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- Myanmar Turns Back Foreign Aid Workers - New York Times
- Fri, 09 May 2008 12:23:19 GMT -
Sydney Morning HeraldMyanmar Turns Back Foreign Aid Workers
New York Times -57 minutes ago
AP The top of a small temple sticking out of a flooded field near Yangon, the main city in Myanmar. Estimated deaths from last week’s cyclone run as high as 100000.
Video: Questions About Aid Plague Myanmar CycloneAssociatedPress
UN Criticizes Myanmar For Barring Aid WorkersWall Street Journal Bloomberg -Telegraph.co.uk -CNN -Reuters all 4,234 news articles - Hezbollah 'seizes west Beirut' - Aljazeera.net
- Fri, 09 May 2008 11:56:48 GMT -
National PostHezbollah 'seizes west Beirut'
Aljazeera.net -1 hour ago
Hezbollah is reported to have taken control of large areas of the Lebanese capital from groups loyal to the government following gun battles.
Hezbollah routs pro-government gunmen; controls BeirutWashington Post
Hezbollah overruns west Beirut as Lebanon on brinkAFP Times Online -The Associated Press -Voice of America -Bloomberg all 1,821 news articles - Pomp and pride on show in Moscow - BBC News
- Fri, 09 May 2008 12:18:33 GMT -
Turkish PressPomp and pride on show in Moscow
BBC News -1 hour ago
By Richard Galpin It was a perfectly choreographed piece of theatre performed by the nation's armed forces - but with a strong political message aimed at the international community as much as the domestic audience.
Tanks, missiles roll through Red Square on Victory DayThe Associated Press
Russia parades tanks and missilesAljazeera.net guardian.co.uk -Bloomberg -AFP -People's Daily Online all 477 news articles - US military denies Iraq report of al-Qaida arrest - The Associated Press
- Fri, 09 May 2008 10:40:29 GMT -
CBC.caUS military denies Iraq report of al-Qaida arrest
The Associated Press -2 hours ago
BAGHDAD (AP) - The US 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.
Video: Iraqi Army: Al-Qaida in Iraq Leader ArrestedAssociatedPress
Al Qaeda in Iraq leader not captured - USCNN Voice of America -Reuters UK -Xinhua -Telegraph.co.uk all 1,214 news articles - Israeli Prime Minister Says He Will Resign if Indicted in ... - Voice of America
- Fri, 09 May 2008 12:23:11 GMT -
CitizenIsraeli Prime Minister Says He Will Resign if Indicted in ...
Voice of America -57 minutes ago
By Jim Teeple Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he will resign if he is indicted in a corruption investigation involving an American businessman long involved in Israeli politics.
'Messer will complicate Olmert's case'Jerusalem Post
Olmert refuses to resign over cash controversyInternational Herald Tribune Reuters -AFP -United Press International -Monsters and Critics.com all 854 news articles - Austrian Fritzl remanded for a month in incest case - Reuters
- Fri, 09 May 2008 11:29:54 GMT -
Times Now.tvAustrian Fritzl remanded for a month in incest case
Reuters -1 hour ago
By Tanja Daube ST POELTEN, Austria (Reuters) - An Austrian court on Friday ordered Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and had seven children with her, to be kept in custody for a further month, a court spokesman said.
Austrian judge to rule on Fritzl custody in captive daughter caseInternational Herald Tribune
Josef Fritzl could be charged with murder over death of newbornTimes Online The Associated Press -Telegraph.co.uk -guardian.co.uk -BBC News all 4,006 news articles - UK transfers renegade Tamil Tiger - BBC News
- Fri, 09 May 2008 10:52:46 GMT -
Boston GlobeUK transfers renegade Tamil Tiger
BBC News -2 hours ago
A former leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels who was jailed in the UK in January has been transferred to an immigration detention centre.
Sri Lankan election in former rebel area marred by accusations of ...International Herald Tribune
Sri Lanka military captures townReuters UK The Associated Press -Reuters India -AFP -Bloomberg all 913 news articles - South Africa's Mbeki Arrives in Zimbabwe to Mediate Crisis - Voice of America
- Fri, 09 May 2008 12:17:14 GMT -
Voice of AmericaSouth Africa's Mbeki Arrives in Zimbabwe to Mediate Crisis
Voice of America -1 hour ago
By VOA News South African President Thabo Mbeki is in Zimbabwe Friday to mediate an end to the country's political crisis. South Africa's Foreign Ministry says Mr.
Video: Talk to Al Jazeera - Thabo Mbeki - 8 May 08 - Part 2AlJazeeraEnglish
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Hints At ExitAllAfrica.com AFP -United Press International -Reuters -BBC News all 475 news articles - UK Labour Party Scores Worst Poll Rating Since 1968 (Update1) - Bloomberg
- Fri, 09 May 2008 11:53:41 GMT -
MSN UK NewsUK Labour Party Scores Worst Poll Rating Since 1968 (Update1)
Bloomberg -1 hour ago
By Robert Hutton May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party trailed the opposition Conservatives by 26 percentage points in a YouGov Plc opinion poll, the most the party has been behind since 1968.
Poll gives Brown's Labour lowest-ever ratingReuters UK
UK Labour support slumps to record lowSydney Morning Herald Reading Evening Post -Times Online -Politics.co.uk -MoneyWeek (Subscription) all 501 news articles - Elections highlight Serbia's uncertain future - CNN
- Fri, 09 May 2008 10:36:36 GMT -
TopNewsElections highlight Serbia's uncertain future
CNN -2 hours ago
By CNN's Simon Hooper BELGRADE, Serbia (CNN) -- Ljuban Panic, a 23-year-old business studies student from Novi Sad, Serbia's second city, has walked 80 kilometers through the Fruska Gora mountains to attend the Democratic Party's final rally in ...
Hungarian, Croatian presidents hoping for pro-Europe win in SerbiaMonsters and Critics.com
Main parties in Serbia's early parliamentary electionInternational Herald Tribune Bloomberg -Aljazeera.net -Wall Street Journal -RIA Novosti all 359 news articles - In bold attack, Somali insurgents seize police headquarters in ... - International Herald Tribune
- Fri, 09 May 2008 12:29:16 GMT -
Ghana Broadcasting CorporationIn bold attack, Somali insurgents seize police headquarters in ...
International Herald Tribune -51 minutes ago
AP MOGADISHU, Somalia: Police fortified their headquarters in the heart of the government's stronghold in Mogadishu on Friday, the morning after Islamist fighters briefly seized the building in a bold and deadly attack.
Somali militants raid police baseBBC News
Somali police fortify headquarters after raid by IslamistsThe Associated Press Wall Street Journal -Reuters -Aljazeera.net -AFP all 517 news articles - Meeting on Pakistan judges issue - BBC News
- Fri, 09 May 2008 12:10:17 GMT -
BBC BulgariaMeeting on Pakistan judges issue
BBC News -1 hour ago
The top leaders of Pakistan's governing coalition are due to meet in London for talks on the restoration of judges. Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif and the leader of the Pakistan People's Party Asif Ali Zardari have already held talks in Dubai on the ...
Pakistan's Sharif says only 'political will' required to restore ...International Herald Tribune
Pakistan's ruling alliance likely to miss new deadline for judgesMonsters and Critics.com Pakistan Dawn -GulfNews -Reuters UK -Associated Press of Pakistan all 162 news articles - American Rancher Resists Land Reform Plans in Bolivia - New York Times
- Fri, 09 May 2008 10:07:03 GMT -
BBC NewsAmerican Rancher Resists Land Reform Plans in Bolivia
New York Times -3 hours ago
Duston Larsen, center, son of Ronald Larsen, on his family’s ranch in Bolivia, where the central government wants to break up large holdings and redistribute the land to farmers.
Bolivia to vote on president's ruleAljazeera.net
Bolivians to hold confidence voteBBC News International Herald Tribune -CNN -Xinhua -Bloomberg all 1,169 news articles - ANALYSIS-Publics still cool as Japan, China pursue warm ties - Reuters UK
- Fri, 09 May 2008 07:22:54 GMT -
Mainichi Daily NewsANALYSIS-Publics still cool as Japan, China pursue warm ties
Reuters UK -5 hours ago
By Linda Sieg and Chris Buckley TOKYO, May 9 (Reuters) - China and Japan agreed amid fanfare this week that friendly ties are vital, but a pair of pandas and ping-pong diplomacy aren't enough to erase the deep distrust that could yet derail the detente ...
Japanese and Chinese youth need to "learn from history," says HuMonsters and Critics.com
Chinese president continues his visit to JapanXinhua The Associated Press -Reuters -BBC News -AFP all 1,148 news articles - Johnson meets NY mayor Bloomberg - BBC News
- Fri, 09 May 2008 10:28:46 GMT -
BBC NewsJohnson meets NY mayor Bloomberg
BBC News -2 hours ago
Newly elected London mayor Boris Johnson is in talks with New York counterpart Michael Bloomberg. The two mayors exchanged novelty items on the balcony at City Hall before discussing issues such as crime, transport and the environment.
Boris Johnson welcomes New York mayor Michael BloombergTelegraph.co.uk
Mayors of London and New York in first exchange on 'zero tolerance'Monsters and Critics.com United Press International -guardian.co.uk -Jerusalem Post -AFP all 769 news articles - Pakistan troops 'taken hostage' - BBC News
- Fri, 09 May 2008 11:44:44 GMT -
TopNewsPakistan troops 'taken hostage'
BBC News -1 hour ago
Pro-Taleban militants say they are holding six soldiers in a tribal region in north-western Pakistan. A spokesman for the militants said 24 other soldiers had been freed in Bajaur agency.
Rocket attack kills Pakistani police: officialAFP
Policeman killed in blast in NW PakistanXinhua Independent Online -Wall Street Journal -International Herald Tribune -Daily Times all 75 news articles - Dalai Lama `Disappointed' Germany's Steinmeier Won't Meet Him - Bloomberg
- Fri, 09 May 2008 10:07:45 GMT -
NECNDalai Lama `Disappointed' Germany's Steinmeier Won't Meet Him
Bloomberg -3 hours ago
By Patrick Donahue May 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Dalai Lama's government-in-exile said it was ``disappointed'' that German Foreign Minister Frank- Walter Steinmeier won't meet with the Tibetan spiritual leader when he visits Germany next week.
Dalai Lama's Envoy Details China TalksWashington Post
Tibetans Express Appreciation of Chinese Willingness for DialogVoice of America The Associated Press -Spiegel Online -International Herald Tribune -New York Times all 2,992 news articles - US forces say kill 14 militants in Baghdad - Reuters
- Fri, 09 May 2008 12:03:57 GMT -
Lompoc RecordUS forces say kill 14 militants in Baghdad
Reuters -1 hour ago
BAGHDAD, May 9 (Reuters) - US forces have killed 14 militants in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City, a stronghold of gunmen loyal to anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the military said on Friday.
Four killed in Baghdad militia bastionAFP
Another rocket hits a Baghdad park, killing 2 civiliansInternational Herald Tribune Christian Science Monitor -Los Angeles Times -New York Times -BBC News all 1,967 news articles - Bertie Ahern's last hurrah - International Herald Tribune
- Thu, 08 May 2008 14:21:07 GMT -
Washington PostBertie Ahern's last hurrah
International Herald Tribune -22 hours ago
Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister, resigned this week after 11 years in office, his power having ebbed through over-familiarity and scandal.
Cowen Elected Prime Minister of IrelandNew York Times
Irish, British PMs getting togetherUnited Press International The Associated Press -TIME -AFP -guardian.co.uk all 400 news articles - LETTER FROM EUROPE - International Herald Tribune
- Fri, 09 May 2008 11:52:31 GMT -
Angus Reid Global MonitorLETTER FROM EUROPE
International Herald Tribune -1 hour ago
By Judy Dempsey BERLIN: Earlier this week, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats published a paper calling for a security strategy for Germany.
Merkel Holds Out Tax Cuts After 2009, Passauer Neue Presse SaysBloomberg
Germany strays from budget path ahead of electionguardian.co.uk Economist -The Local - Hamburg -Angus Reid Global Monitor -Bloomberg all 7 news articles
