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UN suspending aid ships to Myanmar after junta seizes material

May 09, 2008 - 6:08 am

BANGKOK, Thailand - The UN says it is suspending further aid shipments to Myanmar because it is being seized by the ruling military junta.

Paul Risley, a spokesman for the World Food Program, says all the food aid and equipment that the agency has managed to get into the country has been ...

US military denies Iraq report of al-Qaida arrest

May 09, 2008 - 4:44 am

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military on Friday denied Iraqi government claims that the leader of "al-Qaida in Iraq" was captured and said a man with a similar name had been arrested in the northern city of Mosul.

Iraqi authorities had announced Thursday that police commandos captured Abu Ayyub ...

Oldest gorilla in captivity turns 55 at Dallas Zoo

May 09, 2008 - 3:21 am

DALLAS - A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity has celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats.

Jenny's caretakers at the Dallas Zoo say she's having a few joint issues and her eyesight isn't what it used to ...

Shiite gunmen seize control of Beirut neighbourhoods, 11 killed

May 09, 2008 - 3:18 am

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighbourhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday, in street battles that left 11 dead, security officials said.

In a sign of the collapse of the pro-government forces in the face of the ...

Villagers in India kill leopard after park staff fail to catch it, says forest official

May 09, 2008 - 3:14 am

LUCKNOW, India - A forest official says irate villagers in north India chased, shot and burned a four-year-old leopard after it strayed into their area from a nearby tiger reserve.

They complained the leopard had killed five people in the past four months, as well as dogs and goats kept by ...

Russian tanks take part in Red Square parade for 1st time since Soviet collapse

May 09, 2008 - 3:12 am

MOSCOW - Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow's Red Square in the annual Victory Day parade Friday, reviving a tradition of the Soviet era and demonstrating Russia's growing military confidence.

Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany, is Russia's most ...

Aid group says NKoreans dying of starvation, warns of massive famine

May 09, 2008 - 2:13 am

SEOUL, South Korea - North Koreans are dying because of food shortages in rural areas, and a massive famine is just a matter of time, a South Korean aid group said Friday.

The food situation was as bad as the famine that hit the country in the mid-1990s, which left as many as two million ...

Sri Lanka: military says it captures northern town, kills 15 Tamil rebels

May 09, 2008 - 1:46 am

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's military announced the capture of a small town in the north after fighting Friday that killed 15 Tamil Tiger rebels and two soldiers, calling it an important step in dismantling guerrilla strongholds in the area.

Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara ...

Obama accuses McCain of 'losing his bearings'

May 08, 2008 - 9:22 pm

NEW YORK - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republican John McCain was "losing his bearings" for repeatedly suggesting the Islamic terrorist group Hamas preferred Obama for president.

That brought an angry response from McCain's campaign, which accused ...

China child death toll from hand, foot and mouth disease rises to 32

May 08, 2008 - 9:20 pm

BEIJING - The death toll from a viral illness striking children across China has risen by two to 32, and the total number of reported cases has jumped to nearly 25,000, health officials said Friday.

The latest deaths from hand, foot and mouth disease occurred in the southern province of ...

NY governor vows to examine undercover police procedures after shooting death

May 08, 2008 - 9:18 pm

NEW YORK - New York Gov. David Paterson pledged to examine undercover police conduct, a day after more than 200 people were arrested protesting the acquittal of three detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed man.

Paterson said he understood the activists' frustrations as he ...

UN urges Lebanon rivals to stop violence

May 08, 2008 - 9:13 pm

UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council urged rival parties in Lebanon to immediately stop fighting, reopen roads and start talking to resolve the country's biggest political crisis in nearly two decades.

U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad told the UN Security Council that "Lebanon appears ...

Clinton says Obama's support among working, white Americans has diminished

May 08, 2008 - 9:11 pm

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Barack Obama's support among working, white Americans has diminished. Her fresh comments about race dogged her Thursday as she pressed on with her struggling candidacy.

Her voice raspy, her tone determined, the former first lady ...

N. Korea turns over nuclear weapons papers, full account of nuke past elusive

May 08, 2008 - 9:09 pm

WASHINGTON - North Korea has handed detailed nuclear weapons records to the United States, an important peek into the isolated regime's bombmaking past but not enough to answer criticism that the Bush administration is grasping for a disarmament deal at any cost.

The technical logs from ...

Bond lowered for N.M. sect leader accused of sex crimes

May 08, 2008 - 6:46 pm

CLAYTON, N.M. - A judge reduced the bond of an apocalyptic-sect leader accused of sex crimes against girls who were part of his church, but she rejected his request Thursday to be released on his own recognizance.

Union County Magistrate Ilene Taylor cut Wayne Bent's bond from US$500,000 ...

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