Second round of China-Tibet talks planned

China's official Xinhua News Agency is reporting that the Dalai Lama's envoys and Chinese officials plan a second round of talks at an unannounced date.

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• Large wave in South Korea kills 9, injures 14

Clinton, Obama, predict fight stretches to June 3

Democratic presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton took their fight over gas price relief to the morning talk shows Monday as they braced for the crucial Indiana and North Carolina primaries.

• Obama's appeal to working-class whites waning, polls show
• Former Democratic leader switches to Obama

15 dead after boat sinks in Brazil's Amazon region

A boat ferrying at least 80 people home from a party sank in Brazil's Amazon region, killing at least 15 and leaving dozens missing, according to rescue officials and Brazil's government.

• Cuba puts first computers on sale to the public
• Chilean volcano town nearly deserted

Lawyer: Austrian suspect Fritzl has mental disorder

The lawyer for the Austrian man who allegedly imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her has said he is preparing an insanity defense.

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• Brown's Labour Party suffers crushing defeat at council elections; PM's office at stake

US military says 9 Shiite extremists killed in Baghdad

A U.S. Air Force gunship strafed Shiite extremists who attacked U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Monday, and the military said it killed at least nine militants in recent clashes in the capital.

• Israel's Olmert says he will meet Palestinian president
• Insurgent group: Top Somali Islamist killed in airstrike

Chinese president visits Japan this week, both sides looking to solidify warming relations

Chinese President Hu Jintao makes China's highest-level visit to Japan in a decade this week to...

Chinese president hopeful on Tibet talks: Report

President Hu Jintao said he has hopes for a "positive outcome" between representatives of the Dalai ...

Killer cyclone Nargis leaves at least 4000 dead in Burma, relief efforts underway

A category 3 killer cyclone ravaged Rangoon, the capital of Burma over the weekend, leaving at least...

Iran vows not to halt its nuclear program despite pressure

Iran's top leader says his country will not bend to international pressure and give up its nucl...

On Japan's secretive death row, inmate becomes cause celebre

Iwao Hakamada, Japan's longest serving death row inmate, has insisted for 40 years that he is i...

Chinese president hopeful on Tibet talks: Report

President Hu Jintao said he has hopes for a positive outcome between representatives of the Dalai La...

MDC undecided over run-off, Tsvangirai vows to return to Zimbabwe

The political crisis in Zimbabwe continued to drag over the weekend with Opposition Party Movement f...

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