-hit areas by Cyclone Nargis, May 14, 2008. REUTERS/Aung Hla Tun

A national security guard (NSG) commando looks for evidence ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A national security guard (NSG) commando looks for evidence at one of the bomb blast sites in the western Indian city of Jaipur May 14, 2008. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) arrives for a reception on Capitol Hill in Washington May 14, 2008. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

An explosion in the commercial quarter of the Sri Lankan capital ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An explosion in the commercial quarter of the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo caused dozens of casualties, doctors and the military said. REUTERS/Graphics

Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem attends a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem attends a news conference in Tehran in this April 23, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

A helicopter heads towards collapsed buildings in earthquake-hit ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A helicopter heads towards collapsed buildings in earthquake-hit Beichuan County, in Sichuan province, May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer

President Bush and first lady Laura Bush walk with Speaker of ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - President Bush and first lady Laura Bush walk with Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik (R) at an outside arrival ceremony before his speech to the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing

A woman runs past a fire from a ruptured pipeline burning in ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman runs past a fire from a ruptured pipeline burning in the Ijegun area of Lagos, Nigeria May 15,2008. REUTERS/George Esrir

A man looks at a huge fake computer with an image of Colombian ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man looks at a huge fake computer with an image of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in Caracas May 15, 2008. Colombian guerrilla computer documents that Bogota says are proof Venezuela and Ecuador supported the Marxist rebels are authentic and show no evidence of tampering, Interpol said on Thursday. REUTERS/Edwin Montilva

An Ethiopian soldier keeps guard during a food distribution ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:27:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Ethiopian soldier keeps guard during a food distribution to displaced people in southern Mogadishu May 14, 2008. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

A U.S. soldier takes up position to secure the site of a bomb ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A U.S. soldier takes up position to secure the site of a bomb attack that targeted Sunni Islamic political party headquarters, which police said killed three people and wounded 23 others in Baghdad's Yarmouk district, May 14, 2008. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed