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China earthquake.Search for China quake survivors "A massive search and rescue operation is under way in south-western China after one of the most powerful earthquakes in decades." 12,000 killed in China quake "Rescuers were struggling today to reach victims of the devastating earthquake that killed 12,000 people in south-west China and trapped thousands more in the rubble of collapsed schools, factories, hospitals and homes." Powerful Quake Ravages China, Killing Thousands "A powerful earthquake struck southwestern China on Monday, toppling thousands of homes, factories and offices, trapping students in schools, and killing at least 10,000 people, the country's worst natural disaster in three decades."
Burma . U.N. Leader Tells Myanmar to Hurry on Aid "As the authorities in Myanmar raised the cyclone death toll to nearly 32,000 and admitted one American military aircraft, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pressed the junta to accept international assistance." First U.S. aid shipment reaches Myanmar "A top U.S. admiral met the senior Myanmar naval officer on an airport tarmac in Yangon on Monday, urging him to open the country to an expanded international humanitarian mission that could reach hundreds of thousands of hungry and homeless cyclone victims." Use all means to get aid to Burma, says EU chief "The international community should use all possible means to deliver aid to victims of the Burma cyclone despite the reluctance of the country's ruling military junta, the EU foreign policy chief said today." Myanmar cyclone victims getting low-quality supplies "Many cyclone victims are getting spoiled food from Myanmar's junta instead of the high-quality supplies being delivered by foreign governments and charities, victims and aid workers said Tuesday."
Immigration raid. ID fraud claims bring state's largest raid "The largest workplace raid in Iowa history Monday resulted in the arrest of more than 300 people and reignited the debate over immigration." Hundreds arrested in immigration raid at Postville plant "Federal Immigration agents on Monday arrested more than 300 people in Postville during a raid at the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant." Immigration raid: Town's Hispanics shutter businesses, scatter "The phone calls started at 5 a.m. They carried the same message: Immigration was coming.
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