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<title>Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai to return for second round</title>
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<description>HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai restarts his campaign to oust Robert Mugabe at home on Saturday after seeking support abroad in his risky standoff with the president.</description>
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<title>Thousands flee as China lake bank feared broken</title>
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<description>BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - A Chinese county near the epicentre of a 7.9 magnitude earthquake was ordered to evacuate on Saturday amid fears a lake had burst its banks, prompting thousands to flee to the hills to escape possible flooding.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 06:40:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush heads for Egypt talks with Palestinians</title>
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<description>RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush flew to Egypt on Saturday for talks with Palestinian leaders who will be looking for signs they will not be neglected after he lavished praise on Israel during a visit to the Jewish state.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 06:25:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Myanmar death toll soars</title>
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<description>YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta took diplomats on a tour of the storm-ravaged Irrawaddy delta on Saturday as its toll of dead and missing soared above 133,000 people, making Cyclone Nargis one of the most devastating ever to hit Asia.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 06:44:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kidnapped Pakistan envoy released by Taliban</title>
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<description>ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Suspected Taliban militants have released Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan more than three months after he was kidnapped in Pakistan's Khyber tribal region, a senior government official told Reuters on Saturday.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 06:33:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Blast in Afghanistan kills child</title>
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<description>KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A bicycle bomb killed a child and wounded four people in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Saturday, police said.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 05:13:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>U.N. sees chance for global ban on cluster bombs</title>
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<description>UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations sees renewed momentum for a global ban on cluster bombs as more than 100 nations -- but not the world's top users and stockpilers -- gather in Dublin to finalize an anti-cluster munitions treaty.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 22:07:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lebanon leaders begin crisis talks in Qatar</title>
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<description>DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's emir formally opened talks on Friday between rival Lebanese leaders which aim to resolve a protracted political conflict that has pushed their country to the brink of a new civil war.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 18:27:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report faults FBI handling of agents' Gitmo complaints</title>
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<description>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new Justice Department report praises FBI agents for refusing to join in the U.S. military's abusive questioning of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan, but faults the bureau's for responding slowly to complaints from its own agents about the tactics, The New York Times reported on Saturday.</description>
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<title>Kuwaitis go to the polls and economy tops agenda</title>
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<description>KUWAIT (Reuters) - 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.</description>
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