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Aid on the way to devastated Myanmar but so is heavy rain (AP) -

Myanmar residents walk past houses destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay, Myanmar, on  Friday May 9, 2008.  The U.N. blasted Myanmar's military government Friday, saying its refusal to let in foreign aid workers to help victims of the devastating cyclone was 'unprecedented' in the history of humanitarian work. (AP Photo)AP - More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar — but so is the heavy rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the isolated country. Myanmar gave the green light after confiscating other shipments, prompting the U.N. to order a temporary freeze in shipments.


Fri, 09 May 2008 23:35:16 GMT
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,073 (AP) - AP - As of Friday, May 9, 2008, at least 4,073 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. Fri, 09 May 2008 23:23:22 GMT
At least 427 US military deaths in Afghanistan (AP) -

Family members approach the hearse carrying Corporal Michael Gunter Starker at Canadian Forces Base Trenton May 9, 2008.  Starker, a member of 15 Field Ambulance based in Edmonton, Alberta, was killed May 6, 2008 when his patrol came under fire in Afghanistan.     REUTERS/Fred Thornhill (CANADA)AP - As of Friday, May 9, 2008, at least 427 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures May 3 at 10 a.m. EDT.


Fri, 09 May 2008 23:20:11 GMT
Cuban Central Bank wants stronger peso (AP) - AP - Cuba's Central Bank is urging the government to gradually unify the island's two parallel currencies and cut back on "indiscriminate" subsidies, according to an internal report obtained by The Associated Press on Friday. Fri, 09 May 2008 23:14:22 GMT
Attack from Gaza kills 1, Israeli retaliation kills 5 (AP) -

A medic walks past the body of an Israeli citizen killed by a Palestinian mortar attack at the Kfar Aza Kibutz May 9, 2008. The attack originating from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip killed the Israeli civilian and wounded three other people, according to a police spokesman and ambulance workers. After the attack, an Israeli air strike killed two Hamas security men in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Palestinian medical officials said. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)AP - Gaza attackers sent mortar shells crashing into a border community late Friday, killing an Israeli in his garden and wounding three others, officials said. Israel retaliated with missile strikes that left five Hamas militants dead.


Fri, 09 May 2008 22:27:00 GMT
Mediator Mbeki meets Mugabe on Zimbabwe crisis (Reuters) -

Thabo Mbeki, president of South Africa, speaks during a news conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York in this April 16, 2008 file photo. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - South African leader Thabo Mbeki and President Robert Mugabe held talks on Friday on Zimbabwe's election crisis ahead of a possible run-off that has raised fears violence could escalate.


Fri, 09 May 2008 22:17:41 GMT
Dalai Lama says understands anger over Everest torch (Reuters) -

The Dalai Lama meets with Paula Dobriansky, the U.S. under secretary of the State Department for Global Affairs and Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan April 21, 2008. The Dalai Lama says he understands why Tibetan exiles were angry that the Olympic torch reached the top of Mount Everest but had advised them against protesting. (Rebecca Coo/Reuters)Reuters - The Dalai Lama says he understands why Tibetan exiles were angry that the Olympic torch reached the top of Mount Everest but had advised them against protesting.


Fri, 09 May 2008 22:12:25 GMT
Man loses 28 relatives in Myanmar village hit by cyclone (AP) -

A Myanmar resident carries rice while walking past houses damaged by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay, Myanmar,  Friday May 9, 2008. (AP Photo)AP - The 68-year-old fisherman tried to explain how a cyclone swept away his entire family, but could utter only a few words before he was overcome by tears.


Fri, 09 May 2008 21:53:19 GMT
Hezbollah fighters sweep over much of Beirut's Muslim sector (AP) -

Shiite gunmen carry a rifle as they ride a motorcycle down Hamra Street, a normally vibrant commercial strip during clashes in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008. Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday, in street battles that left 11 dead, security officials said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Unchallenged by Lebanon's army, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah routed Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-allied government and seized control of large swaths of Beirut's Muslim sector Friday in a telling demonstration of its military prowess.


Fri, 09 May 2008 21:45:02 GMT
Election in Serbia may cripple hunt for Gen. Ratko Mladic (AP) -

Serb man stands behind a pre-election poster of Serb Radical Party (SRS), showing Tomislav Nikolic deputy leader of the hard-line nationalist Serbian Radical Party, in serb village of Strpce in Southern Kosovo on Friday, May 9, 2008.  Serbia's rival nationalists and pro-Europeans waged a last-ditch battle for votes ahead of weekend elections.(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)AP - For 13 years, he has eluded capture for atrocities a U.N. judge described as "scenes from hell ... written on the darkest pages of human history."


Fri, 09 May 2008 16:45:36 GMT
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