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BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro – The Danube River flooded homes in Serbia and Bulgaria on Friday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people. Swollen by melting snow and heavy rain, the Danube has reached record highs in Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria in recent days, threatening towns, villages and farmland. More flooding was …

BEIJING – Chinese news reports made no mention Friday of the protester who interrupted President Hu Jintao‘s visit with President Bush or a White House announcer flubbing China’s official name. But ordinary Chinese commenting on Web sites accused President Bush of insulting Hu. “You can see from Bush’s lack of …

LOS ANGELES – Charlize Theron was honored with a top prize from the country’s leading gay organization that monitors the media. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation presented its Vanguard Award to Theron at Saturday’s 17th annual GLAAD Media Awards for increasing “visibility and understanding in the lesbian, gay, …