Dimond the size of a ping pong ball sells 6 million in Asia !!!

A private collector has plunked down $6 million to buy the largest diamond ever sold at auction in Asia.
''Three other diamonds of 100 carats or more have sold at auctions in Europe, but this was the first purchase of such a stone in an Asian auction'' said Kate Swan Malin.
"Some collectors would absolutely wear this out," Malin said, "but it would be for a very special occasion, obviously."

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Supply fears keep oil above $ 132

Oil was supported above $132 a barrel Monday in Asia by ongoing worries about global petroleum supplies.
Oil and other hard commodities are seen as hedges against a weakening greenback and inflation.
The dollar, one of the factors that has fed oil's rally from about $65 a year ago, was slightly weaker against the yen and the euro in Asian currency trading early afternoon in Tokyo.

China quake toll pas 50000 !

''The death toll from the devastating earthquake in southwestern China has leaped to 51,151 -- an increase of almost 10,000'' government officials said.
This quake injured 288,431 people, with 29,328 missing.
And earthquake has causes more than 4,000 orphans. has killed more than 41,000 people and left more than 5 million homeless.
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Starvation warning for Children in Myanmar

''Thousands of children in Myanmar will starve to death in two to three weeks unless food is rushed to them'' an aid agency warned.
''Myanmar's isolationist ruling generals were even forbidding the import of communications equipment'' said The United Nations. They should gave out food and receive help from others. this is so inhuman.....
"We have small boats, which could allow us to go through the delta to most of the regions where no one has accessed yet," France's U.N. ambassador said. "We have small helicopters to drop food, and we have doctors."

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current event 5/16 Myanmar cyclone toll estimates soar

Myanmar cyclone toll estimates soar.

The death toll from a killer cyclone in Myanmar could be "in the region of 100,000 or even more," the chief of the USA Humanitarian Affairs said " his organization already has confirmed 38,491 deaths -- much more than the 22,000 figure from Myanmar's government. "

The weather report say there won't be second cyclone.

"The government had authorized five more U.S. flights to land in Myanmar with supplies. The flights will deliver 46 pallets loaded with bottled water, plastic sheeting and hygiene kits as well as crackers and powdered milk" said a U.S. Marine spokesman.

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-- Nearly 900 students were feared buried by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province Monday afternoon.
The report didn't say if the buried students were still alive. They were buried when their high school collapsed.




Another person was killed when a water tower fell in Mianyang, a news agency said.


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Somalis riot over food prices

Thousands of people rioted in the streets of the Somali capital on Monday to protest rising food prices and shops' refusal to accept Somali currency.
Two protesters reported killed by government troops, it is causing a lot of problem if the price of food is growing higher.


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Myanmar cyclone death toll 'nears 4,000

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Almost 4,000 people have died and another 3,000 remain missing in Myanmar as a result of this weekend's devastating cyclone.

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"The biggest need is getting water for the two million affected people," World Vision spokesman Casey Calamusa told CNN. you can see that is pretty hard to get clean water after cyclone.


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For the people who lost their homes take shelter in a Buddhist temple in Yangon.