World News
- Myanmar seizes UN aid supplies, 'not ready' to let in US
- YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's military leaders seized aid shipments headed for cyclone survivors and told the top U.S. diplomat there Friday that they're not ready to let in American aid workers despite warnings the country is on the verge of a medical catastrophe....
- Hezbollah gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods
- BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized control of key parts of Beirut from Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-backed government Friday, a dramatic show-of-force certain to strengthen the Iranian-allied group's hand as it fights for dominance in Lebanon's political deadlock....
- Man loses 28 relatives in Myanmar village hit by cyclone
- BOGALAY, Myanmar (AP) -- The 68-year-old fisherman tries to explain how a cyclone swept away the rest of his family, but he can utter only a few simple words before he is overcome by tears and trauma....
- Train quarantined in Ontario with mystery illness
- TORONTO (AP) -- Canadian authorities quarantined a train in northern Ontario Friday after a woman died and several other people came down with an undetermined illness....
- Election in Serbia may cripple hunt for Gen. Ratko Mladic
- BELGRADE, Serbia (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."...
- Rocket hits BBC bureau in Baghdad
- BAGHDAD (AP) -- Shiite militants launched rockets toward the fortified Green Zone on Friday, taking advantage of a sandstorm that gave cover from attacks by U.S. aircraft. Some rockets fell short, including one that damaged the British Broadcasting Corp. bureau....
- UN to resume food aid flights to Myanmar
- GENEVA (AP) -- The United Nations says it will resume food aid flights to Myanmar on Saturday....
- Russia puts tanks and missiles back in Red Square parade
- MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia showcased its military might and youthful new president to the world Friday, as heavy tanks and missile launchers rumbled across Red Square in a Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era....
- Opponents: Israeli PM should resign over allegations
- JERUSALEM (AP) -- Ehud Olmert's political opponents demanded his resignation Friday, saying new allegations that the Israeli prime minister illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen render him unfit for the country's top job....
- Judge extends custody of Austrian accused in dungeon case
- VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- An Austrian judge has ruled that a man accused of keeping his daughter captive in a dungeon for 24 years should remain in custody....
