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Powerful quake kills at least 3 in northern Italy

Last modified on 2012-05-20 07:38:29 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

ROME (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes to shake northern Italy rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, a magnitude-6.0 temblor that killed at least three people, toppled some buildings and sent residents running into the streets, emergency services and news reports said….

G-8 warns North Korea about further provocations

Last modified on 2012-05-20 06:46:58 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Group of Eight world leaders has warned North Korea that it faces more sanctions if it continues to threaten the stability of the region with provocative acts such as its failed long-range rocket launch in April….

Sri Lanka set to release jailed ex-army chief

Last modified on 2012-05-20 06:24:20 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president has ordered authorities to free the country’s jailed former army chief, a man credited with ending the country’s long civil war but who later was imprisoned after challenging the president in elections….

Myanmar: New deal to end fighting with Shan rebels

Last modified on 2012-05-20 05:58:53 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

KENGTUNG, Myanmar (AP) — A Myanmar negotiator says ethnic Shan rebels have agreed in a second round of talks to end fighting with army troops in the country’s east, the latest reported deal between the new reformist government and various ethnic separatist movements….

Taiwan’s Ma signals no China change as term starts

Last modified on 2012-05-20 05:34:29 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president began his second term Sunday and signaled he will maintain a China policy that has reduced tensions between the sides, offering Beijing little early hope of realizing its long-term goal of unification….