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YANGON (Reuters) - The United States was set to fly relief supplies on Monday to Myanmar, a country it has called an "outpost of tyranny", as aid continues to dribble into the reclusive state nine days after a devastating cyclone.

US launches first relief airlift to Myanmar for last week's cyclone victims

Clinton campaigns on Mother's Day, reminding Democrats of her strong support among women

22 killed in Missouri, Oklahoma and Georgia as storms rumble across the nation

A man was killed and a woman critically injured during a shooting in East Oakland early this morning, police said. The victims of the 2:53 a.m. shooting on the 1800 block of 89th Avenue, who were each struck multiple times by bullets, were not immediately...

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Facing facts, and with no good options, Lebanese politicians have begun conceding to the country's new rulers

Chinese President Hu Jinatao orders all-out efforts to rescue victims of an earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.8 that hit China's eastern Sichuan province on Monday. "This is a very dangerous earthquake," said Bruce Presgrave, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey.

The United States government launched its first airlift of relief supplies to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar with the landing of a military airplane in the south Asian country Monday morning.

The party of Boris Tadic has won Serbia's general election, but the president's election rivals have accused him of "violating the country's constitution" by claiming...