China
Downpours kill five, affect 600,000 in SW China´s Yunnan
More than 2,100 houses collapsed and 14,200 others were damaged by the rain.
Headlines
- Strong earthquake jolts Okhotsk Sea
- Torrential rain knocks out new Beijing subway line for three hours
- China: Heat hits east, rain sweeps west
- Archive salvage starts in Beichuan
- College entrance exam concludes in quake zone
- Most quake homeless in Sichuan move into makeshift homes
- Chinese Communist magazine celebrates 50th anniversary
- Second boat sinks off east China coast, at least 10 missing
International
Calm urged in Mongolia after state of emergency quells riots
Deadly riots erupted in the streets of Mongolia´s capital Ulan Bator following allegations of election fraud during the June 29th parliamentary elections.
Headlines
- Activists protest against G8 summit in Japan
- Released Former Colombian presidential candidate arrives in France
- Mongolian parties agree to use rule of law
- Mugabe says opposition must drop claim to power
- Poland rejects US missile shield offer
- Iran delivers response to international proposal
- Hamas suspends talks with Israel
- Russia accuses Georgia of "an open act of aggression"
- Mysterious faceless figures spotted in UK
- Paulson: UK, US must overhaul old bank regulations
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