Massive earthquake strikes central China and state media reports that as many as 7,000 people have been killed in a single county while nearly 900 students were trapped under the rubble of their school. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 May 2008 | 3:39 pm
The United States delivers first relief supplies to Burma as the U.N. urged the country's military rulers to cooperate with international donors. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 May 2008 | 3:27 pm
CHONGQING, China (AP) -- Chinese state media says more than 7,600 people have died in Sichuan province alone from a massive earthquake.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:39 ... | 12 May 2008 | 2:47 pm
At least 7,000 people are killed by a strong earthquake in south-western China, according to reports. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 May 2008 | 2:47 pm
NEW YORK - Wall Street fluctuated in a narrow range today, giving up a modest early advance as oil prices ticked lower and the dollar rose.
The market's concerns...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced today that his party was withdrawing from the cabinet, raising doubts over the government's stability and...
Watch a marathon of MTV's ridiculously popular docu-improv soap "The Hills" and you keep thinking one thing:
Something has to happen.
At some point,...
Eleven young dancers with Down's syndrome have benefited from an innovative Hub program, and last week they repaid the favor - performing in a Boston Ballet studio.
...
Reuters - The earthquake that hit China's
southwestern Sichuan province on Monday killed 7,651 people in
that province alone, the official Xinhua news agency said on
Monday, citing the provincial government.
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- Sudan arrested its leading fundamentalist Islamic ideologue on Monday, accusing him of aiding a Darfur rebel attack on the capital, according to his party and state media.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:39 ... | 12 May 2008 | 2:39 pm
BEIJING (Reuters) - The earthquake that hit China's southwestern Sichuan province on Monday killed 7,651 people in that province alone, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday, citing the provincial government.
Sudan arrested its leading fundamentalist Islamic ideologue on Monday, accusing him of aiding a Darfur rebel attack on the capital, according to his party and state media. Hassan... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 May 2008 | 2:39 pm
Some items are just so unbelievable your brain just freezes in disbelief. Here's one of them.
Ryan Seacrest, the bizarre metrosexual host of "American Idol,"...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister said on Monday a crackdown on Shi'ite militias proved his government was not sectarian, in the face of persistent accusations by Sunni Arabs that he has favored Shi'ites since taking office.
For decades the turntable market has survived because of the patronage of old folks, hip-hop DJs and those dorky crate-diggers who haunt the Harvard Square record shops. But...
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH DATE SET FOR ASSEMBLY'S FIRST MEETING) Nepalese premier Girija Prasad Koirala called the first meeting of the constituent assembly elected last month for... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 May 2008 | 2:35 pm
Current's news correspondent Christof Putzel investigates a growing movement in Russia where neo-Nazi groups are brutally attacking immigrants and spreading their hate by posting violent videos online. This video won both 2008 Webby Film and Video Awards and Webby People's Voice Awards nominations. An excellent piece of high-quality journalism! Source: Digg | 12 May 2008 | 2:33 pm
BEIJING (AP) -- Five more children have died of hand, foot and mouth disease in China, bringing the death toll to 39 since late March, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:39 ... | 12 May 2008 | 2:33 pm
Five more children have died of hand, foot and mouth disease in China, bringing the death toll to 39 since late March, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday. A girl died in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 May 2008 | 2:33 pm
A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing up to 5,000 people in a single county and trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school, state media reported.... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 May 2008 | 2:31 pm
The woman accused of firebombing her lover's home, killing two children trapped inside, was held on $1 million cash bail in an emotional South Boston courtroom this morning.
...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Pro-government Sunni Muslim gunmen and militiamen loyal to Lebanon's Iranian-backed Shi'ite Hezbollah battled with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in the northern city of Tripoli on Monday.
YANGON (Reuters) - The first U.S. military aid flight landed in Myanmar on Monday, but relief supplies continued to just dribble into the reclusive state nine days after a devastating cyclone.
BEIJING - A massive earthquake struck central China today and state media reported that as many as 5,000 people were killed in a single county while nearly 900 students were...
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who can help up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:39 ... | 12 May 2008 | 2:27 pm
AP - The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who can help up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) Several thousand people are now feared dead after a powerful earthquake struck western China on Monday, state media reported. Local authorities in Beichuan... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 May 2008 | 2:27 pm
Nepal's constituent assembly is to meet on 28 May and its first task is the abolition of the monarchy. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 May 2008 | 2:25 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER CANCELING TRIP) Thailand's government spokesman said Monday that Myanmar has widened the door to foreign humanitarian assistance to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 May 2008 | 2:24 pm
(Kyodo) _ The government said Monday it will introduce a set of new composite indexes to better assess economic conditions, beginning from its economic report for April to be released in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 May 2008 | 2:22 pm
Could there be a bigger threat than Linux to Microsoft's OS dominance? If an open-source version of Windows can be developed that is totally compatible with the abundance of Windows drivers—the idea behind ReactOS—then Microsoft will have to go back to work. Source: Digg | 12 May 2008 | 2:20 pm
Reuters - Pro-government Sunni Muslim gunmen and
militiamen loyal to Lebanon's Iranian-backed Shi'ite Hezbollah
battled with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in the
northern city of Tripoli on Monday.
State media report that a powerful earthquake has killed an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 people in just one county of China. An estimated 900 students in China's Sichuan province are thought to be trapped underneath their collapsed school buildings.
Myanmar's state television says the death toll in this month's cyclone has gone up to 31,938. It said Monday that the number of missing now stands at 29,770. The death toll is 3,480... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 May 2008 | 2:18 pm
YANGON, Myanmar - The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who...
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), a major component of the country's coalition government, announced Monday that its ministers would meet the prime minister Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 May 2008 | 2:18 pm
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal magistrate may preside over jury selection in criminal cases, as long as the attorney for a defendant explicitly permits it. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 May 2008 | 2:16 pm
One of the main Pakistan parties, the PML-N, says it is pulling out of the government, three months after elections. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 May 2008 | 2:14 pm
BAGHDAD - Representatives of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and lawmakers from Iraq's main Shiite political bloc signed a four-day cease-fire today in an effort to...
A new study of emotional and alcohol-craving responses to stress has found that when men become upset, they are more likely than women to want alcohol. Source: Digg | 12 May 2008 | 2:12 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATES) As many as 5,000 people are feared dead in one county alone in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that hit western China on Monday afternoon, state media... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 May 2008 | 2:09 pm
The Supreme Court says it can't intervene in an important dispute over the rights of apartheid victims to sue U.S. corporations in U.S. courts because four of the nine justices had to sit out the case over apparent conflicts. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 May 2008 | 2:07 pm
Reuters - Cablevision Systems Corp sealed a $650
million deal to buy 97 percent of Newsday Media Group from
Tribune Co, the companies said on Monday, after Rupert
Murdoch's News Corp withdrew its bid.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp sealed a $650 million deal to buy 97 percent of Newsday Media Group from Tribune Co, the companies said on Monday, after Rupert Murdoch's News Corp withdrew its bid.
AP - Sue Sigle was hoping the government would offer more money for her home before she moves away from this pollution-scarred town. Then the tornado came.
LONDON (AFP) - The Commonwealth re-admitted Pakistan as a full member on Monday after a six-month suspension triggered by a clampdown by President Pervez Musharraf, the grouping's secretary general said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 May 2008 | 2:01 pm
Reuters - Iraq's prime minister said on Monday a
crackdown on Shi'ite militias proved his government was not
sectarian, in the face of persistent accusations by Sunni Arabs
that he has favored Shi'ites since taking office.
Reuters - Republican John McCain pledged
to take the lead in combating global climate change if elected
president in a speech that set him apart from the policies of
President George W. Bush.
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Republican John McCain pledged to take the lead in combating global climate change if elected president in a speech that set him apart from the policies of President George W. Bush.
Imagine what it might have been like to be Dr. Kleenex. You invent a modern miracle, the cheap paper handkerchief, and suddenly you become the person blamed for America’s disposable culture, praised for a more convenient life, or both. Source: Digg | 12 May 2008 | 1:57 pm
AP - Research In Motion Ltd. on Monday introduced its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold, a high-end model that further demonstrates the company's desire to make tools for both work and play.
Since the first lunar mission in 1959, more than 65 spacecraft have been launched to the Moon — some landed, some orbited and others brought back samples. Here's a closer look at the missions that have landed successfully on the near side of the Moon. Roll over the markers on the map for more on a given mission and to see its spacecraft. Source: Digg | 12 May 2008 | 1:53 pm
If you didn’t attend Web 2.0, you can watch my ten-minute keynote about “What Google Knows About Spam” (and several other keynotes) on blip.tv. I’ll embed the keynote below as well. Source: Digg | 12 May 2008 | 1:52 pm
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced Monday that his party was withdrawing from the cabinet, raising doubts over the government's stability and Pakistan's transition to democracy after eight years of military rule.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:39 ... | 12 May 2008 | 1:51 pm
Hundreds of students are buried, state media say. The 7.8 earthquake is felt hundreds of miles away in Beijing and Shanghai.
BEIJING — A powerful earthquake buried 900 students in central China today and killed at least 107 people, as several schools and a water tower collapsed in the tremor, state media reported.
The Shiite power struggle in Iraq is further dividing the war-torn country. Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki's American-backed crackdown on the Mahdi Army is dividing some Shiite families. There are family members who are split between loyalists to Muqtada al Sadr and the Ayatollah Hakim's Badr Brigades.
The fragile cease-fire in Sadr City, the large Shiite section of Baghdad, appears to be holding. But people there are cautious because the matter at the root of the violence hasn't been resolved.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo tells a panel he is not responsible for Nigeria's poor power supply. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 May 2008 | 1:43 pm
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said Monday that its first-quarter loss widened by nearly 6 percent despite a 17 percent jump in revenue. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 May 2008 | 1:41 pm
After five days of fighting, Lebanon is largely quiet Monday. The streets of Beirut, which have been the focus of bloody sectarian clashes between Sunnis and Shiites, have been largely deserted. The violence has done nothing to resolve Lebanon's long-running political crisis.
The first US relief flight lands in Burma, but agencies warn the amount of aid getting to people is inadequate. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 May 2008 | 1:38 pm
Volcanic ash is raining down on Chile, 10 days after an eruption occurred for the first time in thousands of years. People in the area were evacuated. The volcano eruption has turned lakes and rivers white and coated plants in a dense layer of ash.
Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest -- dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain. Source: Digg | 12 May 2008 | 1:35 pm
BEIJING (AFP) - A powerful earthquake killed an estimated 3,000-5,000 people in just one county of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Monday, Xinhua news agency said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 May 2008 | 1:34 pm
Cablevision buys US paper Newsday for $650m, after Rupert Murdoch's News Corp withdraws its bid. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 May 2008 | 1:31 pm
A powerful earthquake in southwest China has killed up to 5,000 people and left as many as 10,000 injured, state media said, as hundreds of children remained trapped in at least eight collapsed schools.
Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr is expected to announce that he's running for president as a Libertarian. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 May 2008 | 1:21 pm
Three Japanese men found dead in a car in what police suspect is the latest in a string of suicides using lethal gas made from household detergent. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 May 2008 | 1:21 pm
Despite this, the profile of the typical gamer has changed drastically over the past decade, with middle-aged housewives now as likely to play games as teenage boys. The average gamer in Australia is now 28 years old, up from 24 just two years ago. And despite being largely ignored by the game industry, 41% are female. Women and. . . Source: Digg | 12 May 2008 | 1:19 pm
Common household dust has long been known to carry pesticides, allergens and other irritants. But the dust that coats your television sets may answer why virtually every American tested has traces of a chemical flame retardant that may be harmful. Source: Digg | 12 May 2008 | 1:19 pm
Representatives of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and lawmakers from Iraq's main Shiite political bloc signed a four-day cease-fire in an effort to end seven weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City slum.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Representatives of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and lawmakers from Iraq's main Shiite political bloc signed a four-day cease-fire Monday in an effort to end seven weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City slum.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:39 ... | 12 May 2008 | 1:04 pm
Afghanistan's top civilian counterterrorism official and Kabul's police chief are among eight security officials who have been suspended from their posts after a recent assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai, authorities say. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 May 2008 | 12:56 pm
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Serbia's nationalists brushed aside their pro-Western rivals' claim of victory in parliamentary elections and held talks Monday to see if they could muster support from other parties to form a government.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:39 ... | 12 May 2008 | 12:47 pm
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Heavy fighting broke out Monday between government supporters and opponents in Lebanon's second-largest city, where the two sides battled with rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns and mortars, security officials and paramedics said.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:39 ... | 12 May 2008 | 12:42 pm
Soldiers deployed throughout the mountains overlooking the capital Monday after at least 11 people were killed in clashes between government supporters and opponents in the area.
Picher, Okla., was once among the nation's largest Superfund sites. It was a town prone to cave-ins, from years of overzealous mining. The federal government was in the process of buying out the people who hadn't left yet. Over the weekend, Pitcher was destroyed by a tornado, and it's unlikely anyone will rebuild.
The first U.S. relief airlift has arrived after prolonged negotiations with Myanmar's military rulers, who are accused of hampering frantic international efforts to help up to 1.5 million cyclone survivors at risk of disease and starvation.
The death toll is expected to rise following an earthquake Monday that struck Southwest China. The state news agency says thousands of people have been killed. An NPR reporting team in Sichuan province, site of the quake's epicenter, reports from the scene.
Despite the deadly cyclone, Myanmar's military government went ahead with a weekend referendum on a new constitution. Co-host Renee Montagne talks with an NPR reporter in Yangon about how the people felt having to vote in the midst of a humanitarian crisis.
Relief supplies have been dribbling into Myanmar more than a week after a huge cyclone struck the Southeast Asian nation. The storm's official death toll is approaching 30,000. Andrew Kirkwood, director of Myanmar operations for Save the Children, talks about the latest developments.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 40 developing countries have recently approached United Nations officials to express interest in starting nuclear power programs, the Washington Post reported on Monday.
Democratic presidential contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton were preparing for Tuesday's primary in West Virginia, a contest that Clinton is heavily favored to win but which likely won't dent Obama's almost insurmountable lead in the delegate count. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 12 May 2008 | 12:15 pm
Asiatic lions rest under a tree at Gir Nationa Park, about 390 kilometers (242 miles) southwest of Ahmadabad, India, Monday, May 12, 2008. Asiatic lion is one of the seven sub-species of lions on this... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 May 2008 | 12:13 pm
An Australian swimmer said he survived a mauling by a 16-foot shark by wrestling with the beast, finally getting free by poking it in the eye. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 12 May 2008 | 12:13 pm
In this photo distributed by the official Xinhua news agency, rescuers search for students at Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about 100 kilometers from the epicenter in Wenchuan... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 May 2008 | 12:09 pm
An investor reacts as he looks at the stock price monitor at a private security company Monday, May 12, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese stocks rose Monday, rebounding from early losses on gains in banking... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 May 2008 | 12:06 pm
YANGON (AFP) - The United States on Monday delivered its first aid flight to Myanmar, but the UN warned that bottlenecks meant relief supplies were not reaching most of the 1.5 million survivors of a massive cyclone. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 May 2008 | 12:03 pm
Artists practice their brushwork in the city botanical garden above the 1000-year-old Vydubetsky monastery on the picturesque hills of the mighty Dnipro river in Ukraine's capital Kiev on Monday, May 12,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 May 2008 | 11:59 am
Trucks drive on the dusty roads in a highway linking to Kabul and Jalalabad, the provincial capital of Nangarhar province, in Lataband, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Rahmat... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 May 2008 | 11:56 am
As the House Democrats' 'big tent' expands, it is getting more Southern. How much influence can conservative Southern Democrats such as Rep. Don Cazayoux have on a House leadership headed by liberal Speaker Nancy Pelosi?
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim said on Monday he would launch more attacks on Sudan's capital Khartoum until the government fell.
Westpac Banking Corp. said Monday it has approached rival St. George Bank Ltd. with a $14 billion takeover offer that could lead to the biggest shakeup of Australia's banking sector in years. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 May 2008 | 11:38 am
The death of Irena Sendlerowa, a Polish woman who saved 2,500 Jewish children during the holocaust, is announced. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 May 2008 | 11:38 am
The Chinese state media estimates that thousands of people were killed in a major earthquake that struck Sichuan province Monday, toppling a school and collapsing buildings.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during the Cabinet meeting in Moscow on Monday, May 12, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in his first major actions since leaving the Kremlin last week, on Monday... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 May 2008 | 11:37 am
Irish writer, journalist and feminist, Nuala O'Faolain poses in Paris, France, with her novel "The Story Of Chicago May" after she was awarded with the Femina literary prize for foreign authors, Monday... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 May 2008 | 11:35 am
Saleh Alawi al-Ammari who was convicted of the 2006 shooting at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen causing slight damage to the building but no one was hurt, is accompanied by Yemeni policemen as he leaves a court... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 May 2008 | 11:34 am
American soldiers killed three Shiite extremists who attacked them with small arms and rocket launchers in Baghdad’s Shiite slum, despite a reported cease-fire, the U.S. military said Monday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 12 May 2008 | 11:28 am
Nepal's King Gyanendra greets his well-wishers during a public appearance at Dachinkali temple to sacrifice animal in the outskirt of Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 12, 2008. Nepal's King Gyanendra made... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 May 2008 | 11:25 am
IndyMac Bancorp Inc. said Monday it swung to a loss in the first quarter as deteriorating credit markets forced the mortgage lender to lower the value of mortgage-backed securities, and warned it would not post a profitable quarter in 2008. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 May 2008 | 11:25 am
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tornadoes killed at least 21 people and injured hundreds as they ripped through the central and southeastern United States over the weekend, destroying homes, overturning cars and downing trees and power lines.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, third from left, talks with a China Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ) officer who checks imported U.S. chicken meat at the Waigaoqao Port Monday, May... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 May 2008 | 11:20 am
Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. said Monday it had a larger first-quarter deficit as revenue fell, it lost more than a million subscribers and it absorbed charges for severance and other costs. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 May 2008 | 11:19 am
An Australian swimmer says he survived a mauling by a 16-foot shark by wrestling with the beast, finally getting free by poking it in the eye. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 May 2008 | 11:19 am
Fighting resumes in Tripoli, Lebanon, between opposition gunmen and government supporters, officials say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 May 2008 | 11:14 am
Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu on Monday reported nearly a 40 percent plunge in profit for the January-March quarter, largely on costs to restructure its computer chips operations. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 May 2008 | 11:13 am
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announces the names of ministers in his new cabinet. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 May 2008 | 11:13 am
Two armored Humvees were missing from a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, a military spokesman said Monday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 May 2008 | 11:12 am
South Korea says it has killed Seoul's entire poultry population in a bid to curb the spread of bird flu. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 May 2008 | 11:06 am
Irena Sendler — a Polish social worker who helped save some 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazis by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto and giving them false identities — has died at age 98.
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon was on a knife-edge on Monday after days of deadly sectarian battles that have driven the nation to the brink of civil war, as Arab ministers prepared to send in a team to try to end the crisis. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 May 2008 | 9:52 am
The first U.S. relief airlift arrived in Myanmar on Monday after prolonged negotiations with the country’s isolationist junta, which considers Washington its enemy and has restricted international aid to as many as 2 million cyclone victims.
BELGRADE (AFP) - Pro-Western forces in Serbia began tough talks on Monday to hammer out a coalition, after claiming an upset general election win that was challenged by their nationalist rivals. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 May 2008 | 9:02 am
The battle over voting rights will expand this week as lawmakers in Missouri are expected to support a proposed constitutional amendment to enable election officials to require proof of citizenship from anyone registering to vote. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 12 May 2008 | 8:43 am
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish jets struck suspected Kurdish rebel targets close to the border in northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurdish officials said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:39 ... | 12 May 2008 | 7:51 am
Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 22 people in three states.
BEIJING (AFP) - China's inflation rate rose to 8.5 percent in April, staying near 12-year highs, the government said Monday, warning tougher measures were needed to handle the nation's most intractable economic problem. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 May 2008 | 7:39 am
The weak dollar has increased demand for American goods overseas, but a decline in imports means fewer ships are coming from Asia.
At a time when the struggling U.S. economy needs the biggest boost it can get from booming exports, companies and agricultural producers with American goods bound for overseas can't find enough empty cargo containers and have to wait weeks to get space on ships headed to Asia.
The firm now representing the former Trojans star allegedly funneled funds to him through an L.A.-based events promoter. Program could face sanctions if proved.
Allegations that a Los Angeles events promoter provided USC basketball star O.J. Mayo tens of thousands of dollars in cash and benefits, if proved, could lead to the Trojans facing forfeiture of victories or more serious sanctions.
A sampling of residents, traffic reporters and technical data indicates that as gas prices climbed and the economy faltered, there were notable traffic decreases on some freeways.
Three days each week, at the tail end of the morning rush hour, Jonathan Ball drives from Pasadena to his job in Camarillo -- a journey of 57 to 64 miles, depending on his route.
Residents, used to no help from the government, try to rebuild their homes and lives, salvaging what they can, as a tropical depression heads their way.
U Maung Saw and his family are in a race against the rain.
Bryant is injured early, misfires late, and Lakers fail to execute in overtime as Jazz wins to tie series, 2-2. Turiaf is ejected, and Utah's bench outscores L.A.'s, 39-16.
SALT LAKE CITY -- Kobe Bryant frowned and pulled out his newest acquisition, an electro-stimulation device that traveled along his aching back.
As more Americans are watched, fewer cases are made. The trend concerns civil liberties groups as well as some lawmakers and legal experts.
The number of Americans being secretly wiretapped or having their financial and other records reviewed by the government has continued to increase as officials aggressively use powers approved after the Sept. 11 attacks. But the number of terrorism prosecutions ending up in court -- one measure of the effectiveness of such sleuthing -- has continued to decline, in some cases precipitously.
TOKYO (AFP) - The human race will find life elsewhere in the universe as it pushes ahead with space exploration, astronauts back from the latest US space mission said Monday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 May 2008 | 6:39 am
Burma's monumental task of feeding and sheltering 1.5 million cyclone survivors suffered yet another blow when a boat laden with relief supplies sank on its way to the disaster zone. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 May 2008 | 6:01 am
An overloaded ferry capsized off the coast of southern Haiti, killing at least 11 people, U.N. and Haitian authorities said. U.N. peacekeeping mission spokesman David Wimhurst said most of the 100 people aboard the vessel were able to swim to safety.
YANGON - Desperate survivors of Cyclone Nargis headed out of Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta in search of food, water and medicine, but aid workers said on Sunday that thousands will die if emergency supplies don't get through soon.
Buddhist... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 May 2008 | 1:20 am
CRAWFORD, Texas - President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna has married Henry Hager, the son of the Virginia Republican Party chairman, in front of more than 200 family members and close friends.
The 26-year-old teacher and author,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 May 2008 | 1:18 am
Chiquita Brands International says it paid paramilitaries in Colombia to protect the lives of its employees there, but the families of civilians killed by the paramilitaries say the company is responsible for their deaths. Steve Kroft reports.
APIA - A controversial land bill in Samoa has been amended to exclude customary land.
Government officials said that the Land Titles Registration Bill, due for its third reading within weeks, had now been amended following advice... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 May 2008 | 10:37 pm
Serbia's pro-European Union president, Boris Tadic, defeated his main nationalist rival in a parliamentary election on Sunday but was well short of seats needed to form a governing majority.
The independent monitoring organisation... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 May 2008 | 10:11 pm
President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau.
OKLAHOMA - Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 23 people in three states.
Seven people died in Picher,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 May 2008 | 8:33 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's campaign chief predicted on Sunday his long battle against Hillary Clinton for the party's presidential nomination would soon be over, saying "we're coming to the end of the process."
WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama's campaign chief predicted on Sunday his long battle against Hillary Clinton for the party's presidential nomination would soon be over, saying "we're coming to the end of the process."
Interviewed... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 May 2008 | 8:00 pm
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Documents that Colombia says it recovered from a slain guerrilla leader give the clearest indication yet that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought to arm and finance insurgents across the border.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:39 ... | 11 May 2008 | 7:46 pm
BEIRUT - Hizbollah gunmen melted off the streets of Beirut at the weekend after Lebanon's Prime Minister called on the Lebanese Army to restore law and order after sectarian clashes erupted on Thursday.
Prime Minister Fuad Saniora... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 May 2008 | 7:35 pm
ST PAUL - The man picked by Senator John McCain's campaign to run the 2008 Republican National Convention resigned yesterday after a report that his lobbying firm used to represent the military regime in Myanmar.
Doug Goodyear... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 May 2008 | 7:30 pm
Australia Zoo's Terri Irwin says she will fight a move to mine an environmentally sensitive area dedicated to her late husband.
The 135,000 hectare Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve on Queensland's Cape York Peninsula was purchased... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
Heavy fighting breaks out between pro- and anti-government supporters in Lebanon's central mountains, sending echoes of gunfire and explosions rolling across Beirut, security officials said. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 May 2008 | 5:42 pm
PRETORIA - The leader of the Zimbabwean Opposition, Morgan Tsvangirai, said another election might bring more violence but he would return to his homeland to take part in a runoff against President Robert Mugabe.
Tsvangirai, addressing... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
On the first day of a cease-fire between Shiite militants and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces, authorities in Baghdad's Sadr City reported no violence on Sunday as gunmen withdrew from the streets and shops reopened after two months of intense clashes. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 May 2008 | 4:22 pm
Sudan severed relations with Chad on Sunday, accusing it of supporting fighters who assaulted the capital the night before and warned that a top Darfur rebel leader was hiding somewhere in the city. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 May 2008 | 1:22 pm
AP - Chinese state media says more than 7,600 people have died in Sichuan province alone from a massive earthquake.
Reuters - The earthquake that hit China's
southwestern Sichuan province on Monday killed 7,651 people in
that province alone, the official Xinhua news agency said on
Monday, citing the provincial government.
AP - Wall Street fluctuated in a narrow range Monday, giving up a modest early advance as oil prices ticked lower and the dollar rose.
AP - The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who can help up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation.
Reuters - Pro-government Sunni Muslim gunmen and
militiamen loyal to Lebanon's Iranian-backed Shi'ite Hezbollah
battled with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in the
northern city of Tripoli on Monday.
Reuters - Cablevision Systems Corp sealed a $650
million deal to buy 97 percent of Newsday Media Group from
Tribune Co, the companies said on Monday, after Rupert
Murdoch's News Corp withdrew its bid.
AP - Sue Sigle was hoping the government would offer more money for her home before she moves away from this pollution-scarred town. Then the tornado came.
Reuters - Iraq's prime minister said on Monday a
crackdown on Shi'ite militias proved his government was not
sectarian, in the face of persistent accusations by Sunni Arabs
that he has favored Shi'ites since taking office.
Reuters - Republican John McCain pledged
to take the lead in combating global climate change if elected
president in a speech that set him apart from the policies of
President George W. Bush.
AP - Research In Motion Ltd. on Monday introduced its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold, a high-end model that further demonstrates the company's desire to make tools for both work and play.
A powerful earthquake in southwest China has killed up to 5,000 people and left as many as 10,000 injured, state media said, as hundreds of children remained trapped in at least eight collapsed schools.
Soldiers deployed throughout the mountains overlooking the capital Monday after at least 11 people were killed in clashes between government supporters and opponents in the area.
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Irena Sendler — a Polish social worker who helped save some 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazis by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto and giving them false identities — has died at age 98.
The first U.S. relief airlift arrived in Myanmar on Monday after prolonged negotiations with the country’s isolationist junta, which considers Washington its enemy and has restricted international aid to as many as 2 million cyclone victims.
Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 22 people in three states.