China: Survivors plead for aid The official toll from the earthquake in south-west China has grown to 20,000 and is expected to go on rising steeply, as survivors plead for aid to reach towns cut off by the disaster.
Second storm likely to hit Burma A second storm is forming near Burma less than two weeks after a cyclone killed tens of thousands of people, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Clinton wins West Virginia Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory over front-runner Barack Obama in West Virginia and vowed to keep her beleaguered White House bid alive until voting ends in the Democratic race.
Dirty Harry meets Indiana Jones Hollywood heavyweights Clint Eastwood and Harrison Ford squared up against kung fu pandas and arthouse directors as Cannes on Wednesday caught its annual dose of film festival fever.
Cherie takes a dig at Bill Former US President Bill Clinton was "bloody stupid" to go along with White House intern Monica Lewinski, the wife of ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
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