http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/phoenix/news/ phoenix NewsRoom: World News en-us Public Interactive newsroom.NewsRSS via Rome 30 http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/phoenix/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1280009&sectionID=3 BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese fled their homes on Saturday amid fears a lake could burst its banks, hampering rescue efforts after the deadliest earthquake in more than three decades killed about 29,000 people. Reuters Sat, 17 May 2008 15:30:11 GMT phoenix http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/phoenix/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1280029&sectionID=3 HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai postponed his return home on Saturday to contest an election run-off after his party said it had discovered an assassination plot against him. Reuters Sat, 17 May 2008 16:30:08 GMT phoenix http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/phoenix/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1279990&sectionID=3 DOHA (Reuters) - Lebanon's rival leaders tackled divisive issues at the heart of their political crisis on Saturday at Qatari-mediated talks aimed at pulling their country back from the brink of a new civil war. Reuters Sat, 17 May 2008 14:30:15 GMT phoenix http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/phoenix/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1279932&sectionID=3 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have detained more than 1,000 suspects in an offensive aimed at crushing al Qaeda in northern Iraq, the military commander of the operation said on Saturday. Reuters Sat, 17 May 2008 12:52:09 GMT phoenix http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/phoenix/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1279949&sectionID=3 YANGON (Reuters) - Diplomats witnessed "huge" devastation in the Irrawaddy delta on Saturday and the toll of dead and missing from the cyclone rose above 133,000 people, making it one of the most damaging to hit Asia. Reuters Sat, 17 May 2008 13:08:11 GMT phoenix http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/phoenix/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1280033&sectionID=3 MUSA QALA, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Suspected Taliban insurgents fired at a NATO helicopter carrying a provincial governor in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, forcing it to make an emergency landing, a Reuters witness said. Reuters Sat, 17 May 2008 16:52:17 GMT phoenix http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/phoenix/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1280052&sectionID=3 KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaitis voted in a parliamentary election on Saturday that they hoped would bring in fresh faces able to bury political feuds and push through economic reforms. Reuters Sat, 17 May 2008 17:52:16 GMT phoenix http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/phoenix/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1280008&sectionID=3 LAHORE (Reuters) - Leaders of a Pakistani lawyers' movement served notice to the new coalition government it would hold a major protest on June 10 to champion the restoration of judges dismissed by President Pervez Musharraf last November. Reuters Sat, 17 May 2008 15:08:08 GMT phoenix http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/phoenix/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1280011&sectionID=3 COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan troops have killed 16 Tamil Tiger rebels and captured a rebel-held position in the island's north, officials said on Saturday. Reuters Sat, 17 May 2008 15:52:08 GMT phoenix http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/phoenix/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1279811&sectionID=3 SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - President Leonel Fernandez swept to a third term in the Dominican Republic, propelled back into office by what many see as his success in pulling the Caribbean country out of a deep economic slump. Reuters Sat, 17 May 2008 06:30:15 GMT phoenix