Up to 2.5m hit by cyclone, but Burma says it can cope
THE number of people "severely affected" by the Burma cyclone was put by the United Nations at up to 2.5 million yesterday, as the country's junta continued to li 14 May 2008 at 7:00pm
The pictures got smaller but Cannes is still big
IT IS a bacchanalian orgy of excess ? an excess of money, alcohol and fine, rich cuisine, if not of taste or sleep. It is a potent mix. I know, I went on several occasions for 14 May 2008 at 7:00pm
Death toll 'will rise' if Burma continues to block aid access
AID agencies today warned that a second wave of deaths would follow the Burma cyclone disaster unless the country's military regime allowed relief supplies to reach up to 14 May 2008 at 7:00pm
Burmese leaders 'turning a deaf ear' to cyclone victims
THE most senior members of Burma's military government were today accused of turning a "deaf ear" to the plight of hundreds of thousands of victims of Cyclone Narg 14 May 2008 at 7:00pm
Cellar ordeal victims reach out to the world
IN HANDPRINTS of red and blue, on paper decorated with hearts and words of hope, the Fritzl family have reached out to touch the world. 14 May 2008 at 7:00pm
Rocket man stuns crowd with 180mph winged flight
SOME people go fishing on their day off; Yves Rossy likes to jump out of a plane with a pair of jet-powered wings and perform figure-of-eights above the Swiss Alps. 14 May 2008 at 7:00pm
Coe backs Ferguson as Team GB manager
LORD Coe yesterday went public with his backing for Sir Alex Ferguson to manage the Great Britain football team at the 2012 Olympics. 14 May 2008 at 7:00pm
Family didn't notice they left toddler in airport
A FILIPINO family left their 23-month-old boy in Vancouver airport and learned he was missing only when contacted during the next leg of their trip. 14 May 2008 at 7:00pm
Tennis legend Billie-Jean King says the retired Justine Henin should be regarded as the best player in the modern women's game. 15 May 2008 at 7:23am
People's Daily Online
UN agencies, NGOs face security headache in east Chad
United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations are increasingly forced to face the realities of a worsening security situation in eastern Chad where cases of humanitarian workers losing lives in robberies are not rare, according ... 15 May 2008 at 3:34am
German-made zeppelins making California comeback
Zeppelins are making a comeback in California, and, no, we're not talking about the English rock group.
Airship Ventures, which operates out of Moffett Field near the southern end of San Francisco Bay, has announced an agreement with ... 15 May 2008 at 3:33am
White House says protect energy, then polar bear
The Bush administration on Wednesday declared the polar bear a threatened species, saying it must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming.
Interior Department Secretary Dirk Kempthorne cited dramat ... 15 May 2008 at 3:32am
Australian FM says won't be intimidated by Fiji threats
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said here on Thursday his country would not be intimidated after its high commission in Fiji received its second death threat in just over a week.
The high commission in Suva is reviewing se ... 15 May 2008 at 3:31am
Suicide blast kills 12 police, civilians in W Afghanistan
A suicide blast killed five policemen and seven civilians in western Afghan province of Farah Thursday, an interior ministry spokesman said.
Twenty others including policemen were also injured in the explosion which occurred in Dula ... 15 May 2008 at 3:30am
Myanmar new constitution ratified
Myanmar's new constitution has been ratified according to the result released by the Commission for Holding Nationwide Referendum, the state television reported Thursday.
A total of 20,786,596, or 92.4 percent of voters, who cast vo ... 15 May 2008 at 2:44am
Thousands displaced by floods in Philippines
Thousands of Filipinos were displaced after flash floods destroyed several houses in five villages in Negros Occidental, central Philippines, reported local television network ABS-CBN News Thursday.
The provincial office of the Depa ... 15 May 2008 at 1:35am
Afghan police kill would-be suicide bomber
Afghan police have shot dead a would-be suicide bomber in eastern Khost province, an official said Thursday.
A man equipped with explosive devices and assault rifle was gunned down Wednesday, provincial police spokesman Wazir Badsha ... 15 May 2008 at 1:34am
S Korean ruling party asks gov't to offer food aid to DPRK
South Korea's ruling party on Thursday asked the government to provide unconditional food aid to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The government should help those people in DPRK by providing unconditional humanitari ... 15 May 2008 at 1:34am
Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility for Jaipur blasts
A little-known organization named "Indian Mujahideen" has claimed responsibility for carrying out serial terror blasts in Jaipur on Tuesday, which killed 63 people and wounded more than 150, according to NDTV Thursday.
Indian Mujahi ... 15 May 2008 at 1:33am
Guardian Unlimited World
Congress approves $290bn farm bill
Legislation gives lucrative subsidies to farmers and cuts international aid programmes by Elana Schor 15 May 2008 at 1:13pm
Manning 'speed bumps' against the Taliban
Photojournalist John D McHugh endures attacks on border outposts, false alarms and French pranks in his fifth diary extract from Afghanistan by John D McHugh 15 May 2008 at 12:47pm
Video: Amid death and destruction in China
Dan Chung and Jonathan Watts report from Chenjiaba, where Chinese troops are helping surivors search for loved ones still missing after Monday's earthquake by Dan Chung, Jonathan Watts 15 May 2008 at 3:32am
Einstein's letter on religion sells for £170,000
Letter in which Einstein branded religious beliefs as 'childish superstitions' sells at auction for £170,000, breaking the world record for a letter by the great scientist by James Randerson 15 May 2008 at 12:03pm
Rocket man flies into record books at 180mph
Swiss pilot puts on jet-propelled solo aerobatic show with home-made folding wing after being dropped from plane by Elizabeth Stewart 15 May 2008 at 11:36am
Video: On a wing and a dare
Swiss 'Fusion Man' is the first person to successfully fly with a rocket-propelled wing after leaping from plane 15 May 2008 at 9:28am
Foreign office service tracks Britons in China
Registration system could offer peace of mind to relatives of Britons possibly caught up in earthquake by Haroon Siddique 15 May 2008 at 11:09am
Obama apologises to reporter for 'sweetie' remark
Obama's encounter with reporter Peggy Agar was the second time in two months that he raised eyebrows by calling a woman "sweetie" by Elana Schor 15 May 2008 at 10:35am
Toronto Globe and Mail: International
California OK's same sex marriage
A California Supreme Court ruling has overturned the ban making them the second state to allow same sex marriages 15 May 2008 at 12:56pm
Quake toll could climb to 50,000
Ten million directly affected by Monday's earthquake; official death toll nearly 20,000 by WILLIAM FOREMAN 15 May 2008 at 9:54am
Italy arrests 400 in illegal-immigrant swoop
Police arrested 383 people including 268 foreigners, with 53 immediately taken to the border for expulsion by STEPHEN BROWN 15 May 2008 at 7:36am
Afghans, troops pave way to safer road
Work being done on route by locals could mean difference between life and death for Canadian soldiers by KATHERINE O'NEILL 15 May 2008 at 4:13am
Death Toll Up, Struggle to Reach China Survivors
Officials warned that the death toll, raised now to 19,500, could reach as high as 50,000, as dozens of villages remained cut off from rescuers Thursday.
Lebanon Reverses Decisions That Prompted Violence
The decisions brought the country a step closer to resolving the week-old political crisis that set off the worst factional violence since the nation?s 15-year civil war.
Bomber Kills at Least 12 in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber cloaked in an Afghan woman?s body-covering burka killed at least 12 other people and wounded at least 27 Thursday.
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