Asian Related:
Burma aid situation 'improving'
A UK minister in Rangoon says cyclone aid is now moving, but relief agencies say much more must be done. (Sun, 18 May 2008 10:34:36 GMT)
China praises world's quake aid
Chinese President Hu Jintao voices his gratitude for the international aid after Monday's deadly earthquake. (Sun, 18 May 2008 08:37:42 GMT)
US resumes North Korea food aid
The US announces a resumption of food aid to North Korea, thought to be facing famine this summer. (Fri, 16 May 2008 17:28:46 GMT)
US marine guilty of Japan assault
A US marine is convicted of assaulting a 14-year-old girl on the Japanese island of Okinawa. (Fri, 16 May 2008 06:44:34 GMT)
Eight dead in Philippine robbery
At least eight people are shot and killed in a bank robbery in the Philippines, police say. (Fri, 16 May 2008 08:16:29 GMT)
Top Stories:
China declares 3 days mourning for quake victims
(AP)
 AP - China declared three days of national mourning for earthquake victims and ordered a suspension of the Olympic torch relay, as the search for survivors of the disaster grew bleak Sunday.
(Sun, 18 May 2008 12:13:22 GMT)
Bush urges Mideast leaders to advance democracy
(AP)
 AP - At the start of his Mideast trip, President Bush gave Israel glowing praise. As it ended on Sunday, the president gave the Arab world a stern lecture: Isolate state sponsors of terror and give citizens more freedoms.
(Sun, 18 May 2008 12:08:04 GMT)
Sen. Kennedy recovering in hospital after seizure
(AP)
 AP - Out of immediate danger, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy remained hospitalized as doctors worked to determine what caused one of the nation's best-known senators to suffer a seizure in his Cape Cod home.
(Sun, 18 May 2008 11:59:24 GMT)
UN sends top envoy to plead with Myanmar over aid
(AP)
 AP - A top U.N envoy headed for Myanmar on Sunday to plead with the junta to accept more international aid for its cyclone survivors, amid mounting fears of starvation deaths, especially among children.
(Sun, 18 May 2008 10:40:11 GMT)
Police: Gunman wounds 3 outside California church
(AP)
 AP - A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said.
(Sun, 18 May 2008 10:32:23 GMT)
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