05/15/2008

China earthquake death toll could reach 50,000
China earthquake death toll could reach 50,000

05/14/2008

Chinese parents say local authorities have lied, hindered quake rescues
ZHUYUAN, China – The bodies are everywhere. Some are zipped inside white vinyl bags and strewn on the floor. Others have been covered in a favorite blanket or dressed in new clothes. There are so many bodies that undertakers want to cremate them in groups. They are all children.

05/15/2008

Wife of Egyptian cleric seized in CIA operation describes his alleged torture in Egypt
MILAN, Italy – The wife of an Egyptian cleric taken from a Milan street, allegedly as part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program, wept Wednesday as she described her husband's alleged torture in an Egyptian jail.

05/14/2008

New storm heads toward cyclone-devastated Myanmar
The U.S. military's Joint Typhoon Warning Center said there is a good chance that "a significant tropical cyclone" will form within the next 24 hours and head across the Irrawaddy delta area.

05/13/2008

China appeals for supplies, doctors as earthquake death toll tops 13,000
oldiers, paramilitary police and civilian rescue workers struggled against rainstorms and fog Tuesday to reach thousands of people trapped under the rubble of schools, hospitals and residences flattened by Monday’s deadly earthquake in central China.

05/14/2008

Texas to send trade delegation to Cuba
The state of Texas will send a trade delegation to Cuba in late May, the first official visit in more than 45 years and one that organizers hope will pave the way for broader trade in the years to come.

05/13/2008

Report: Death toll in China quake exceeds 12,000
The official Xinhua News Agency said the death toll exceeded 12,000 in Sichuan province alone, and 18,645 were still buried in debris in the city of Mianyang, near the epicenter of Monday's massive, 7.9-magnitude quake.

05/12/2008

State media: China quake kills thousands
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake was among the worst to strike China in decades, devastating a hilly region of small cities and towns in Sichuan and nearby provinces. The earthquake sent thousands of people rushing out of buildings and into the streets hundreds of miles away in Beijing and Shanghai.
Photos: Quake kills thousands

U.S. military hopes for diplomatic solution in Sadr City
BAGHDAD – The U.S. military expressed hope Sunday for a diplomatic solution to seven weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City as a fragile cease-fire settled over the Shiite slum that houses nearly half the capital's 6 million people.