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A young quake victim receives medical aid at Jiu Zhou Sports Stadium in Mianyang. The toll of confirmed dead in Sichuan province rose to 19,500.
More than 20,000 fill the Jiu Zhou Sports Stadium 60 miles northeast of Chengdu, China, as military rescue teams reopen roads and homeless families make their way out of badly damaged areas. (China Photos Via Getty Images)
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Women Rise in Rwanda's Revival

Women, largely relegated to back-breaking field work before the genocide, find opportunity in fertile lands inherited from slaughtered husbands, fathers and brothers.

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Burma Requests Farming Aid

Request evaluated as emergency supplies continue to move into disaster zone in volumes far below what agencies say are needed.

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Africa

Zimbabwe's Opposition Seeks Foreign Intervention
(Post, May 16, 2008, Page A11)

Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation
(Post, May 14, 2008, Page A01)

CRACKDOWN IN SUDAN: Islamist Leader Arrested In Attack
(Post, May 13, 2008, Page A11)

Translator of Nightmares
(Post, May 13, 2008, Page C01)

Spread of Nuclear Capability Is Feared
(Post, May 12, 2008, Page A01)
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Asia/Pacific

FARMING REGION DEVASTATED: Thousands Pour Out Of Hills, Into Stadium
(Post, May 16, 2008, Page A10)

DESPERATE SEARCH IN BEICHUAN: Sounds of Life, but Few Options for Rescue
(Post, May 16, 2008, Page A10)

PAKISTANI ENVOY: Haqqani Back in D.C., Where Everybody Knows His Name
(Post, May 16, 2008, Page A17)

China Expedites Vast Rescue Operation
(Post, May 15, 2008, Page A01)

Hopes for Calm in Battered Indian City
(Post, May 15, 2008, Page A09)
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Europe

Purchases Linked N. Korean to Syria
(Post, May 11, 2008, Page A18)

Heavier Drinking At an Earlier Age
(Post, May 10, 2008; 9:34 PM)

Soviet-Style Display of Might Fills Red Square
(Post, May 10, 2008, Page A07)

For Russia, a Second Center of Power
(Post, May 8, 2008, Page A12)

Innovators: A Woman, a Village and a War on Plastic Bags
(Post, May 6, 2008, Page A11)
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Latin America

Venezuela Offered Aid to Colombian Rebels
(Post, May 15, 2008, Page A01)

Colombia Sends 13 Paramilitary Leaders to U.S.
(Post, May 14, 2008, Page A11)

Storied Paper Bets on a Daily Future in Colombia
(Post, May 12, 2008, Page A12)

System of Neglect
(Post, May 11, 2008, Page A01)

State Autonomy Vote May Reshape Bolivia
(Post, May 4, 2008, Page A21)
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North America

Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation
(Post, May 14, 2008, Page A01)

Mexican Drug Cartels Making Audacious Pitch for Recruits
(Post, May 7, 2008, Page A13)

For Many, Control of State-Run Pemex Is About National Pride
(Post, April 30, 2008, Page A12)

Emptying the Breadbasket
(Post, April 29, 2008, Page A01)

Plot to Kill Colombian Witness Exposed
(Post, April 26, 2008, Page A14)
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Middle East

McCain Sees U.S. Troops Leaving Iraq by 2013
(Post, May 16, 2008, Page A01)

Bush's Comments In Israel Fuel Anger
(Post, May 16, 2008, Page A08)

Factions in Lebanon Agree to Meet for Talks
(Post, May 16, 2008, Page A08)

Iraq Finds Its Arab Neighbors Are Reluctant to Offer Embrace
(Post, May 16, 2008, Page A09)

Gates: U.S. Should Engage Iran With Incentives, Pressure
(Post, May 15, 2008, Page A04)
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Latest Wire Reports

China buries quake dead as new aftershock hits
(Reuters, May 16, 2008; 8:58 AM)

Amputee runner wins right to try for Olympic spot
(AP, May 16, 2008; 8:57 AM)

Strong aftershock hits China quake epicenter
(AP, May 16, 2008; 8:55 AM)

Outrage over Sarkozy plan to counter school strikes
(Reuters, May 16, 2008; 8:53 AM)

Bush asks Saudis to increase oil production
(AP, May 16, 2008; 8:52 AM)
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