The world economy is “teetering on the brink” of a severe downturn and is expected to grow only 1.8 percent in 2008, the United Nations said in its mid-year economic projections Thursday. [Read more]

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An oil pipeline explosion killed about 100 people on Thursday near a primary school in a suburb north of Lagos, the Red Cross said. [Read more]

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Myanmar’s military-backed constitution was approved by 92.4 percent in a May 10 referendum, which was held everywhere except regions hardest-hit by Cyclone Nargis, state television said on Thursday. [Read more]

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South Korea is to disinfect all poultry farms nationwide to combat its worst outbreak of bird flu, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. [Read more]

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At least 15 people drowned Sunday and as many as 40 remained missing after an overcrowded boat capsized in the Solimoes river in the northwestern Brazilian state of Amazonas, the Brazilian navy said. [Read more]

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China and the Dalai Lama’s envoys agreed to keep the door open on dialogue after holding talks here Sunday, state media said, although no breakthrough in ending the Tibet crisis was reported. [Read more]

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About 60 gunmen launched an attack on a ranch in Mexico’s southern Guerrero state Sunday, killing nine people and leaving another six wounded, authorities said, the second such incident in two days. [Read more]

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A Honduran police official says at least 18 inmates have died in a prison attack. [Read more]

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The tiny US Pacific island of Guam relished a rare moment in the spotlight Saturday, weighing in on the raging Democratic White House battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. [Read more]

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