May 16th, 2008 · Rescuers in China were still finding survivors as they braved strong aftershocks and landslides Friday, days after a massive earthquake devastated parts of southwest Sichuan province. The death toll from the country's worst quake in decades stood at more than 21,500, and President Hu Jintao made his first tour of the affected areas.
Keywords: country · China · devastation · deaths · Survivors · rescuers · earthquake · province · President Hu Jintao · landslides · aftershock · Sichuanese
May 7th, 2008 · Following her landslide defeat on Tuesday in North Carolina and a narrow win in Indiana, the conventional wisdom is that Hillary Clinton has a vastly diminished chance at winning the Democratic presidential nomination. The question is, what does she do between now and when it becomes official?
Keywords: Democrats · presidential · Clinton · wisdom · North Carolina · Indiana · Hillary Clinton · Diminishing · landslides · nomination
Mar 17th, 2008 · Pakistan's new National Assembly was sworn in to office Monday. It's the first session since opposition parties won last month's parliamentary elections in a landslide over allies of President Pervez Musharraf.
Keywords: officer · Parliamentary · parties · allies · Pakistan · Opposition · landslides · National Assembly · President Pervez Musharraf
Mar 3rd, 2008 · Western elections observers have criticized Sunday's presidential vote in Russia, in which President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor won a major landslide. Opposition leaders say the election of Dmitri Medvedev was rigged.
Keywords: presidential · critic · Russia · Opposition · successor · landslides · President Vladimir Putin · Medvedev · Dmitri Medvedev
Mar 3rd, 2008 · Vladimir Putin's chosen successor won Sunday's presidential election in Russia with more than 70 percent of the vote, but independent election monitors claim the election was rigged. President-elect Dmitry Medvedev said his massive victory meant Russia would continue following Putin's policies.
Keywords: presidential · victory · president · independent · Russia · successor · policies · Vladimir Putin · Putin · landslides · Dmitry Medvedev
Feb 29th, 2008 · As Russians prepare to vote for a new president on Sunday, it's a foregone conclusion that Vladimir Putin's chosen successor Dmitri Medvedev will win in a landslide. The Kremlin appears to be so sure of Medvedev's victory that it has spent almost nothing on campaign advertising.
Keywords: politics · victory · president · Russia · conclusion · campaign · Opposition · successor · Kremlin · Advertisers · Vladimir Putin · landslides
Dec 26th, 2007 · Rescue workers use their bare hands to dig through rubble searching for possible survivors after dozens are killed in western Indonesia by landslides triggered by days of torrential rain.
Keywords: Indonesia · Survivors · workers · Torrential · rubble · landslides
Dec 26th, 2007 · About 80 people were thought dead, most of them killed in a single landslide that buried a late-night dinner party in the Karanganyar district, a rescue official said. Chad Bouchard discusses the situation from Jakarta.
Keywords: Indonesia · districts · Dinner · landslides · Jakarta · Karanganyar · Chad Bouchard
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