Bush lauds democratic, prosperous Israel as a model for the Middle East
May 14, 2008 - 08:39
JERUSALEM - President George W. Bush say 60 years of democracy in Israel is cause for optimism throughout the Middle East. Speaking today at the start of his trip to the Middle East, Bush said what has happened Israel is possible everywhere in the region. The U.S. leader says it ...
Afghan army commander in Kandahar asks Kabul for extra troops
May 14, 2008 - 08:36
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The commander of Afghan army troops in Kandahar has asked his country's Defence Ministry to send two more battalions of soldiers to the troubled southern province. Brig.-Gen. Gul Aqa Naibi, who is in charge of the Afghan 205 Corps, said he recently made the request ...
Military: Gunmen in Nigeria hijack boat with 11 crew onboard
May 14, 2008 - 04:31
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria - The military says gunmen in Nigeria's southern oil region have hijacked an oil-services vessel with 11 crew members onboard. Military spokesman Maj. Sagir Musa says the unknown hijackers are demanding about $250,000 for the release of the boat and the crew, ...
China begins airlift to remote, quake-hit villages; reports thousands more deaths
May 14, 2008 - 03:52
AN XIAN, China - Military helicopters dropped food and medicine to Chinese earthquake survivors who remained cut off Wednesday in remote mountain villages, while a jump in deaths pushed the toll close to 20,000. The scale of devastation became clearer as more rescuers walked into the ...
UN says relief efforts in Myanmar should reach scale of Indian Ocean tsunami
May 14, 2008 - 02:29
YANGON, Myanmar - The UN says another cyclone in forming near Myanmar, which was devastated by a killer storm earlier this month. UN spokeswoman Amanda Pitts couldn't say where the landfall would be or when it would become a full-fledged cyclone. She told reporters Wednesday that "the ...
String of bombings hit ancient Indian city, killing at least 80, police say
May 14, 2008 - 01:32
JAIPUR, India - A series of bombs exploded across this ancient city, killing at least 80 people and transforming busy markets, a jewelry bazaar and a Hindu temple into scenes of carnage, police said Wednesday. A. K. Jain, additional director-general of state police, said that 20 people ...
Clinton scores landslide in West Virginia, but doesn't change Obama's lead
May 14, 2008 - 01:18
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton scored an expected landslide Tuesday in West Virginia that did little to break Barack Obama's hold on the Democratic nomination but emphasized concerns about his ability to win over working-class voters this fall. It was one of the few high points left for the ...
At least eight killed, 16 injured in a train collision in Bangladesh
May 14, 2008 - 00:22
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A spokesman says eight people have been killed in a collision between two trains in eastern Bangladesh. Bangladesh Railway spokesman Shafiqul Alam Khan said an additional 16 people were injured in the accident early Wednesday in Brahmmanbaria district. The area is 80 ...
Detroit's city council votes to begin effort to oust mayor over scandal
May 13, 2008 - 20:12
DETROIT - Detroit's city council narrowly approved taking the first step Tuesday toward removing the mayor, who is charged with perjury over explicit text messages sent to a former aide. Council members voted 5-4 to begin forfeiture of office proceedings against Kwame Kilpatrick. On a ...
The Queen praises Turkey's role as bridge between West, Islamic world
May 13, 2008 - 19:32
ANKARA, Turkey - The Queen praised Turkey's role as a bridge between the West and the Islamic world on Tuesday during her first visit to the predominantly Muslim country in 37 years. "For us, Turkey is as important now as it has ever been," the Queen said in a state banquet in her honour. ...
Britain releases batch of secret files on reported UFO sightings
May 13, 2008 - 19:02
LONDON - The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official report. No one, they knew, would believe their claim that an unidentified flying ...
Chile to help volcano victims return to homes after eruption
May 13, 2008 - 18:31
SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's government will give victims of an erupting volcano cash, tax relief and financial help rebuilding their farms and businesses in a bid to get them to return to their homes, the interior minister said Tuesday. The Chaiten volcano began erupting on May 2, forcing ...
Rebuilding unlikely in tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town, officials say
May 13, 2008 - 18:29
PICHER, Okla. - No government money will be awarded for rebuilding any of the 114 homes levelled by a deadly tornado that tore through one of the country's most polluted areas, state and federal officials said Tuesday on a tour of the region. Saturday's tornado was responsible for seven ...
Florida wildfires tear through 160 homes; police seek arsonists
May 13, 2008 - 18:06
PALM BAY, Fla. - Investigators searched Tuesday for one or more arsonists behind a string of stubborn wildfires that have destroyed or damaged more than 160 homes on Florida's Atlantic coast. Firefighters in Brevard County were trying for the third day to contain fires that have scorched ...
Sudan says more than 200 killed in the weekend's battle for capital
May 13, 2008 - 17:35
KHARTOUM, Sudan - More than 200 people were killed in fighting around Sudan's capital, the defence minister announced Tuesday, in the first official comment on casualties from last weekend's rebel assault on Khartoum. Defence Minister General Abdul Rahim Mohammed Hussein told parliament ...
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