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Myanmar says cyclone death toll 15,000 and set to rise 5 May 08, 23:27 ET Reuters - At least 15,000 people were killed in the Myanmar cyclone and the toll was likely to rise as officials made contact with the worst-hit areas, the military government's foreign minister said on Tuesday. more Document: Fugitive US financier Robert Vesco died 5 May 08, 20:35 ET AP - Robert Vesco, the American fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to the families of U.S. presidents, died in Cuba and was buried almost six months ago, according to an official document. more US to return Argentine dinosaur eggs 5 May 08, 19:57 ET AP - A senior U.S. Homeland Security official is in Argentina to discuss money laundering, human trafficking - and dinosaur eggs. more Austrian incest dad planned dungeon years in advance: police 5 May 08, 19:02 ET AFP - The Austrian father who imprisoned and repeatedly raped his daughter over a 24-year period planned the improvised dungeon six years before taking her hostage, police said Monday. more Carbon Trading Blasted by Indigenous Groups 5 May 08, 18:53 ET OneWorld.net - UNITED NATIONS, May 5 (OneWorld) - The United Nations is facing scathing criticism from the world's indigenous communities for its attempts to promote carbon trading as a tool to address climate change concerns. more 2 more U.S. soldiers' deaths in Iraq raise doubts about MRAP vehicle 5 May 08, 18:18 ET McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON— The deaths of two U.S. soldiers in western Baghdad last week have sparked concerns that Iraqi insurgents have developed a new weapon capable of striking what the U.S. military considers its most explosive-resistant vehicle. more Diaries show Saddam feared getting AIDS in prison 5 May 08, 18:09 ET AP - Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his prison writings. more Freed Sudanese cameraman calls Gitmo history's worst jail 5 May 08, 18:04 ET AP - An Al-Jazeera cameraman released from the U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay detention center last week described it Monday as the worst prison mankind has ever seen. more Erupting volcano prompts new evacuation in Chile 5 May 08, 17:19 ET Reuters - Chile prepared to evacuate another town in its remote Patagonian south on Monday, as ash spewed from a snowcapped volcano for a fourth day after its first eruption in thousands of years. more Egypt raises taxes, fuel prices after government wage hike 5 May 08, 17:16 ET AP - Egypt's parliament endorsed Monday a government bill to raise taxes and fuel prices less than a week after President Hosni Mubarak announced a 30 percent salary increase for all government employees. more Lebanon looking into alleged Hezbollah cameras at airport 5 May 08, 17:01 ET AP - Lebanon began an investigation Monday into allegations that the militant Hezbollah group set up surveillance cameras near the Beirut airport to monitor the comings and goings of anti-Syria Lebanese politicians and foreign dignitaries. more Tanzania summit to draw African and African-American leaders 5 May 08, 16:51 ET AP - More than a thousand prominent African-American leaders, executives, entertainers and activists will head to Tanzania for a summit with their African counterparts to help raise living standards on the world's poorest continent. more Attacks on Mexican ranchers kill 17 5 May 08, 16:43 ET AP - A prominent cattle rancher hid Monday from gunmen who killed two of his sons and kidnapped his daughter in weekend attacks that left 17 people dead in southern Mexico, relatives and authorities said. more Iran rejects nuclear inspections unless Israel allows them 5 May 08, 16:22 ET AP - An Iranian envoy said Monday his government will not submit to extensive nuclear inspections while Israel stays outside the global treaty to curb the spread of atomic weapons. more Chinese vice premier due in Costa Rica 5 May 08, 16:20 ET AFP - Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu is scheduled to arrive in Costa Rica Tuesday for a three-day visit that includes a meeting with President Oscar Arias, who broke ties with Taiwan to recognize China last year, Arias' office said. more Israel's premier pledges fewer restrictions on Palestinians 5 May 08, 15:17 ET AP - Israel's prime minister told the Palestinian president Monday that he understands the Palestinians need to see their lives improve if peacemaking is to succeed and pledged to take tangible steps, their aides said. more Duck deaths won't go unpunished: Canada minister 5 May 08, 14:44 ET Reuters - A top Canadian official sought to calm an international uproar over hundreds of ducks killed at Canada's biggest oil sands plant by promising, at a U.S. oil industry event on Monday, that the incident will not go unpunished. more Myanmar says more than 10,000 killed in cyclone 5 May 08, 14:26 ET AFP - Myanmar said Monday more than 10,000 people died in the cyclone that battered the impoverished nation, whose secretive military rulers made a rare appeal for international help to cope with the tragedy. more UN and NGOs rush to ready aid for Myanmar cyclone victims 5 May 08, 14:17 ET AP - U.N. agencies and independent humanitarian groups rushed Monday to prepare assistance for victims of a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, while awaiting a formal go-ahead from the military regime in the Southeast Asian nation. more Ten Iraqi soldiers slain in checkpoint attack 5 May 08, 13:56 ET Reuters - Suspected al Qaeda militants killed 10 Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in Iraq's restive Diyala province north of Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said. more Sudan bombs Darfur school and market, 13 killed 5 May 08, 13:51 ET Reuters - Sudanese government bombs have hit a primary school and a busy market place in Darfur, killing at least 13 people, including seven children, two aid organizations said on Monday. more Israeli president likens Iranian nuclear threat to Hitler 5 May 08, 13:25 ET AP - In sweeping comments Monday before Israel's 60th anniversary, Israeli President Shimon Peres compared the Iranian nuclear threat to Hitler's Germany and said engaging Gaza's Hamas rulers would be like talking to a wall. more Three dead babies found in freezer in Germany 5 May 08, 12:54 ET Reuters - A 44-year-old woman has been taken into custody in Germany on suspicion of killing three of her babies and storing their corpses in the family freezer for up to two decades, authorities said on Monday. more Experts say Red Square parade masks weakened Russia military 5 May 08, 12:22 ET AP - For the first time in post-Soviet Russia, tanks and nuclear missile launchers are to rumble across Red Square on Friday, in a seemingly fearsome parade of military might. more Myanmar cyclone death toll tops 10,000: foreign minister 5 May 08, 11:27 ET AFP - More than 10,000 people have been killed in a tropical cyclone that struck Myanmar at the weekend, Foreign Minister Nyan Win told state television, adding that his nation would welcome international aid. more Indian politicians blast Bush over comments on food prices 5 May 08, 11:14 ET AP - Indian politicians have lambasted President Bush for saying the South Asian country's increasing prosperity is partly to blame for the rising price of food around the world. more Beijing latest victim of China virus outbreak: state media 5 May 08, 10:44 ET AFP - A deadly viral outbreak that preys on children has appeared in Olympic host city Beijing, and the number of infections in China has grown to more than 9,000, state media reported Monday. more US: Hezbollah training Iraqi Shiite extremists in Iran 5 May 08, 10:14 ET AP - Iraqi Shiite extremists are being trained by members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in camps near Tehran, a U.S. military spokesman said Monday. more Witnesses: Soldiers kill 2 in Somalia riot over food prices 5 May 08, 09:17 ET AP - Troops opened fire and killed at least two people as tens of thousands of people rioted over high food prices in Somalia's capital Monday. more Austrian police: Suspect's dungeon plans date back to 1978 5 May 08, 09:12 ET AP - Police say the Austrian man accused of holding his daughter captive for 24 years planned to build his secret cell as early as 1978, when she was just 12 years old. more Police find 3 dead infants in Germany, arrest mother 5 May 08, 09:04 ET AP - German police arrested the mother of three infants whose bodies were found stuffed into a basement freezer, a prosecutor's spokesman said Monday. more Three dead babies found in freezer in Germany: prosecutor 5 May 08, 08:51 ET AFP - In the latest case to shock Germany, authorities said on Monday they have discovered three dead babies in a freezer and arrested the woman believed to be the childrens' mother. more Iran suspends talks with US on security in Iraq 5 May 08, 07:37 ET AP - Iran said Monday it would not hold a new round of talks with the U.S. on security in Iraq until American forces end their current assault against Shiite militias. more Iran rules out nuclear halt despite fresh incentives 5 May 08, 07:15 ET Reuters - Iran said on Monday it would not consider any incentives offered by world powers that violated its right to nuclear technology, ruling out a precondition to halt atomic work the West believes is aimed at making bombs. more Chinese orchestra to play for Pope, suggesting warmer ties 5 May 08, 06:08 ET AP - The China Philharmonic Orchestra plans to perform this week for Pope Benedict XVI, state media reported Monday, the latest indication that the often-strained ties between Beijing and the Vatican are improving. more Australian doctor proposes paying $47,000 for a kidney 5 May 08, 05:36 ET AP - An Australian doctor proposed Monday that the government pay up to $47,000 for kidney donations to overcome a chronic shortage. more Motorcade carrying Iraq's first lady bombed; wife unharmed 5 May 08, 05:14 ET AP - Iraq's first lady escaped unharmed Sunday from a bomb attack in downtown Baghdad that struck her motorcade, injuring four body guards. more 15 dead after boat sinks in Brazil's Amazon region 5 May 08, 05:09 ET AP - A boat ferrying at least 80 people home from a party sank in Brazil's Amazon region, killing at least 15 and leaving dozens missing, according to rescue officials and Brazil's government. more Mogadishu rocked by food demonstrations 5 May 08, 04:49 ET Reuters - Thousands of Somalis protested in Mogadishu's streets on Monday, angry at food traders refusing to take old currency notes that have been blamed for spiraling inflation, witnesses said. more Rice pushes for peace progress; Israel denies hidden agenda 5 May 08, 03:38 ET AP - Facing mounting Palestinian frustration at the pace of peace talks, the United States leaned on Israel on Sunday to lift restrictions that chafe West Bank residents and stifle an already limping economy. more Bolivian vote challenges president's populist agenda 5 May 08, 03:23 ET AP - President Evo Morales faced an invigorated state autonomy movement that could cripple his populist agenda after a vote by Bolivia's largest and richest state for greater freedom from his central government. more Cyclone kills hundreds in Myanmar; junta response a concern 5 May 08, 03:04 ET AP - A powerful cyclone killed more than 350 people and destroyed thousands of homes, state-run media said Sunday. Some dissident groups worried that the military junta running Myanmar would be reluctant to ask for international help. more Christians welcome Australian backdown on gay civil unions 5 May 08, 02:49 ET AFP - Australian Christian groups Monday welcomed a decision by a local territory government to abandon its plans to legalise same-sex civil unions after intervention from Canberra. more WHO: deadly child virus in China not a threat to Olympics 5 May 08, 02:23 ET AP - A highly infectious virus that has killed 25 children in China is unlikely to be a threat to the Beijing Olympics, although it is too early to tell whether it has peaked, the World Health Organization said Sunday. more Shanghai bus explosion kills 3, injures 12 5 May 08, 01:36 ET AP - A rush-hour fire and explosion on a Shanghai bus Monday killed three people and injured at least 12, local police and state media reports said. more US-backed plan sees shiny future for Green Zone in Iraq 5 May 08, 00:49 ET AP - Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center and even condos in the heart of Baghdad. more

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