China quake toll exceeds 12,000 The toll of the dead and missing soared, as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of Chinas worst earthquake in three decades.
'No hope' for children buried The children who were considered fortunate escaped with a broken bone or a severed limb.
Myanmar now takes brunt of rain fury Heavy rains pelted homeless cyclone survivors in Myanmars Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, complicating already slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease.
PML-N ministers quit Pak cabinet Nine PML-N ministers on Tuesday resigned from the six-week-old PPP-led coalition government over the issue of restoration of judges but both parties kept open the path to reconciliation.
Clinton leads in W Virginia New polls on Tuesday predicted landslide wins for Hillary Clinton in two looming primaries, despite pressure for her to cede to Barack Obama's mathematical stranglehold on the Democratic White House race.
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