World
Survivors pulled from rubble of China quake
BEICHUAN, China - Rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble Friday who had been buried for four days as a strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake.
Obama accuses Bush of 'appalling attack'
WATERTOWN, S.D. - Barack Obama has called President Bush's comments on appeasement "exactly the kind of appalling attack that's divided our country and alienates us from the rest of the world."
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- Gay marriage opponents vow to fight Calif. ruling
- Myanmar cyclone death toll nearly 78,000
- Surprise rebound in housing, outlook still shaky
- GE plans to exit appliance business
Washington
Saudis see no reason to raise oil production now
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian leaders made clear Friday they see no reason to increase oil production until their customers demand it, apparently rebuffing President Bush amid soaring U.S. gasoline prices.
Treasury secretary says markets are calmer now
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that financial markets are "considerably calmer" now than they were two months ago. He predicted the economy will be rebounding by the second half of this year.
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- Surprise rebound in housing, outlook still shaky
- Senate votes to roll back media ownership rule
- Republicans abandon Bush on food, energy issues
- House rejects bill funding Iraq, Afghanistan wars
International
Survivors pulled from rubble of China quake
BEICHUAN, China - Rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble Friday who had been buried for four days as a strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake.
Myanmar cyclone death toll nearly 78,000
YANGON, Myanmar - The cyclone's official death toll has nearly doubled to almost 78,000 and another 56,000 people remain missing two weeks after the devastating storm, state television reported Friday.
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- Bin Laden: Palestinian cause fuels war
- Myanmar's junta confines foreigners to Yangon
- Zimbabwe presidential election set for June 27
- Spokesman: Gunfire hits Iranian convoy in Baghdad
Europe
French arrest 10 in connection with terror probe
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.
Einstein's musings about religion sells for $400K
LONDON - A letter in which Albert Einstein dismissed the idea of God as the product of human weakness and the Bible as "pretty childish" has sold at auction for more than $400,000.
