Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears
(AP)
 AP - Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of potential floods from a river blocked by landslides.
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Bush pivots to Arab side of Mideast peace dispute
(AP)
 AP - President Bush pivoted to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute on Saturday, and got a far less glowing reception from his Egyptian host ? a key player in the long-running fight ? than he did in Israel earlier this week.
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US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Iraq
(AP)
 AP - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, met with the Iraqi prime minister Saturday during a surprise visit to Baghdad.
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Tsvangirai postpones Zimbabwe return after threat
(AP)
 AP - Threats of assassination have derailed plans by Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to return home to campaign for the presidential runoff vote, a party spokesman said Saturday.
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French navy ship near Myanmar with aid
(AP)
 AP - A French navy ship carrying 1,000 tons of food idled near Myanmar's coast Saturday, awaiting permission from the uncooperative ruling military regime to dock in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta.
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Spanish police arrest five hackers
(AFP)
 AFP - Spanish police on Saturday announced the arrest of five hackers accused of attacking government websites in the United States, Asia and Latin America.
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Lebanese leaders aim to end political crisis
(AP)
 AP - Leaders of Lebanon's U.S.-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition met behind closed doors in Qatar on Saturday for the highest-level talks so far in the country's 18-month-long political crisis, which turned violent a week ago.
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Brazil's illegal logging hard to combat
(AP)
 AP - Acrid smoke from charcoal-making blankets this Amazon logging town with the smell of business as usual. Less than three months ago, federal agents swooped in to close sawmills, confiscate wood and smash charcoal furnaces in a government crackdown on illegal logging.
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No new poll watchers for Zimbabwe's run-off: state media
(AFP)
 AFP - Authorities in Zimbabwe have rejected opposition and international calls for additional election observers for the second round of presidential elections due on June 27, state media said on Saturday.
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Abducted Pakistan envoy freed after Taliban released
(Reuters)
Reuters - Taliban militants freed a kidnapped
Pakistani envoy on Saturday, in what appeared to be part of a
prisoner swap involving the release of more than 40 Taliban,
according to senior Pakistani security official.
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Australian fugitive returns to Melbourne amid tight security
(AFP)
 AFP - Australia's most wanted fugitive landed in Melbourne on a flight from Greece amid tight security on Saturday, more than two years after fleeing his homeland.
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