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China officials say quake death toll could reach 50,000
Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting today from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final toll could more than double to 50,000.
Sun coverage: Pope Benedict XVI visit
Pope Benedict XVI visited the U.S. for the first time since he was elected pontiff in 2005. The trip began in Washington on April 15 and ended in New York on April 20.
Archived coverage: Political unrest in Pakistan
Coverage of the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and ongoing political turmoil in Pakistan
Sun coverage: The Annapolis Conference
Coverage of the November 2007 Middle East peace conference in Annapolis
Maryland Guard in Iraq
A special report by Sun reporter Matthew Dolan and photographer Liz Malby embedded in Iraq with a regiment of the Md. National Guard
Letters from Iraq
War zone observations from Sun photographer Liz Malby and reporter Matthew Dolan embedded with a regiment of the Md. National Guard
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Myanmar toll as high as 128,000, Red Cross says
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Bush urges Mideast leaders to make 'hard choices' for peace
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Polar bear on the endangered list
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Rocket fire mars Israeli celebration
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China rushes to bolster quake-damaged dams
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Digest: 21 killed in attacks in Iraq
May 15, 2008
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New storm heads toward Myanmar
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Al-Maliki to oversee Mosul offensive; suicide blast kills 22 near Baghdad
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Car bomb kills policeman in northern Spain
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Rescuers reach epicenter of Chinese quake
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Thousands of displaced Kenyans forced from camp, witnesses say
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Farm bill ignores world food crisis
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Myanmar police bar aid givers
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Digest: At least 60 are dead after blasts in India
May 14, 2008
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Vatican official: It's OK to believe in extraterrestrial life
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China quake kills thousands
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Drought-stricken Barcelona forced to ship in drinking water
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Clashes, airstrikes kill 12 militants in Afghanistan
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Some U.S. help reaches Myanmar
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Digest: Shiite factions sign Sadr City truce
May 13, 2008
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Bad weather threatens flooded Myanmar delta
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Sudan cuts ties with Chad, saying it aided attackers
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Fighting ebbs in Sadr City; details of truce remain to be settled
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Colombia claims Venezuela and FARC linked
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Serbian leader's bloc wins
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Digest: At least 11 die as Haiti ferry sinks
May 12, 2008
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Zimbabwe to go on with runoff
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Junta holds referendum
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Fragile peace achieved in Lebanese capital
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Digest: Darfur rebels attack capital of Sudan
May 11, 2008
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U.N. aid for Myanmar seized
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Local groups plan relief for Burmese
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Hezbollah takes over large portion of Beirut
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News of al-Masri arrest a mistake
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Calls for Israel's Olmert to step down mount
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Digest: New president of Russia presides at Victory Day
May 10, 2008
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Myanmar death data could take months
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Sectarian fighting worsens in Lebanon
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Train quarantined in Ontario with mystery illness
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North Korea gives some weapons records to U.S.
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Israel marks 60th anniversary
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Myanmar lets in aid shipment, rejects U.S.
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Head of al-Qaida in Iraq reported arrested
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Putin becomes prime minister
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Austrian says he cared for captives in cellar
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Anti-drug official is killed in Mexico
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Digest: Spain lays claim to treasure ship
May 09, 2008
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Myanmar death toll could exceed 100,000
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Former Guantanamo detainee blamed in Iraq suicide bombing
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Ruling party violence alleged in Zimbabwe
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Russia's Medvedev is sworn in
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Israel solemnly remembers its fallen on Memorial Day
May 08, 2008
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Olympic torch reaches top of Mount Everest
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China says U.S. blocks inquiry into heparin
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N.Y. businessman linked to Olmert probe
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Disaster aid slow to reach Myanmar
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In Myanmar, a vote forestalled
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Police and militants fight in West Bank
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China seeking new ties to Japan
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Pentagon deferring arms for Pakistan
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Chilean eruption forces evacuation
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Digest: Sniper asks Virginia to help end appeals
