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Strong aftershock hits China quake epicenter
(AP)
 AP - A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, while some survivors were pulled from rubble after being buried for four days.
Bush asks Saudis to increase oil production
(AP)
 AP - President Bush, on a one-day visit to Saudi Arabia, is taking a second stab on Friday at getting the oil-rich nation to increase production and drive down soaring gasoline prices hurting U.S. consumers.
UN in dark about Myanmar cyclone disaster needs
(AP)
 AP - The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of survivors' suffering, two weeks after a killer cyclone left up to 2.5 million people destitute.
Bin Laden: Palestinian cause fuels war
(AP)
 AP - Osama bin Laden said in a new audio recording released Friday that al-Qaida will continue its holy war against Israel and its allies until it liberates Palestine.
Zimbabwe presidential runoff on June 27
(AP)
 AP - A presidential election runoff between Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will be held June 27, the electoral commission said in an announcement published Friday.
Boobs v moobs: court ruling sparks censorship debate
(AFP)
 AFP - A court ruling that it is legal to ogle a man's chest but not a woman's breasts triggered a lively online debate about censorship on Friday.
In Qatar, Muslim, Jewish clerics meet
(AP)
AP - More than a dozen rabbis, including two from Israel, were in attendance this week as this conservative Muslim sheikdom opened one of the Gulf's first scholarly centers dedicated to interfaith dialogue.
Losing racehorses in Puerto Rico condemned to die
(AP)
 AP - For thoroughbred racehorses in Puerto Rico, success can be a matter of life and death. Many losers don't make it off the racetrack grounds alive.
Nigeria pipeline burns for second day after deadly explosion
(AFP)
 AFP - Nigerian firefighters battled Friday to put out flames pouring from a burst oil pipeline a day after a huge explosion that Red Cross officials said killed 100 people.
Indian police suspect Bangladeshi hand in blasts
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Police probing bombings in
western India that killed 63 people said on Friday that new
evidence pointed increasingly towards Indian Islamists backed
by a Bangladeshi militant group as being behind the blasts.
Ageing Aussies strip in pension protest
(AFP)
 AFP - Protesting pensioners brought traffic to a stand still in Australia's second largest city on Friday when some stripped to demand more money from the government.
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