· Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears (AP)

Residents run as they evacuate to higher ground from the center of earthquake-hit Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008.   Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from rivers blocked by landslides rattled loose in this week's powerful temblor.


· Bush says Saudi oil boost doesn't solve US problem (AP)

Saudi King Abdullah (R) and US President George W. Bush (L) listen to the US national anthem during the latter's arrival ceremony at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh. Bush pressed Saudi Arabia to raise oil output on Friday, but the world's biggest crude exporter said global supply is balanced with demand.(AFP/Jim Watson)AP - President Bush said Saudi Arabia's small increase in oil production will not solve soaring U.S. fuel prices, but he defended the wealthy kingdom Saturday against American lawmakers "screaming the loudest" for Riyadh to open its spigots.


· As cyclone refugees wait, Myanmar refuses aid (AP)

A cyclone survivor salvages items from her damaged house on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Saturday May 17, 2008. (AP Photo)AP - YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's junta kept a French navy ship laden with aid waiting outside its maritime border on Saturday, and showed off neatly laid out state relief camps to diplomats.


· World faces limits to getting aid into Myanmar (AP)

A young survivor of Cyclone Nargis watches as her companion receives free clothing donated by local donors at a monastery in the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Saturday May 17, 2008.  The junta said Friday that the official death toll from the storm has nearly doubled to 78,000 with 55,917 missing. Aid groups have said the toll is probably about 128,000, with many more deaths possible from disease and starvation unless help is provided quickly to some 2.5 million survivors. (AP Photo)AP - It is a life-or-death question: If millions of people are at risk, is it acceptable to sit on the sidelines and watch an undemocratic and unprepared regime mismanage a crisis?


· Tsvangirai postpones Zimbabwe return after threat (AP)

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, right, speaks at the Liberal International Congress in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Friday May 16, 2008. An election runoff between Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Tsvangirai will be held June 27, Zimbabwe's  electoral commission said Friday. Tsvangirai claims he won the March 29 presidential race outright. But official results released May 2 show he did not win enough votes to avoid a second round against Mugabe. (AP Photo)AP - Zimbabwe's opposition leader was on the way to the airport when word came that assassins were awaiting him in his homeland Saturday, derailing plans for his return.


· Queen Elizabeth II's grandson marries Canadian sweetheart (AFP)

Queen Elizabeth II's eldest grandson, Peter Phillips 30, (L) and Autumn Kelly 31, (R) leave St George's Chapel in Windsor after their marriage vows, at a ceremony in front of senior royals, family and friends..(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II's eldest grandson, Peter Phillips, on Saturday married his Canadian fiancee, Autumn Kelly, at a ceremony in front of senior royals, family and friends.


· Iraq detains 1,000 in anti-al-Qaida crackdown (AP)

Iraqi government forces man a checkpoint in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City Saturday, May 17, 2008. Sadr City appeared to be calm Saturday after weeks of bloody clashes between the U.S. forces and Mahdi army fighters. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Nearly 1,000 people have been detained in a sweep to break al-Qaida in Iraq's sway in Iraq's third largest city, Mosul, but many of the fighters have fled to nearby areas, where troops are hunting for them, Iraqi officials said Saturday.


· Brazil's illegal logging hard to combat (AP)

The Santo Antonio sawmill is seen in Tailandia, Para state, Brazil, Sunday, May 11, 2008. Federal agents swooped in to close sawmills, confiscate wood and smash charcoal furnaces in a government crackdown on illegal logging. (AP Photo/Renato Chalu)AP - Federal agents swooped in to close sawmills and confiscate wood in a government crackdown on illegal logging less than three months ago.


· Assassination fears paralyse Zimbabwe opposition (AFP)

Zimbabwe'sopposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai speaks to the media during a press conference on May 16, 2008. Fears of an assassination plot against Zimbabwe's opposition leader delayed his long-awaited homecoming on Saturday ahead of an election showdown with veteran President Robert Mugabe on June 27.(AFP/File/Arthur Allison)AFP - Fears of an assassination plot against Zimbabwe's opposition leader delayed his long-awaited homecoming on Saturday ahead of an election showdown with veteran President Robert Mugabe on June 27.


· FHockey: India to face Argentina in final after beating Malaysia (AFP)

Malaysia's Azlan Misron (L) is challenged by India's Mandeep Antil (R) during their match at the 17th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup field hockey tournament in Ipoh, nothern of Malaysia. A young Indian team edged Malaysia 2-1 on Saturday to qualify for the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup field hockey tournament.(AFP/Kamarul Akhir)AFP - A young Indian team edged Malaysia 2-1 on Saturday to qualify for the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup field hockey tournament.