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At least 431 US deaths in Afghanistan region (AP)

Two women hold Canadian flags as a Calgary ambulance carrying Corporal Michael Starker passes by after his funeral in Calgary, Alberta May 16, 2008. Starker was killed in action in Afghanistan last week, and was a Calgary paramedic. REUTERS/Todd Korol  (CANADA)AP - As of Friday, May 16, 2008, at least 431 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures May 10 at 10 a.m. EDT.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,079 (AP) AP - As of Friday, May 16, 2008, at least 4,079 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Rival demands Chavez clarify rebel links (AP)

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, right, shakes hands with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez after a bilateral meeting in Lima, Friday, May 16, 2008. European and Latin American leaders are gathering in Lima to tackle climate change, high food prices and poverty but those issues may be overshadowed by tensions in the region.(AP Photo/Martin Bernetti, Pool)AP - A Venezuelan opposition leader is demanding that President Hugo Chavez explain accusations of close ties between his government and Colombian rebels.


Latin-Europe summit begins under feud (AP)

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, center, and Panama's President Martin Torrijos talk as they leave the opening plenary session of the Fifth Latin America and European Summit is being held in Lima, Friday May, 16, 2008. European and Latin American leaders are gathering in Lima to tackle climate change, high food prices and poverty. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - European and Latin American leaders sought to unite against poverty, global warming and high food prices on Friday, but their summit was clouded by a feud between Colombia and Venezuela.


US monitoring China's nuclear sites after quake (AP) AP - American experts are monitoring nuclear facilities in China's earthquake zone, officials said Friday, after France's nuclear watchdog reported that some had suffered minor damage.
France criticizes Myanmar for barring aid ship (AP)

A child rests inside a damaged school house, along with dozens of families, in a village affected by Cyclone Nargis located near the Myanmar capital Yangon May 14, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)AP - France criticized Myanmar's military junta on Friday for refusing to allow a French Navy ship with 1,500 tons of aid for victims of Cyclone Nargis to deliver food and medicine with small boats and helicopters.


Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai to return for second round (Reuters)

Opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters from rural areas, displaced after post-election violence, camp at their party headquarters in Harare May 12, 2008. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)Reuters - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai restarts his campaign to oust Robert Mugabe at home on Saturday after seeking support abroad in his risky standoff with the president.


Survival of quake victims depends on many factors (AP) AP - A nurse survived eight days in the wreckage of a Turkish hospital destroyed by an earthquake in 1992. A newborn was rescued after more than a week in the rubble of Mexico City's 1985 quake. Now, in China, rescuers are pulling out victims days after they were buried by a powerful earthquake.
China's 1-child policy causes extra pain (AP)

Bi Kaiwei holds a photo of his daughter Bi Yuexing, who was killed when her schoolroom collapsed in Monday's earthquake, in the rubble of the school in Wufu, in China's southwest Sichuan province Friday May 16, 2008. Most of the students killed when Wufu's school collapsed were only children, deepening the pain of parents who had stuck to China's one-child policy. Parents complained that the school was shoddily built, a common allegation with almost 7,000 schoolrooms destroyed in the earthquake.  (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - After their daughter was born, Bi Kaiwei and his wife, Meilin, decided to adhere to China's one-child policy and its slogan, "Have fewer kids, live better lives."


China rescuers seek survivors in hard-hit town (AP)

Rescue workers search for survivors amongst the debris of collapsed buildings in Beichuan county, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Piles of broken concrete rise seven stories high, and a few buildings stand askew, knocked at odd angles. People cry out the names of missing relatives and rescue workers shout, "Is anyone there? Is anyone there?"