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US: John McCain's image is taking a battering on the popular website, writes James Rainey in Washington.

CHINA: AN OFFICIAL investigator has said Juyuan Middle School, which collapsed during the Sichuan earthquake killing hundreds of students, was badly weakened by poor design and materials.

BURMA: In Burma (also known as Myanmar) the junta started evicting destitute families from government-run cyclone relief centres yesterday, apparently out of concern that the "tented villages" might become permanent.

BURMA: The hope generated by Ban Ki-moon's visit has failed to materialise for Burma's cyclone survivors, writes a special correspondent in Rangoon.

US: DEMOCRATIC LEADERS will intervene next week to end the party's nominating race, urging uncommitted superdelegates to take sides immediately rather than allowing the contest to last until August's national convention.

US: The US says bin Laden is losing the battle for hearts and minds in the Islamic world, writes Joby Warrick.

ZIMBABWE: SIMBA MAKONI, the presidential candidate who came third in Zimbabwe's presidential poll in March, has called for the country's election run-off next month to be scrapped to avoid further deaths from political violence.

Oman: Dr Ahmed al Saidi, Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Muscat Private Hospital presented a CME presentation at Crowne Plaza Muscat Hotel recently. [AMEInfo.com]

United Arab Emirates: Emcredit, the UAE’s first private credit information services company, announced that it will provide credit information and risk assessment services to Citibank. [AMEInfo.com]

Egypt: Giza Systems, a premier systems integrator and solution provider, announced that it has finished the first phase of a mega rehabilitation project for Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO).
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