The Lebanese army expanded its troop deployment to several tense areas around the country Tuesday, saying its soldiers would use force if needed to impose order after clashes between the U.S.-backed government and Hezbollah-led opposition.
Bodies covered with sheets lined the streets Tuesday as rescue workers dug through schools and homes turned into rubble by China's worst earthquake in three decades in a search for more victims. The official death toll rose to nearly 12,000, and thousands remained missing.
Map locates 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province
AP correspondent Christopher Bodeen reports some crews have been going through high school rubble by hand.
Gallery: China Earthquake
Ministers from the party of ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif submitted their resignations from Pakistan's Cabinet on Tuesday, shaking the fragile coalition government that took power just six weeks ago.
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