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Darfur Rebel Leader Vows More Attacks on Khartoum
Monday, May 12, 2008 8:48:00 PM
Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim said on Monday he would launch more attacks on Sudan's capital Khartoum until the government fell.   Full Story
 

China Quake Felt as Far Away as Thailand
Monday, May 12, 2008 7:06:00 PM
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck China 's Sichuan province on Monday, less than 100 km (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Chengdu.   Full Story
 

U.S. Flying Cyclone Aid to 'Outpost of Tyranny'
Monday, May 12, 2008 6:52:00 PM
YANGON—The United States was set to fly relief supplies on Monday to Myanmar, a country it has called an "outpost of tyranny", as aid continues to dribble into the reclusive state nine days after a de ...   Full Story
 

Tornadoes Kill 21, Injure Hundreds in U.S
Monday, May 12, 2008 6:47:00 PM
ATLANTA—Tornadoes killed at least 21 people and injured hundreds as they ripped through the central and southeastern United States over the weekend, destroying homes, overturning cars and downing tree ...   Full Story
 

No Aust Casualties Reported from China Quake: DFAT
Monday, May 12, 2008 6:09:00 PM
Initial reports indicate no Australians have been killed or seriously injured in the earthquake which hit China yesterday, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) says.   Full Story
 

Australian Tourist Describes Twist and Flex of Earthquake
Monday, May 12, 2008 6:08:00 PM
An Australian tourist has described how the ground twisted and flexed as he was running from an massive earthquake in south-western China.   Full Story
 

Obama Takes the Lead in Pledged Superdelegates
Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:00:00 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C.—For the first time in his campaign, Obama has taken the lead in coveted pledges from superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention in August.Senator Obama now has pledges fr ...   Full Story
 

Battling to Take Death Out of Birth in Africa
Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:30:00 PM
JUBA, Sudan—Lying on a sagging mattress and wincing slightly, Anna Lado laughs at the idea that she should have been afraid of giving birth to her first child, now lying in a crib near her in a hospit ...   Full Story
 

'Unimaginable Tragedy' if Burma Delays Aid
Sunday, May 11, 2008 8:50:00 PM
YANGON—Desperate survivors of Cyclone Nargis poured out of Burma's Irrawaddy delta on Sunday in search of food, water and medicine as aid groups said thousands more people will die if emergency su ...   Full Story
 

Soviet Dissident Bukovsky: 'Looking at Russia with Optimism and Hope...'
Sunday, May 11, 2008 8:50:00 PM
Vladimir Bukovsky, world-famous Soviet dissident and neuroscientist with degrees from Cambridge and Stanford, speaks.   Full Story
 

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