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China quake victims flee 'flood'
Aid efforts in the quake-hit city of Beichuan halt after reports of a river bursting its banks spark widespread panic.

Burma 'guilty of inhuman action'
Gordon Brown accuses Burma's military rulers of neglecting its people by blocking aid to survivors of Cyclone Nargis.

Make-up artist's husband in court
The husband of an award-winning make-up artist, who disappeared in January, appears in court charged with her murder.

Carey makes new Iraq hostage plea
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey makes a renewed appeal for the release of five British hostages in Iraq.

Service held for bakery death boy
A memorial service is to be held for a 16-year-old who was killed in a bakery in south-east London.