China earthquake death toll exceeds 19,500
Web-posted 5/15/2008
China issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as the government struggled to cope with this week's deadly earthquake. Rescue workers broke through key roads to the epicenter in the race to find survivors, as the death toll soared to more than 19,500.

Myanmar warns against hoarding foreign aid
Web-posted 5/15/2008
Myanmar's junta says legal action will be taken against people who trade, hoard or misuse international aid for cyclone survivors.

Bush denounces extremists in the Middle East
Web-posted 5/15/2008
President Bush on Thursday criticized the deadly tactics of extremist groups like al-Qaida, Hezbollah and Hamas and said he looks toward the day when Muslims "recognize the emptiness of the terrorists' vision and the injustice of their cause."

Latin American, European leaders gather for summit
Web-posted 5/15/2008
European and Latin American leaders gathering for their fifth summit in a decade this week plan to tackle climate change, high food prices and poverty.

Iraqi forces on al-Qaida hunt in Mosul
Web-posted 5/15/2008
Government troops began house-to-house searches for al-Qaida in Iraq militants in Mosul on Thursday, part of a major security operation to cleanse Iraq's third largest city from cells of the terror network.

Palestinians mark 1948 uprooting
Web-posted 5/15/2008
Palestinians marked the 60th anniversary of their uprooting with rallies, sirens and black flags Thursday — an annual ritual that turned even darker this year because of crippling internal divisions, diminishing hopes for independence and the stark contrast to Israel's all-out birthday bash.

Hezbollah says it will return Lebanon to normal
Web-posted 5/15/2008
Hezbollah's deputy leader Sheik Naim Kassem says the group will "return things" to normal after the government reversed key decisions that had triggered days of conflict.

Official: Suicide bomber kills 15 in Afghanistan
Web-posted 5/15/2008
A suicide bomber wearing a burqa killed 15 people and wounded 22 when he blew himself up Thursday in a crowded market in western Afghanistan, a provincial official said.

UN: Most schools ravaged in Myanmar's cyclone zone
Web-posted 5/15/2008
Children in Myanmar may be forced to attend school in relief camps and tents because 85 percent of the educational buildings have been destroyed or damaged in a cyclone-ravaged region, the U.N. said Wednesday.

Chavez tells Colombia not to build base for US
Web-posted 5/15/2008
President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday warned Colombia not to allow a U.S. military base on its border with Venezuela, saying he would consider such an act an "aggression."