The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of survivors' suffering, two weeks after a killer cyclone left up to 2.5 million people destitute.
China's president, Hu Jintao, has arrived in the earthquake-stricken province of Sichuan as authorities step up recovery efforts, accepting foreign help for the first time amid fears of a much higher body count.
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Iraq Veterans Against The War's effort to document what it considers systemic abuses in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars took a major step forward Thursday as five Iraq veterans related their firsthand experiences to members of Congress.
The California Supreme Court strikes down marriage ban.
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Retail gas prices hit record highs for the ninth day in a row.
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