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How cyclones are formed and where they occur. The UN said it would resume aid flights into Myanmar after a suspension triggered by a tussle with the military regime over two planeloads of goods meant for desperate cyclone survivors.

UN agency to resume aid flights into Myanmar

The UN said Friday it would resume aid flights into Myanmar after a suspension triggered by a tussle with the military regime over two planeloads of goods meant for desperate cyclone survivors.


Shiite gunmen guard pro-government detainees in west Beirut. Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut on Friday after three days of deadly street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war.

Lebanon in turmoil as Hezbollah takes west Beirut

Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut on Friday after three days of deadly street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war.


South African President Thabo Mbeki (L) is greeted by Zimbabwe President Mugabe at Harare's airport. Mbeki on Friday held intensive talks with Mugabe over Zimbabwe's post-election crisis as doctors reported a dramatic rise in violence.

Mbeki faces Mugabe for Zimbabwe crisis talks

South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday held intensive talks with veteran counterpart Robert Mugabe over Zimbabwe's post-election crisis as doctors reported a dramatic rise in violence.


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Obama momentum mounts in Democratic White House race

Barack Obama's White House drive picked up pace Friday with more superdelegates rallying to his side, as former rival John Edwards all but endorsed his campaign.


A soldier patrols the eastern Sri Lankan province of Trincomalee. Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful bomb killing 11 people and wounding 29 in Sri Lanka's east late Friday, a day ahead of a crucial local poll in the area, the military said.

Eleven killed in Sri Lanka bomb ahead of key local polls

Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful bomb killing 11 people and wounding 29 in Sri Lanka's east late Friday, a day ahead of a crucial local poll in the area, the military said.


Supporters of the self-determination movement shout slogans during a demonstration in Pristina. The protesters said the United Nations Interim Kosovo Mission (UNMIK), and the Kosovo Albanian government were responsible for failing to use their powers to prevent Serbia's plans to hold weekend elections in Kosovo.

Serbia adopts EU, Russia deals ahead of crunch polls

Serbia's coalition government, which collapsed in disarray over East-West ties, adopted deals with the European Union and Russia on Friday, two days before crunch general elections.


People shout as they hold poster reading, "Caucasia is for Caucasians!" during a rally near the Russian embassy in Tbilisi on May 7, 2008. Five European Union foreign ministers will travel to Georgia next week to try to help to cool tensions with Russia over the separatist region of Abkhazia, Slovenia said Friday.

EU foreign ministers to fly to Georgia to cool Russia crisis: officials

Five European Union foreign ministers will travel to Georgia next week to try to help to cool tensions with Russia over the separatist region of Abkhazia, Slovenia said Friday.


A Somali soldier stands among abandoned houses in Mogadishu. Somali government officials and exiled Islamist opposition leaders are to hold face-to-face peace talks in Djibouti, the United Nations special envoy to the country said Friday.

Somalia peace talks to get underway in Djibouti: UN

Somali government officials and exiled Islamist opposition leaders are to hold face-to-face peace talks in Djibouti, the United Nations special envoy to the country said Friday.


Ireland's new Foreign Minister Micheal Martin, seen here in 2004, urged the country on Friday to vote "yes" to the European Union's key Lisbon Treaty in a crunch referendum next month.

New Irish foreign minister urges yes vote for EU treaty

Ireland's new Foreign Minister Micheal Martin urged the country on Friday to vote "yes" to the European Union's key Lisbon Treaty in a crunch referendum next month.


Mexico's Secretary of Public Safety Genaro Garcia (R) and President Felipe Calderon (L) fold the Mexican flag that covered the coffin of the General Coordinator of Regional Security of the Mexican Federal Police, Edgar Millan Gomez, during his funeral in Mexico City. Gunmen assassinated a commander of Mexico City's anti-kidnapping police, the fourth top police authority slain in 10 days.

Top police killed in Mexican assassination wave

Gunmen assassinated a commander of Mexico City's anti-kidnapping police Friday, the fourth top police authority slain in 10 days here as the toll from a rising organized crime wave hits top brass.