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UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies
8:00AM CT
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments Friday meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help.
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Hezbollah gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods
7:35AM CT
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday in the country's worst sectarian clashes since the 15-year civil war.
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US military denies Iraq report of al-Qaida arrest
5:50AM CT
BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. military on Friday denied Iraqi government claims that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured and said a man with a similar name had been arrested in the northern city of Mosul.
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Tanks, missiles roll through Red Square on Victory Day
5:09AM CT
MOSCOW (AP) - Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow's Red Square in the annual Victory Day parade Friday, reviving a tradition of the Soviet era and demonstrating Russia's growing military confidence.
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Opponents: Israeli PM should resign over allegations
5:04AM CT
JERUSALEM (AP) - Ehud Olmert's political opponents demanded his resignation Friday, saying new allegations that the Israeli prime minister illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen render him unfit for the country's top job.
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