Thousands of Gazans today poured into Egypt for a fourth day to stock up on supplies, taking advantage of holes blasted in the border wall by militants aiming to break a punishing Israeli blockade.

The Indian state of West Bengal, battling the country's worst outbreak of deadly bird flu, appealed on Saturday to the federal government to send “all possible help to defeat” the virus.

Democrat Barack Obama expanded his lead on rival Hillary Clinton to 15 points heading into South Carolina's bitterly contested presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released today.