AP - China's official news agency says officials worried that a lake could burst have ordered 1.3 million people to evacuate in Sichuan province.

AP - Human rights and aid groups complained Friday that Myanmar's military government was still hindering the free flow of international help for victims of Cyclone Nargis.

AP - The world's rarest rhino does not like the limelight. A Javan Rhino was captured on video attacking a camera set up in an Indonesian jungle to study the habits of the animal, apparently because she sensed the lens was a threat to her calf, the WWF said Thursday.

AFP - Lacklustre South Africa edged neighbours Swaziland 1-0 in a non-cap international friendly match at chilly Germiston Stadium Thursday.

Reuters - A strong earthquake rocked Iceland on Thursday, damaging roads and buildings in one town and sending frightened residents running into the streets.

AP - Myanmar's ruling junta lashed out Thursday at aid donors who promised millions of dollars for cyclone relief, saying survivors didn't need "bars of chocolate."

AP - A U.N. conference on Iraq ended Thursday with a declaration encouraging debt forgiveness but without commitments from its biggest creditors.

AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday in a crowd of police recruits in northwestern Iraq, killing at least 16 men and wounding 14 others, an official said.

Reuters - Siphiwe Sibeko, who was born and raised in Soweto township, is a mostly self-taught photographer who joined Reuters in Johannesburg in 2005 after working for several leading South African newspapers. In the following story, he describes covering the anti-foreigner violence that has swept parts of South Africa.