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By-passers line up to donate money at a collection for Sichuan earthquake victims organised by student volunteers in Shanghai. The Chinese government has said fatalities could rise above 50,000.
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Iceland agrees €1.5bn swap scheme with neighbours
Iceland has agreed €1.5bn of swap agreements with its Nordic neighbours as it increases efforts to fight economic uncertainty and record inflation
US to announce N Korea food aid package
Aid to flow for first time in two years
Sri Lankan blast kills 10 and injures 85
Bomb rocks Colombo’s commercial quarter
Bush warns against a nuclear Iran
Remarks in Israel seen as aimed at Obama
China quake toll ‘could reach 50,000’
Authorities call on overseas experts for help
Italy cracks down on gypsies
Community leaders warn of vigilantes
Brown dismisses leadership ‘gossip’
Economy is voters’ top concern, poll shows
German growth helps spur eurozone
Doubts over whether good news will last
UN hits at spy-led Afghan killings
‘Investigators kept in dark’
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Burma’s victims pay bill for foreign policy realism

The junta has bestowed the right, if not the obligation, on the international community to intervene,
writes Philip Stephens







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