World News: General

  • A Chinese chess set (R) is displayed as parents cry in front of the fresh grave of their son who died in a collapsed school at the township of Wufu in Mianzhu city, north of Chengdu, in Sichuan province May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
    School collapses in focus as China buries quake dead Reuters - Fri, May 16

    By John Ruwitch
    MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - China struggled to bury the dead and help tens of thousands of injured, homeless and hungry on Friday, four days after a massive earthquake which is expected to have killed more than 50,000.

  • A video grab from an undated footage from the Internet shows Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden making statements from an unknown location. REUTERS/REUTERS TV
    New bin Laden message to focus on Israel - monitors Reuters - Fri, May 16

    By Randall Mikkelsen
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will address the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding in a Web message expected to underscore a growing focus on the Jewish state, U.S.-based Internet monitors said on Thursday.

  • Taliban man convicted in US for 'narco-terrorism' Reuters - Fri, May 16

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A member of an Afghan Taliban cell was convicted by a federal jury on Thursday on charges of narco-terrorism and narcotics distribution, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.

  • A video grab from an undated footage from the Internet shows Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden making statements from an unknown location. REUTERS/REUTERS TV
    CORRECTED - New bin Laden message to focus on Israel -monitors Reuters - Fri, May 16

    (corrects quote in 4th paragraph to read more closely)
    By Randall Mikkelsen

  • World species dying out like flies, says WWF Reuters - Fri, May 16

    By Jeremy Lovell
    LONDON (Reuters) - World biodiversity has declined by almost one third in the past 35 years due mainly to habitat loss and the wildlife trade, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said on Friday

  • A Chinese chess set (R) is displayed as parents cry in front of the fresh grave of their son who died in a collapsed school at the township of Wufu in Mianzhu city, north of Chengdu, in Sichuan province May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
    China races to bury quake dead, manage survivors Reuters - Fri, May 16

    By John Ruwitch
    MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - China struggled on Friday to bury the dead and offer relief to those left injured, homeless and without food and water by the earthquake that may have killed more than 50,000 people.

  • U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates answers a question during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington May 8, 2008. REUTERS/Molly Riley
    Gates names troop protection, care as top priority Reuters - Fri, May 16

    By Kristin Roberts
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday he wants to see major changes in three areas before he leaves the Pentagon -- unmanned aircraft, protective gear for troops and medical care for the wounded.

  • A video grab from an undated footage from the Internet shows Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden making statements from an unknown location. REUTERS/REUTERS TV
    New bin Laden message coming on Israel - monitor Reuters - Fri, May 16

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An impending message from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was announced on Islamist Web sites and discusses the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel, U.S.-based terrorism monitors said on Thursday.

  • Lebanese soldiers watch a tractor remove barricades in Beirut May 15, 2008. REUTERS/ Jamal Saidi
    Arab mediators reach deal to end Lebanon violence Reuters - Fri, May 16

    By Dominic Evans
    BEIRUT (Reuters) - Arab League mediators announced a deal on Thursday to end Lebanon's worst internal fighting since the civil war, after the U.S.-supported government backed down in its conflict with Hezbollah.

  • Rescue workers look for survivors in a collapsed apartment block in Dujiangyan in Sichuan province May 15, 2008. The death toll from China's massive earthquake could soar to more than 50,000, state media reported on Thursday, as rescuers struggled to help survivors and hope faded for the thousands buried under rubble. REUTERS/David Gray
    China says quake toll could rise above 50,000 Reuters - Fri, May 16

    By Emma Graham-Harrison and Aly Song
    YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - The death toll from China's earthquake could soar to more than 50,000, state media reported on Thursday, as rescuers struggled to help survivors and hope faded for thousands buried under rubble.

  • 2.5 million People affected in Myanmar by cyclone ANI - Thu, May 15

    According to the United Nations up to 2.5 million people might have been affected by the cyclone in Myanmar and urgently needed aid.

  • 18 killed as missiles strike Pak's tribal village ANI - Thu, May 15

    Two missiles, suspected to have been fired by a U.S. drone, hit a house in the village of Damadola in the Bajaur tribal region on May 14.

  • Mukherjee talks on terrorism at the Trilateral Meet ANI - Thu, May 15

    The Indian foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday (May 15) that terrorism is a common threat to India, Russia and China.

  • Lie detectors to check absenteeism in office IE - Thu, May 15

    Those in the habit of calling in sick will need to improve their proficiency in the art of lying for bosses determined to check absenteeism in office are resorting to technology to crack down on employees pulling a sickie.

  • Developing world would boost cancer drug growth IE - Thu, May 15

    global market for cancer drugs will grow twice as fast as that for all other pharmaceuticals as the developing world spends more on health care, a new report says.

  • Rescue operations continue in search of survivors ANI - Thu, May 15

    Forty-six hours after the earthquake hit China , rescue workers are still pulling out survivors from under heavy concrete debris.

  • Pakistan's Zardari wants to save coalition with PML-N ANI - Thu, May 15

    The leader of the main party in Pakistan's fractured six-week-old coalition government, Asif Ali Zardari, in his first public comments on the split in the coalition,

  • China warns of burst dams as quake death toll rises ANI - Thu, May 15

    The death toll from China's deadliest earthquake in decade's climbed to nearly 15,000 on May 14 night.

  • US and S Korea provide aid to quake hit China ANI - Wed, May 14

    The U.S. Ambassador to China presented a check for 500,000 U.S. dollars to the International Federation of Red Cross in Beijing on Wednesday (May 14) to help in relief and recovery efforts.

  • China earthquake victims complain of slow aid ANI - Wed, May 14

    Survivors of the earthquake in China complained on May 14 that they had no where to go, nothing to eat, and no one to help them.


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