World May 13 Rescue Workers Dig to Reach Tens of Thousands Buried in China Earthquake The most powerful earthquake to hit China in 30 years killed more than 12,000 people with the death toll likely to rise with thousands more reportedly buried under crumpled buildings.
Science May 12 Powerful Earthquake Destroys Buildings, Builds Mountains in China There's a saying among seismologists: "Earthquakes don't kill people. Buildings do." The powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked central China on Monday afternoon, killing upwards of 8,500 people, was a grim reminder of that common phrase.
World May 12 Death Toll in China's 7.9 Earthquake Nears 9,000 A 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked central China on Monday, killing nearly 9,000 in Sichuan province's Beichuan county and trapping students in at least eight schools, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
Politics May 12 Sharif's Party Pulls Out of Pakistan Cabinet Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Monday his party was withdrawing from the cabinet -- though it still supported the coalition government -- because of a dispute over restoring judges fired by President Pervez Musharraf.
World May 11 More Aid Enters Myanmar; Referendum Vote Held Food and water began reaching more of Myanmar's cyclone victims Sunday, but the government made no indication that it would allow foreign aid workers into the country to distribute the goods.
World May 09 U.N. Resumes Aid to Myanmar Despite Junta Actions The U.N. World Food Program said Friday it would continue to send aid to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, despite the military government seizing the supplies at the airport in order to distribute the shipments on its own.
Politics May 09 Hezbollah Gunmen Seize Control of Beirut Neighborhoods In some of the worst sectarian clashes in years, Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized control of nearly all of Beirut's Muslim sector Friday and fresh tensions emerged between the group and the U.S.-backed Lebanese government.
Politics May 08 Clashes Erupt as Hezbollah Chief Claims 'War' Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday that the Lebanese government had declared war on his Shiite militant group by declaring its private telecommunications network an illegal threat to state security.
World May 08 U.N. Aid Begins Arriving in Cyclone-damaged Myanmar Shipments of food, medicine and other relief items began arriving in Myanmar Thursday to help victims of a cyclone that battered the country on Saturday, but U.S. military planes loaded with supplies were still being denied access.
World May 07 Myanmar Pressured to Let in Aid Workers U.N. officials on Wednesday urged the Myanmar government to allow aid workers to distribute relief goods throughout the country, following a cyclone that could result in the deaths of 100,000 people as conditions worsen, a U.S. diplomat said.