The United Nations' top aid official in Asia says he is "furious" over the Myanmar government's refusal to allow the organization to distribute aid to cyclone disaster victims. "We off-loaded the food, and then the authorities refused us permission to take that food away," WFP director Tony Banbury said.

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Sectarian fighting rocked the Lebanese capital for a third day Friday, with small arms, machine-gun and rocket-propelled-grenade fire echoing through the streets.

South African president Thabo Mbeki is traveling to Zimbabwe's capital Friday for more talks with the political leadership there, the South African Foreign Affairs Ministry said.

A Canadian train quarantined after a passenger died Thursday will soon be on its way again, Ontario's top medical officer told reporters.

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The death toll from China's outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease has risen to 32 -- all of them children -- the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday, citing provincial health officials.

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A reported tornado killed one person, injured three others and damaged numerous buildings in central North Carolina late Thursday night, authorities said.

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