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| ASIA pacific | |
| • | UN launches Myanmar aid appeal and tells junta to open up |
| • | Voting begins in Myanmar referendum, despite cyclone |
| • | World Food Programme to resume aid flights to Myanmar |
| WORLD | |
| • | Lebanon in turmoil as Hezbollah takes west Beirut |
| • | Obama eyes victorious end to Democratic race |
| • | Mbeki faces Mugabe for Zimbabwe crisis talks |
| BUSINESS | |
| • | Oil prices extend record run, break US$126 |
| • | Citigroup to slash US$400b in assets |
| • | US stocks slide on spiking oil prices, AIG loss |
| SPORT | |
| • | Motor Racing: Raikkonnen edges Hamilton in second F1 practice |
| • | Tennis: Stepanek shocks Federer in Rome Masters |
| • | Tennis: Safina breaks Williams' unbeaten tennis run |