State media reports that the death toll from a powerful earthquake in central China has climbed in the worst-hit province.

Parliment spokesmen say 51 legislators voted against international banker Ericq Pierre, while 35 voted for him.

Nearly 30,000 more people remain missing. The U.N. and others have said the toll could go much higher.

It is unclear if the agreement will be respected by all the extremists who have been fighting in Sadr City.

Boris Tadic, Serbia's pro-Western president, is declaring victory in the country's parliamentary elections.

U.N. and Haitian authorities say an overloaded ferry has sunk killing at least 11 people.

Security officials say heavy fighting has broken out in the mountains overlooking Beirut between supporters of the Western-backed government and opposition followers.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says a cargo ship carrying relief supplies for more than 1,000 cyclone victims in Myanmar has sunk.

Gunmen are off the streets and shops are open again today in Baghdad's Sadr City.

Myanmar's state television says the death toll in last week's cyclone has jumped by about 5,000.