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China holding 3 days of mourning for quake victims

Parents grief near the tomb of their young girl who died after a school dormitory collapsed following Monday's quake in Muyu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Sunday, May 18, 2008.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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BEICHUAN, China - China declared three days of national mourning for earthquake victims and ordered a suspension of the Olympic torch relay, as the search for survivors of the disaster grew bleak Sunday.

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  • Rescuers search for survivors around a building in Beichuan, Sichuan province May 17, 2008. (Jianan Yu/Reuters)
    Three days' mourning to honor quake dead Reuters - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

    BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China said it would start three days of national mourning on Monday after raising the death toll from last week's earthquake to nearly 32,500.

  • A man pushes a cart to get water from a public well at a village hit by Cyclone Nargis, outside Yangon May 17, 2008. REUTERS/Strringer
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  • Updated map showing the area of Sichuan, China worst hit by Monday's 7.9 magnitude quake. A powerful aftershock has claimed more lives in China's southwest, bringing new misery to the region and hampering relief efforts as the death toll from last week's quake shot up.(AFP/Graphic)
    China declares mourning period as quake toll rises AFP - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago

    JIANGYOU, China (AFP) - China on Sunday declared three days of mourning and suspended the Olympic torch relay nearly a week after a massive quake struck the country's southwest, as the death toll continued to mount.

  • A map locating the United Nation's priority areas for relief aid in Myanmar. The UN's top disaster official John Holmes has arrived in Myanmar on a three-day visit to convince the reluctant regime to open the doors to a massive relief effort after Cyclone Nargis.(AFP/Graphic)
    UN's top disaster official arrives in Myanmar AFP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

    YANGON (AFP) - The UN's top disaster official John Holmes arrived in Myanmar on Sunday on a three-day visit to convince the reluctant regime to open the doors to a massive relief effort after Cyclone Nargis.

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    Bush says Mideast peace needs 'tough sacrifices' AFP - 11 minutes ago

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - US President George W. Bush wrapped up a regional tour on Sunday saying peace in the Middle East was possible by the end of the year but that it required "tough sacrifices."

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    BANGKOK (AFP) - You won't find Plumpy'nut and BP-5 on your supermarket shelves. But the space-age foods have become one of the world's best weapons to fight hunger after disasters like the Myanmar cyclone.

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