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Saudi Arabia rebuffs

With Shiite-dominated Iran backing Hezbollah, Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia — eager to stop any advance of regional power by Tehran — joins the West in supporting Lebanon’s government.

China tallies losses from earthquake

Chinese share prices edged lower Friday on the selling of regional power, cement and steel companies. Investors were cashing in on midweek gains from speculation that such companies would benefit from rising demand due to post-quake reconstruction.

China shifts to grim work of burying the dead

... operation inched farther into regions cut off by Monday's quake, the government sought to enlist the public's help with an appeal for everything from hammers to cranes and, in a turnabout, began accepting foreign aid missions, the first from regional ...

Zimbabwe runoff election set for July

Biti called on the Southern African Development Community to hold an emergency summit to address the opposition's call for a runoff by May 23 and for the regional organization to guarantee security, fairness and freedom of the vote.

Stocks end day higher despite downbeat data

In other positive signs, the Philadelphia Federal Reserve said regional manufacturing activity is contracting in May at a much slower pace than in April, while major companies including General Electric Co. and CBS Corp. were making deals.