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Myanmar holds poll despite post-cyclone chaos

Reuters - Sunday, May 11

YANGON - Myanmar held a rare election to approve a new army-drafted constitution on Saturday while many of the 1.5 million survivors of a devastating cyclone waited in vain for a concerted aid effort to bring them food and medicine. More »

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  • Zimbabwe's MDC to fight run-off against Mugabe

    Reuters - Sunday, May 11

    PRETORIA - Zimbabwe's opposition leader said on Saturday he would return home within two days to contest a run-off against President Robert Mugabe and deal him a "final knock-out" after almost three decades in power. More »

  • Sri Lanka holds crucial vote in war-torn east

    Reuters - Sunday, May 11

    "There are 300 people in this IDP (Internally Displaced Person) - BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka - Residents in Sri Lanka's war-ravaged east voted for the first time in two decades on Saturday in an election the government hopes will endorse its war to defeat Tamil Tiger rebels. More »

  • Many hurt in Bangladesh clash over road death

    Reuters - Saturday, May 10

    DHAKA - Nearly 100 people were injured and several vehicles were damaged on Saturday when Bangladeshi students protesting over the death of a classmate in a road accident clashed with police in the capital Dhaka. More »

  • Military judge said rules against key Guantanamo figure

    Reuters - Saturday, May 10

    NEW YORK - A U.S. military judge has disqualified a Pentagon general who has been a key figure in Guantanamo war crimes tribunals from playing any role in the first case headed for trial, The New York Times reported on Saturday, More »

  • No infectious outbreak on Canadian train

    Reuters - Saturday, May 10

    TORONTO/OTTAWA - Canadian health officials said on Friday that a death and reported outbreak of flu-like symptoms aboard a cross-Canada train were not due to an infectious disease and in fact were likely not related at all. More »

  • Mexico's president says "enough" to drug hitmen

    Reuters - Saturday, May 10

    MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Friday the country was sick and tired of rampant drug violence after five high-ranking policemen were killed in less than a week. More »

  • Files show ties of Venezuela-Colombia rebels

    Reuters - Saturday, May 10

    WASHINGTON - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's ties to Colombian rebels are deeper than previously thought, U.S. officials said on Friday, following an analysis of files on a dead guerrilla leader's laptops. More »

  • Cuban rolls cigar said to be world's longest

    Reuters - Saturday, May 10

    His six-day-long project, completed with several assistants, eclipsed the previous record of 135 feet (41 metres) - HAVANA - With music, dancing and rum, Cubans celebrated on Friday the likely return of a record they consider rightfully theirs -- the world's longest cigar. More »

  • U.N. human rights forum to examine food crisis

    Reuters - Saturday, May 10

    GENEVA - The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on May 23 to examine how the world's food crisis is undermining the right to food for millions of people, officials said on Friday. More »

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