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  1. A thoroughbred who suffers an intestinal obstruction rests on the grass at the veterinary clinic at Camarero racetrack in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, Friday, April 11, 2008. For thoroughbreds in this U.S. Caribbean territory, being fast enough to win, place or show is a matter of life and death. About 450 horses, many in perfect health, are killed each year by lethal injection at a clinic tucked behind Puerto Rico's only racetrack, as a shortage of options, like becoming jumping or riding horses, often means a death sentence for retired thoroughbreds. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
    Losing racehorses in Puerto Rico condemned to die AP - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago Sent 140 times

    CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico - For thoroughbred racehorses in Puerto Rico, success can be a matter of life and death. Many losers don't make it off the racetrack grounds alive.

  2. Police: 9 killed in Philippine bank robbery AP - Fri May 16, 3:48 AM ET Sent 135 times

    MANILA, Philippines - At least eight bank employees and a security guard were lined up and shot dead in the head Friday in a bloody Philippine bank robbery, police said. Another employee was in critical condition at a hospital.

  3. This frame grab taken from a video message carrying the logo of al-Qaida's production house as-Sahab and provided by IntelCenter, a U.S. government contractor monitoring al-Qaida messaging, shows a graphic used on the May 16, 2008, al-Qaeda's as-Sahab Media release of a new video featuring an audio statement from Osama bin Laden to the people of the West about Israel's 60th anniversary. It is the third statement from bin Laden to be released in 2008. There are no English subtitles. Friday's message comes as President Bush wraps up his visit to Israel to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Jewish state. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)
    Bin Laden: Palestinian cause fuels war AP - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago Sent 94 times

    CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden said in a new audio recording released Friday that al-Qaida will continue its holy war against Israel and its allies until it liberates Palestine.

  4. Rescue workers move rubble by hand to search for survivors near the epicenter of Monday's quake in Yingxiu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
    Strong aftershock hits China quake epicenter AP - 8 minutes ago Sent 60 times

    BEICHUAN, China - A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, while some survivors were pulled from rubble after being buried for four days.

  5. 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. (Vijay Mathur/Reuters)
    Indian village proud after double "honor killing" Reuters - Thu May 15, 8:16 PM ET Sent 31 times

    BALLA, India (Reuters) - Five armed men burst into the small room and courtyard at dawn, just as 21-year-old, 22-week pregnant, Sunita was drying her face on a towel.

  6. Venezuela weapons worry US, Colombia AP - Fri May 16, 4:10 AM ET Sent 19 times

    CARACAS, Venezuela - The United States and Colombia have long been wary of Venezuela's peacetime military buildup, suspecting the weapons could end up in the hands of drug-trafficking Colombian rebels.

  7. A nurse tries to comfort Liu Lu, an 11-year-old girl who survived Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude quake after her school collapsed in Hanwang, as she cries in pain while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Deyang, in Sichuan province, China, Thursday, May 15, 2008.  (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    Chinese wonder if animals can predict earthquakes AP - Thu May 15, 4:42 AM ET Sent 16 times

    BEIJING - First, the water level in a pond inexplicably plunged. Then, thousands of toads appeared on streets in a nearby province. Finally, just hours before China's worst earthquake in three decades, animals at a local zoo began acting strangely.

  8. 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. (Aung Hla Tun/Reuters)
    New storm deepens misery in cyclone-hit Myanmar Reuters - 47 minutes ago Sent 15 times

    YANGON (Reuters) - Torrential tropical downpours lashed Myanmar's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta on Friday, as some

  9. Female members of a Russian doomsday cult are seen near their compound in Nikolskoye in April. The last nine surviving members of a Russian doomsday cult have emerged from a cave where they had been holed up since last year awaiting the end of the world, Interfax news agency reported Friday.(AFP/File/Dmitry Kostyukov)
    Last members of Russian doomsday cult leave cave Reuters - Fri May 16, 3:02 AM ET Sent 14 times

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - All 11 remaining members of a Russian doomsday cult on Friday left the cave they had been living in since October, a regional official told local news agencies.

  10. US Marine gets 4 years on sex charge AP - 2 hours, 55 minutes ago Sent 13 times

    TOKYO - A U.S. Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl was convicted of a lesser charge Friday during a court martial and sentenced to four years in prison in a case that inflamed public anger at the American military presence on Okinawa.

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  1. Bin Laden: Palestinian cause fuels war AP - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

    CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden said in a new audio recording released Friday that al-Qaida will continue its holy war against Israel and its allies until it liberates Palestine.

  2. A man walks on a destroyed street in the centre of earthquake-hit Beichuan county, Sichuan province, May 16, 2008. China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake thought to have killed more than 50,000.  REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA)
    Strong aftershock hits China quake epicenter AP - 8 minutes ago

    BEICHUAN, China - A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, while some survivors were pulled from rubble after being buried for four days.

  3. Losing racehorses in Puerto Rico condemned to die AP - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago

    CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico - For thoroughbred racehorses in Puerto Rico, success can be a matter of life and death. Many losers don't make it off the racetrack grounds alive.

  4. French arrest 10 in connection with terror probe AP - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

    PARIS - Authorities in France, Germany and the Netherlands on Friday detained at least 10 people suspected of helping to fund al-Qaida-linked militants with roots in Uzbekistan, officials said.

  5. Iraq: Iranian Embassy convoy ambushed AP - Fri May 16, 4:26 AM ET

    BAGHDAD - Gunmen ambushed an Iranian Embassy convoy in Baghdad, wounding three Iranians, including two diplomats, and an Iraqi, a spokesman said Friday.

  6. Monday's quake in southwestern China has blocked all vehicle access to the worst-hit areas, leaving survivors to scramble on foot in search of lost family members.(AFPTV)
    Local Chinese govt says death toll at 21,000 AP - Fri May 16, 5:51 AM ET

    BEIJING - The Sichuan government says the official death toll from this week's powerful earthquake in the Chinese province has risen to 21,000 people.

  7. Police: 9 killed in Philippine bank robbery AP - Fri May 16, 3:48 AM ET

    MANILA, Philippines - At least eight bank employees and a security guard were lined up and shot dead in the head Friday in a bloody Philippine bank robbery, police said. Another employee was in critical condition at a hospital.

  8. Venezuela weapons worry US, Colombia AP - Fri May 16, 4:10 AM ET

    CARACAS, Venezuela - The United States and Colombia have long been wary of Venezuela's peacetime military buildup, suspecting the weapons could end up in the hands of drug-trafficking Colombian rebels.

  9. U.S. Army soldier from the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, is silhouetted against the sun as he climbs over a wall during a patrol in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad Iraq, Thursday, May 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
    Spokesman: Gunfire hits Iranian convoy in Baghdad AP - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD - An Iranian Embassy convoy came under fire in Baghdad, wounding four people, including three Iranians and an Iraqi, an embassy spokesman said Friday.

  10. Chinese wonder if animals can predict earthquakes AP - Thu May 15, 4:42 AM ET

    BEIJING - First, the water level in a pond inexplicably plunged. Then, thousands of toads appeared on streets in a nearby province. Finally, just hours before China's worst earthquake in three decades, animals at a local zoo began acting strangely.

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  1. A Myanmar monk fetches water on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Thursday May 15, 2008. (AP Photo)
    Red Cross: Clean water most urgent for Myanmar AP - Fri May 16, 4:05 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.9

    GENEVA - The international Red Cross says a lack of clean water will be the biggest killer in Myanmar in the coming days.

  2. Myanmar cyclone survivors wait in line for rice donations on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, May 16, 2008.  (AP Photo)
    UN in dark about Myanmar cyclone disaster needs AP - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.8

    YANGON, Myanmar - The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of survivors' suffering, two weeks after a killer cyclone left up to 2.5 million people destitute.

  3. In this image released by the relief charity Shelterbox shows some of the thousand boxes from  the relief charity ShelterBox containing tents, mosquito nets, tools and other life saving equipment are unloaded at the airport in Yangon Friday, 16, May, 2008.  Lack of clean water will be the biggest killer in cyclone-hit Myanmar in the coming days, the international Red Cross said Friday. Hundreds of thousands of cyclone victims in the Southeast Asian country need clean water urgently or risk falling victim to diseases such as dysentery, the head of operations for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said. (AP Photo/Mark Pearson, Shelterbox, HO)
    New storm deepens misery in cyclone-hit Myanmar Reuters - 47 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.8

    YANGON (Reuters) - Torrential tropical downpours lashed Myanmar's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta on Friday, as some

  4. Police: 9 killed in Philippine bank robbery AP - Fri May 16, 3:48 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    MANILA, Philippines - At least eight bank employees and a security guard were lined up and shot dead in the head Friday in a bloody Philippine bank robbery, police said. Another employee was in critical condition at a hospital.

  5. Rescue workers remove the body of a Chinese man after an apartment collapsed in Hanwang in Sichuan Province. China ramped up its massive military rescue effort in the quake-hit southwest Thursday where more than 40,000 people lay dead or buried under rubble and rescue teams fought to save the living.(AFP/Mark Ralston)
    Chinese student rescued after 80 hours AP - Fri May 16, 2:36 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    BEICHUAN, China - A Chinese state news agency says rescuers have pulled a student to safety after being trapped for 80 hours in the debris of a school following this week's massive earthquake.

  6. Losing racehorses in Puerto Rico condemned to die AP - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.6

    CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico - For thoroughbred racehorses in Puerto Rico, success can be a matter of life and death. Many losers don't make it off the racetrack grounds alive.

  7. Zhang Jiachi, who lost both his arms after his school collapsed in Shifang following Monday's quake, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Deyang, Sichuan province, China, Thursday, May 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    Long wait for medical care after China quake AP - Thu May 15, 3:40 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    DEYANG, China - After 11-year-old Zhang Jiazhi crawled free of the rubble that remained of his middle school, his parents began a 20-hour ordeal to get medical care for their son, whose arms were crushed to a pulp.

  8. Myanmar volunteers serve a free breakfast to children at a temple after the destructive Cyclone Nargis on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, May 12, 2008. From a shopkeeper offering free rice porridge to medical students treating the countless sick, ordinary people in Myanmar are stepping up to help cyclone victims while the military regime restricts critically needed international aid. (AP Photo)
    Local heroes step in to help cyclone victims AP - Thu May 15, 1:35 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    YANGON, Myanmar - From shopkeepers handing out free rice porridge to medical students caring for the sick, ordinary people in Myanmar are stepping in to help cyclone victims as the military regime severely restricts international aid.

  9. A man stands among wreckage of a rice mill destroyed by Cyclone Nargis near Bogalay. The European Union's aid chief has made no breakthroughs on a trip to Myanmar aimed at pushing the ruling generals to open up to foreign assistance, two weeks after the cyclone tragedy.(AFP)
    No breakthroughs in Myanmar aid crisis: EU envoy AFP - 2 hours, 37 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.6

    YANGON (AFP) - The European Union's aid chief said Friday he had made no breakthroughs on a trip to Myanmar aimed at pushing the ruling generals to open up to foreign assistance, two weeks after the cyclone tragedy.

  10. Zhang Xiaoyan, who is 34-years-old and 8 months pregnant, is pulled alive from an apartment that partially collapsed in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
    Survivors from apartment building recount quake AP - Thu May 15, 4:37 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    DUJIANGYAN, China - Tang Xiaomin had just left her fourth-floor apartment to buy groceries when the building started crumbling around her. An upstairs neighbor was thrown against the kitchen table and grabbed her purse before rushing out. Another resident, who was expecting a baby, was resting and became trapped.

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