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Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears (AP)

Residents run as they evacuate to higher ground from the center of earthquake-hit Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008.   Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of potential floods from a river blocked by landslides.




Bush pivots to Arab side of Mideast peace dispute (AP)

Saudi King Abdullah (R) and US President George W. Bush (L) listen to the US national anthem during the latter's arrival ceremony at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh. Bush pressed Saudi Arabia to raise oil output on Friday, but the world's biggest crude exporter said global supply is balanced with demand.(AFP/Jim Watson)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.




US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Iraq (AP)

Iraqi government forces roll into the Shiite enclave of Sadr City Saturday, May 17, 2008. Sadr City appeared to be calm Saturday after weeks of bloody clashes between the U.S. forces and Mahdi army fighters. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)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.




Tsvangirai postpones Zimbabwe return after threat (AP)

A man shows some new $500,000,000 bearer cheques in central Harare May 17, 2008. Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not return home on Saturday as expected to prepare for the second round of elections against Robert Mugabe, his party said. Tsvangirai has been out of Zimbabwe for over a month and had been due to return from Europe on Saturday to campaign for the June 27 run-off. He beat Mugabe in the first round on March 29, but not by enough votes to avoid a second round.  REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo (ZIMBABWE)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.




French navy ship near Myanmar with aid (AP)

Myanmar's children queue up for clean water on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, May 16, 2008.   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.   (AP Photo)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.




Spanish police arrest five hackers (AFP)

An undated photo made available by Spanish police in January 2006 of a policeman looking at a computer screen during an investigation. Spanish police have announced the arrest of five hackers accused of attacking government websites in the United States, Asia and Latin America.(AFP/Spanish Police/File)AFP - Spanish police on Saturday announced the arrest of five hackers accused of attacking government websites in the United States, Asia and Latin America.




Lebanese leaders aim to end political crisis (AP)

Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani, left, walks into the conference room along with his Lebanese counterpart Faud Saniora, Saturday, May 17 in Doha, Qatar. Lebanon's squabbling political leaders held a meeting in Qatar for talks brokered by the Arab League aimed at ending a long-running feud. (AP Photo/Sam Diaz)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.




Brazil's illegal logging hard to combat (AP)

Sergio Tavares Araujo, 40, right, and his wife gather wood at the Santo Antonio sawmill in Tailandia, Para state, Brazil, Sunday, May 11, 2008. Federal agents swooped in to close sawmills, confiscate wood and smash charcoal furnaces in a government crackdown on illegal logging. (AP Photo/Renato Chalu)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.




No new poll watchers for Zimbabwe's run-off: state media (AFP)

A Zimbabwean policeman guards ballot boxes before the start of a vote recount in April 2008. Zimbabwe authorities have rejected opposition and international calls for additional election observers for the second round of presidential elections due on June 27.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)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.




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.

Australian fugitive returns to Melbourne amid tight security (AFP)

Australia's number one fugitive Tony Mokbel (centre) arrives at Athens' top-security Korydallos prison on May 14. Mokbel landed in Melbourne on Saturday on an extradition flight amid tight security two years after he fled Australia(AFP/File/Louisa Gouliamaki)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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