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Hopes Fading in Search for Survivors of China Quake
by By ANDREW JACOBS and EDWARD WONG
18 May 2008 at 5:59pm
As the search for survivors was scaled back in many places, officials announced a three-day mourning period during which the Olympic torch relay will be halted.

Bush Presses Arab Leaders on Reform
by By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
18 May 2008 at 3:18pm
President Bush told Arab leaders to expand their economies, offer equal opportunity to women and embrace democracy.

The Almost Naked City
by By MARK CALDWELL
18 May 2008 at 2:44pm
Although burlesque was kicked out of New York in 1942, the gleefully bad-mannered entertainment has returned to the city.

Step Right Up: She Just Might Be President Someday
by By KATE ZERNIKE
18 May 2008 at 6:35pm
If fate and voters deny Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton the distinction of becoming the first female president, another woman will see if the mantle fits.

U.S. General Apologizes for Desecration of Koran
by By ANDREW E. KRAMER
18 May 2008 at 6:34pm
The apology came quickly after the military confirmed that a soldier in Iraq had used a Koran for target practice.

Hezbollah?s Actions Ignite Sectarian Fuse in Lebanon
by By ROBERT F. WORTH and NADA BAKRI
18 May 2008 at 6:37pm
After almost a week of street battles, long-simmering Sunni-Shiite tensions have sharply worsened, in an ominous echo of the civil conflict in Iraq.

U.N. Envoy Urges Myanmar to Accept More Aid
by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
18 May 2008 at 5:53pm
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A senior U.N. envoy went to Myanmar Sunday to urge its military junta to accept more international aid for cyclone survivors, as a British minister suggested the isolationist regime may be relenting.

Doctors Start to Say ?I?m Sorry? Before ?See You in Court?
by By KEVIN SACK
18 May 2008 at 5:39pm
Some prominent medical centers are offering apologies and compensation to try to dilute patients? anger.

As Prices Rise, Crime Tipsters Work Overtime
by By SHAILA DEWAN and BRENDA GOODMAN
18 May 2008 at 3:19pm
Another rising economic indicator: the number of tips to the police from people hoping to collect reward money.

As Deaths Outpace Births, Cities Adjust
by By SAM ROBERTS and SEAN D. HAMILL
18 May 2008 at 6:08am
Changing demographics, a new phenomenon in some areas, are forcing municipalities to rethink how to serve the needs of an older population.

Ch�vez Seizes Greater Economic Power
by By SIMON ROMERO
18 May 2008 at 5:13am
President Hugo Ch�vez is intensifying state control of Venezuela?s economy through new takeovers of private companies.

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