Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/721 World News en-us Sat, 10 May 2008 01:34:11 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/721 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone ap/20080510/myanmar_cyclone AP Sat, 10 May 2008 01:21:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.b28b99f389b9433f867f191111c75505.aptopix_myanmar_cyclone_xmyn102.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=5rRcDGwUqEw2sWXzysoB0g--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.b28b99f389b9433f867f191111c75505.aptopix_myanmar_cyclone_xmyn102.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=5rRcDGwUqEw2sWXzysoB0g--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon ap/20080509/lebanon AP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:45:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.ac9891b45a1249579ec3e558de969e71.aptopix_mideast_lebanon_clashes_bei138.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=8YvCXb.mLQ6vomxglEObBw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.ac9891b45a1249579ec3e558de969e71.aptopix_mideast_lebanon_clashes_bei138.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=8YvCXb.mLQ6vomxglEObBw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians ap/20080509/israel_palestinians AP Fri, 09 May 2008 22:27:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080509/i/r3797293458.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=eukE4HzHOky81W0Lkvz9yg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080509/i/r3797293458.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=eukE4HzHOky81W0Lkvz9yg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_as/sri_lanka_civil_war ap/20080510/sri_lanka_civil_war AP Sat, 10 May 2008 01:34:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_as/sri_lanka_civil_war"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.14ec1947a8ee46aeaf56cd05e0b55500.sri_lanka_election_xga103.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=LQ2GjyC7UsQxsnc_yAhokg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Arumugam Jagan, left, an opposition candidate in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province elections, walks outside his house in Petalai, about 180 kilometers (113 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Jagan can barely campaign with threats from the TamilEela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) members, former rebels allied with the government, he said. The government has hailed the provincial election as a crucial step toward restoring democracy to the east but opposition candidates and election observers say the ruling party is using every means at their disposal, government resources as well as intimidation by gunmen, to ensure a victory. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)" border="0" /></a>AP - Separatist rebels destroyed a navy cargo ship Saturday just hours after a bombing blamed on the group killed 11 people in eastern Sri Lanka — violence that casted a cloud over pivotal provincial elections scheduled for later in the day.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_as/sri_lanka_civil_war"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.14ec1947a8ee46aeaf56cd05e0b55500.sri_lanka_election_xga103.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=LQ2GjyC7UsQxsnc_yAhokg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Arumugam Jagan, left, an opposition candidate in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province elections, walks outside his house in Petalai, about 180 kilometers (113 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Jagan can barely campaign with threats from the TamilEela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) members, former rebels allied with the government, he said. The government has hailed the provincial election as a crucial step toward restoring democracy to the east but opposition candidates and election observers say the ruling party is using every means at their disposal, government resources as well as intimidation by gunmen, to ensure a victory. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_devastated_families ap/20080509/myanmar_devastated_families AP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:53:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_devastated_families"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.0b0957b8d6c1495aa1f4111486bcc1bd.aptopix_myanmar_cyclone_xmyn109.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=X1eLC7.wb9jiObNCEn.aLg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="A Myanmar resident carries rice while walking past houses damaged by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay, Myanmar, Friday May 9, 2008. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_devastated_families"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.0b0957b8d6c1495aa1f4111486bcc1bd.aptopix_myanmar_cyclone_xmyn109.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=X1eLC7.wb9jiObNCEn.aLg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Myanmar resident carries rice while walking past houses damaged by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay, Myanmar, Friday May 9, 2008. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080510/wl_uk_afp/fblengpr afp/20080510/fblengpr AFP Sat, 10 May 2008 00:26:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080510/wl_uk_afp/fblengpr"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080510/capt.cps.ndc97.090508055647.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=QareufTgsPzY_WthBIK5nQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Manchester United's Wayne Rooney lies on the pitch injured against a match with Blackburn Rovers(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Wayne Rooney is set to hand Manchester United a massive boost by declaring himself fit to take part in this weekend's dramatic finale to an exhilarating Premier League title battle.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080510/wl_uk_afp/fblengpr"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080510/capt.cps.ndc97.090508055647.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=QareufTgsPzY_WthBIK5nQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Manchester United's Wayne Rooney lies on the pitch injured against a match with Blackburn Rovers(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_deaths ap/20080509/iraq_us_deaths AP Fri, 09 May 2008 23:23:22 GMT 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_police_killed ap/20080510/mexico_police_killed AP Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_police_killed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.ef256bc593d54633ad5df70e9e7ed6c9.aptopix_mexico_police_killed_mxgb103.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=S5tqBPDt2Z1KsiURdvJXBg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A Mexican Federal Police officer pauses during a ceremony to honor officers recently killed in Mexico City, Friday, May 9, 2008. Three officers, including Mexico's acting federal police chief, have been killed this week as drug traffickers increasingly lash back at a nationwide crackdown on organized crime.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Felipe Calderon said Friday the killing of an acting federal police chief was an attempt by weakened gangs to counter his fight against drug trafficking.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_police_killed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.ef256bc593d54633ad5df70e9e7ed6c9.aptopix_mexico_police_killed_mxgb103.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=S5tqBPDt2Z1KsiURdvJXBg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Mexican Federal Police officer pauses during a ceremony to honor officers recently killed in Mexico City, Friday, May 9, 2008. Three officers, including Mexico's acting federal police chief, have been killed this week as drug traffickers increasingly lash back at a nationwide crackdown on organized crime.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/wl_nm/zimbabwe_election_dc nm/20080509/zimbabwe_election_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 22:17:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/wl_nm/zimbabwe_election_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t045333_450x300_us_zimbabwe_election.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9_2BhVaJ2y_G0oKNek5J5w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/wl_nm/zimbabwe_election_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t045333_450x300_us_zimbabwe_election.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9_2BhVaJ2y_G0oKNek5J5w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_referendum ap/20080510/myanmar_referendum AP Sat, 10 May 2008 01:30:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_referendum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080507/capt.bed71092b38d423f95652a528e2bd541.myanmar_cyclone_referendum_ny120.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=GOZWfeMK4gHwN0dp9JuPHw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This undated handout photo released wednesday, May 7, 2008, by New Words shows a slogan written on a road over a bridge in Myanmar encouraging a no vote against a key referendum on a proposed constitution backed by the junta. State radio has said that Saturday's vote would be delayed until May 24 in 40 of 45 townships in the Yangon area and seven in the Irrawaddy delta. But it indicated the balloting would proceed in other areas as scheduled. (AP Photo/ via New Words)" border="0" /></a>AP - Voting began Saturday across most parts of this cyclone-ravaged nation on a referendum for a controversial constitution, but balloting was delayed for two weeks in the hardest hit areas, including the capital.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_referendum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080507/capt.bed71092b38d423f95652a528e2bd541.myanmar_cyclone_referendum_ny120.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=GOZWfeMK4gHwN0dp9JuPHw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="This undated handout photo released wednesday, May 7, 2008, by New Words shows a slogan written on a road over a bridge in Myanmar encouraging a no vote against a key referendum on a proposed constitution backed by the junta. State radio has said that Saturday's vote would be delayed until May 24 in 40 of 45 townships in the Yangon area and seven in the Irrawaddy delta. But it indicated the balloting would proceed in other areas as scheduled. (AP Photo/ via New Words)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_sthasia_afp/australiaafghanistanunrestmilitary afp/20080509/australiaafghanistanunrestmilitary AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 09:08:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_sthasia_afp/australiaafghanistanunrestmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncy23.090508110744.photo00.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=9E1IVPNS9CdOBmEnRM07rQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Australian soldiers escorting the coffin of Lance Corporal Jason Marks who was serving with the Special Operations Task Group when he was killed in action in Oruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan in April 2008. The Australian military Friday said it was investigating allegations that its troops mistreated suspected insurgents in Afghanistan, shortly after Marks was killed there.(AFP/HO/File/Neil Ruskin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Australian military Friday said it was investigating allegations that its troops mistreated suspected insurgents in Afghanistan, shortly after a special forces soldier was killed there.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_sthasia_afp/australiaafghanistanunrestmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncy23.090508110744.photo00.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=9E1IVPNS9CdOBmEnRM07rQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Australian soldiers escorting the coffin of Lance Corporal Jason Marks who was serving with the Special Operations Task Group when he was killed in action in Oruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan in April 2008. The Australian military Friday said it was investigating allegations that its troops mistreated suspected insurgents in Afghanistan, shortly after Marks was killed there.(AFP/HO/File/Neil Ruskin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)