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Aide: Sen. Kennedy conscious after seizure (AP)

CNN is reporting that US Senator Edward Kennedy, seen here in April 2008, has been rushed to a hospital in the state of Massachusetts with stroke symptoms.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the lone surviving son in a famed political family who helped define national Democratic Party politics, suffered at seizure at his Cape Cod home on Saturday and was recovering in good spirits at a Boston hospital.


Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears (AP)

Residents run as they evacuate to higher ground from the center of earthquake-hit Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008.   Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Two rivers blocked by landslides threatened to flood towns shattered by China's massive earthquake, sending thousands of survivors fleeing Saturday in a region still staggering from the country's worst disaster in 30 years.


Big Brown cruises to another easy win in Preakness (AP)

Kent Desormeaux rides Big Brown to victory in the running of the 133rd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore Saturday, May 17, 2008.  (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - Big Brown charged to the lead turning for home and then cruised down the stretch to win the Preakness on Saturday, still perfect and squarely pointed toward thoroughbred racing's first Triple Crown in 30 years.


Bush says Saudi oil boost doesn't solve US problem (AP)

Saudi King Abdullah (R) and US President George W. Bush (L) listen to the US national anthem during the latter's arrival ceremony at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh. Bush pressed Saudi Arabia to raise oil output on Friday, but the world's biggest crude exporter said global supply is balanced with demand.(AFP/Jim Watson)AP - President Bush said Saudi Arabia's small increase in oil production will not solve soaring U.S. fuel prices, but he defended the wealthy kingdom Saturday against American lawmakers "screaming the loudest" for Riyadh to open its spigots.


Iraq detains 1,000 in anti-al-Qaida crackdown (AP)

Iraqi government forces man a checkpoint in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City Saturday, May 17, 2008. Sadr City appeared to be calm Saturday after weeks of bloody clashes between the U.S. forces and Mahdi army fighters. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Nearly 1,000 people have been detained in a sweep to break al-Qaida in Iraq's sway in Iraq's third largest city, Mosul, but many of the fighters have fled to nearby areas, where troops are hunting for them, Iraqi officials said Saturday.


Police: Gunman wounds 3 outside SoCal church (AP)

Map locates Grenada, Hills Calif., scene of church shootings; 1c x 2 3/8 inches; 46.5 mm x 60.3 mmAP - A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said.


Train derailment, acid leak forces La. evacuation (AP)

Residents of Lady of the Oaks Retirement Manor are evacuated Saturday May 17, 2008 after authorities issued a mandatory evacuation order for about 3,000 residents who live within a one-mile radius of an early morning train derailment in Lafayette. La. The train was leaking hydrochloric acid.(AP Photo/Lafayette Daily Advertiser/Brad Kemp)AP - Six cars of a freight train derailed early Saturday, including one that began leaking hydrochloric acid, causing thousands of people to evacuate homes, businesses and two nursing homes within one mile of the wreck.


Clinton presses on with campaign despite long odds (AP)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., reacts after dipping a bottle of whiskey into red wax at  Maker's Mark Distillery in Loretto, Ky. Saturday, May 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - The day of campaigning had barely begun and Hillary Rodham Clinton was already eyeing the whiskey.


UAW, American Axle reach deal that could end strike (AP)

In this Friday, May 9, 2008 file photo, an American Axle & Manufacturing and Local 235 employee takes a break from the picket line outside American Axle & Manufacturing on  in Detroit. A person briefed on the talks said Friday, May 16, 2008 the United Auto Workers have reached an agreement with American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. that could end an 11-week strike. (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza)AP - American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. boosted its wage offer and increased the payments it will give workers to take a wage cut as part of a tentative agreement that could settle an 11-week strike by the United Auto Workers union, a person briefed on the deal said Saturday.


Mike Tyson tells all in new documentary at Cannes (AP)

Former American boxer Mike Tyson and American director James Toback pose at the photo call for the film 'Tyson' during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri)AP - Mike Tyson considers it a miracle that he lived to tell his tale. And he's telling it — in graphic detail — in a new documentary at the Cannes Film Festival.


Thousands flee on flooding fears after China quake (Reuters)

Soldiers, relief workers and residents flee to higher ground in Beichuan, Sichuan province May 17, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Thousands of Chinese fled their homes on Saturday amid fears a lake could burst its banks, hampering rescue efforts after the deadliest earthquake in more than three decades killed about 29,000 people.


Sen. Kennedy hospitalized after seizure (Reuters)

Massachusetts Democratic Senator Edward M. Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, April 18, 2008. Kennedy, a leading Democrat, was rushed to a hospital in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with symptoms of a stroke, CNN reported on Saturday. (Adam Hunger/Reuters)Reuters - Sen. Edward Kennedy, a leading Democrat, suffered a seizure on Saturday but hours later was talking with family at his side in a Boston hospital.


Myanmar death toll soars (Reuters)

People get on carts as it rains in a village hit by Cyclone Nargis outside Yangon May 15, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Diplomats witnessed "huge" devastation in the Irrawaddy delta on Saturday and the toll of dead and missing from the cyclone rose above 133,000 people, making it one of the most damaging to hit Asia.


Bush says committed to Middle East peace efforts (Reuters)

President George W. Bush (L) speaks, as U.S. first lady Laura Bush stands beside him, during a reception in honor of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel at The Israel Museum in Jerusalem May 15, 2008. (David Blumenfeld/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush, responding to Arab dismay about his praise for Israel, said on Saturday he was confident a deal on Palestinian statehood could be reached before he leaves office.


Iraqi forces detain 1,000 in al Qaeda push (Reuters)

Iraqi army soldiers direct traffic at the check-point at the main road, leading to the Shiite dominated Baghdad's neighbourhood of Shulla, May 16, 2008. (Oleg Popov/Reuters)Reuters - Iraqi forces have detained more than 1,000 suspects in an offensive aimed at crushing al Qaeda in northern Iraq, the military commander of the operation said on Saturday.


Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai delays return over "plot" (Reuters)

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses the media during a one-day visit to Maputo April 23, 2008. (Grant Lee Neuenburg/Reuters)Reuters - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai postponed his return home on Saturday to contest an election run-off after his party said it had discovered an assassination plot against him.


Louisiana orders evacuation after train derails (Reuters)
Reuters - Authorities evacuated 3,000 people on Saturday after a train derailment released deadly chemicals in the southern Louisiana town of Lafayette.

U.S. House Leader Nancy Pelosi visits Iraq (Reuters)

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi looks at pictures of Jews killed in the Holocaust during a visit to the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem May 16, 2008. (Eliana Aponte/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a key Democrat critic of President George Bush's war policy in Iraq, landed in Baghdad on Saturday for talks with U.S. and Iraqi officials, the U.S. embassy said.


World turns up heat on Myanmar (AFP)

A map locating the United Nation's priority areas for relief aid in Myanmar. World frustration with Myanmar boiled over on Saturday, with accusations of negligence and crimes against humanity over the regime's slow-moving response to the cyclone disaster.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - World frustration with Myanmar boiled over on Saturday, with accusations of negligence and crimes against humanity over the regime's slow-moving response to the cyclone disaster.


China fights to stave off disease amid miracle quake rescues (AFP)

A woman salvages shoes from the debris in the demolished town of Hongbai in southwest China's quake-stricken Sichuan province. China ramped up efforts on Saturday to stave off disease for millions of earthquake victims, as more miracle rescues amid the rubble offered hope in an increasingly desperate battle to save lives.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China ramped up efforts on Saturday to stave off disease for millions of earthquake victims, as more miracle rescues amid the rubble offered hope in an increasingly desperate battle to save lives.


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