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Former colonel gets 54-year term for massacre in Colombia 7 May 08, 23:21 ET AP - A judge on Wednesday gave a 54-year prison term to a cashiered army lieutenant colonel who was convicted of ordering the massacre of 10 elite anti-drug police in an ambush on a lonely country road. more Japanese and Chinese leaders pledge warmer ties 7 May 08, 23:15 ET AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao, on a fence-mending visit to Japan, had breakfast with former Japanese prime ministers Thursday, but in a sign that not all bygones are forgotten one very important name was dropped from the guest list - Junichiro Koizumi. more US: Former Gitmo prisoner carries out recent attack in Iraq 7 May 08, 22:50 ET AP - A Kuwaiti freed from Guantanamo Bay carried out a suicide car bombing recently in Iraq, the U.S. military said Wednesday, confirming what is believed to be the first such attack by a former detainee at the U.S. military detention center in Cuba. more Estimated 80,000 cyclone dead in one Myanmar district: official 7 May 08, 22:50 ET AFP - An estimated 80,000 people have died in the remote Myanmar district of Labutta since a powerful cyclone struck last weekend, a local military official told AFP on Thursday. more Emotions high as Olympic torch scales Everest 7 May 08, 22:40 ET Reuters - The Olympic flame reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday, an emotional moment for China and the crowning of the Beijing Olympics torch relay that was dogged by anti-Chinese protests on its world tour. more Strong earthquakes hit Japan 7 May 08, 22:25 ET AFP - A series of strong earthquakes including one with a magnitude of 6.7 hit the Tokyo area early Thursday, briefly cutting off power to more than 4,000 homes and causing light injuries, officials said. more Olympic torch lit on top of Everest 7 May 08, 21:41 ET AP - An Olympic flame reached the top of the world Thursday. more 2 Japanese women freed after being kidnapped in Yemen 7 May 08, 19:50 ET AP - Two female Japanese tourists kidnapped in Yemen's Marib province Wednesday were freed after tribal mediation, a Yemeni security official said. more Hezbollah piles pressure on Lebanese government 7 May 08, 18:44 ET Reuters - Iranian-backed Hezbollah tightened its grip around Beirut airport on Thursday, the second day of a protest campaign against Lebanon's U.S.-backed government that has sparked gun battles in the city. more Jordan queen urges Arab oil states to spend on social causes 7 May 08, 18:39 ET AP - The huge national investment funds that Arab countries have created from their oil profits should be directed at building social equality and protecting the environment, Jordan's Queen Rania said Wednesday. more Amy Winehouse arrested over alleged drugs offences: police 7 May 08, 18:29 ET AFP - Troubled British soul singer Amy Winehouse was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possessing drugs, police and her spokesman said, after footage appeared of her apparently smoking crack cocaine. more Israel's Arab minority ambivalent about Independence Day 7 May 08, 18:07 ET AP - The highway leading to this Arab town in central Israel was lined with blue-and-white Israeli flags Wednesday to mark the country's 60th Independence Day. But no banners fluttered in Kufr Qassem itself. more Cyclone survivors: journey from horror to misery in Myanmar 7 May 08, 17:04 ET AP - Some survivors arrived half-naked, others wore clothes they scavenged from the dead. more Canada facing Kyoto probe over greenhouse gases 7 May 08, 16:27 ET Reuters - Canada will be investigated on suspicion of violating rules for registering greenhouse gases that are the mainstay of a U.N.-led fight against global warming, official documents show. more Earthquake 100 miles away wakes up residents of Tokyo 7 May 08, 16:11 ET AP - A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan early Thursday, the national Meteorological Agency said, waking up people 100 miles away in Tokyo. more Ontario premier to travel to Italy to woo Fiat 7 May 08, 15:53 ET Reuters - Dalton McGuinty, the premier of Ontario, will make a trip to Italy on May 21 to pitch auto giant Fiat SpA on setting up shop in the Canadian province, his office confirmed on Wednesday. more Iran says April mosque blast a bombing, suspects held 7 May 08, 15:51 ET AFP - Iran said on Wednesday that a blast in a mosque that killed 13 people in the southern city of Shiraz last month was indeed a bombing and that suspects believed to have links with the country's Western foes had been arrested. more Lebanon anti-government protests turn violent 7 May 08, 15:44 ET AFP - A strike over wage demands degenerated into violence in the Lebanese capital on Wednesday as anti-government protesters clashed with ruling coalition supporters, sparking fears of civil unrest. more Strong earthquake rocks Tokyo region 7 May 08, 15:21 ET AFP - A series of strong earthquakes including one with a magnitude of 6.7 hit the Tokyo area early Thursday, cutting off power to more than 2,000 homes and causing light injuries, officials and reports said. more Sister of Guatemalan lawmaker arrested in adoptions case 7 May 08, 14:13 ET AP - Authorities say a Guatemalan congressman's sister has been charged with human trafficking after police found nine children in her home awaiting illegal adoption. more Israel at 60: Proud but facing an uncertain future 7 May 08, 14:00 ET AP - A Jewish astronaut greets Israel from space. Revelers try to set a record for the most people singing a national anthem. To celebrate turning 60, Israel is staging fireworks, air force flyovers and a birthday bash for anyone born on the day the Jewish state was founded. more Congo factions still recruiting child fighters: U.N. 7 May 08, 13:48 ET Reuters - Armed groups in Congo's violence-torn east have ignored pledges made this year to stop recruiting children to fight and to free minors already in their ranks, the United Nations said on Wednesday. more Pope reaches out to China at unprecedented concert 7 May 08, 13:18 ET Reuters - Pope Benedict reached out to communist China on Wednesday at an unprecedented concert by its national orchestra in the Vatican that the Church hopes can help end decades of icy relations with Beijing. more Canadians hoarding cash, not investing: study 7 May 08, 13:12 ET AFP - Nervous Canadians are sitting on a record 45 billion dollars in cash instead of investing it, fearing volatility in stock markets, a Canadian bank said Wednesday. more Iran clerics rebuke Ahmadinejad over 'hidden imam' 7 May 08, 13:08 ET AFP - Iranian clerics have told President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to stick to more worldly issues after he said the "hidden imam" of Shiite Islam was directing the country's affairs. more US: Ex-Guantanamo prisoner carried out Iraq suicide attack 7 May 08, 12:55 ET AP - The U.S. military is confirming that a former Guantanamo detainee from Kuwait carried out a recent suicide attack in northern Iraq. more Incest father says 'I'm no monster' 7 May 08, 12:49 ET AFP - An Austrian accused of keeping his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years insisted Wednesday he is "no monster", as residents of his town staged a rally in support of the victims. more Olympic torch enjoying a smooth relay in China 7 May 08, 12:08 ET AP - Paramilitary police donned Hawaiian shirts and pink buses shuttled in more cops in camouflage. Security was heavy but officers were markedly relaxed as jubilant crowds, apparently free of protesters, helped kick off the Olympic torch's tour of China. more Myanmar survivors emerge desperate for help 7 May 08, 11:57 ET AFP - Thousands of shell-shocked survivors of the Myanmar cyclone emerged Wednesday, desperate for food and water after trekking for days through flood waters littered with the bodies of the dead. more Cyclone Nargis -- Urdu for "daffodil" 7 May 08, 10:40 ET Reuters - Cyclone Nargis, the tropical cyclone that tore into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta killing at least 22,000 people and leaving a million people homeless, takes its name from the word for "daffodil" in Urdu. more Clashes erupt in Lebanon as Hezbollah stages labor strike 7 May 08, 09:58 ET AP - Hezbollah opposition supporters and government backers exchanged gunfire and threw stones Wednesday as a strike by the Shiite militant group paralyzed large parts of Beirut. more Austrian minister says officials "gullible" on Fritzl 7 May 08, 09:44 ET Reuters - Austria's justice minister said local authorities were gullible in their dealings with Josef Fritzl, who has admitted imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children. more Sirens wailing, Israel comes to a halt to mark Memorial Day 7 May 08, 08:48 ET AP - Sirens wailed across Israel Wednesday, bringing the nation to a standstill in a solemn two-minute ritual on the country's Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of Palestinian suicide bombings and other attacks. more China urges authorities to step up education of deadly disease 7 May 08, 07:44 ET AFP - China on Wednesday urged local health authorities to step up public education of a highly contagious disease that has led to the deaths of 28 children. more Medvedev takes Russian presidency from his mentor Putin 7 May 08, 07:22 ET AP - Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia's president on Wednesday, pledging to bolster the country's economic development and civil rights, in what may signal a departure from his predecessor's heavy-handed tactics. more China warns Dalai Lama not to obstruct Beijing Games 7 May 08, 06:34 ET AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao vowed on Wednesday to continue a recently begun dialogue with the Dalai Lama, though he offered veiled accusations the Tibetan spiritual leader is causing more problems than he is solving. more Pro-Hezbollah protesters paralyze Beirut 7 May 08, 06:17 ET Reuters - Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah blocked main roads in Beirut with burning barricades on Wednesday, paralyzing the capital and deepening the pro-Iranian group's conflict with the U.S.-backed government. more Cyclone could cause long-term food shortages in Myanmar 7 May 08, 05:54 ET AP - Cyclone Nargis has devastated Myanmar's agriculture heartland, known as its rice bowl, experts said Wednesday, and could result in long-term food shortages for the impoverished country. more Chinese editor in limbo over Tibet piece 7 May 08, 05:43 ET AP - An editor's career at a popular magazine in southern China appeared to be in limbo Wednesday after he wrote an opinion article that challenged the government on the prickly issues of censorship and Tibet. more Colombia extradites paramilitary warlord to US 7 May 08, 04:26 ET AP - Colombia extradited one of the country's most feared paramilitary warlords to the United States early Wednesday to face drug trafficking charges, the government said. more Will Burma (Myanmar) let world in for aid? 7 May 08, 04:00 ET The Christian Science Monitor - The military government in Burma (Myanmar) is receiving an outpouring of emergency aid offers from the international community, as the death toll from Saturday's cyclone continues to soar. more India tests ballistic missile capable of reaching China 7 May 08, 03:49 ET AFP - India successfully tested a nuclear-capable missile Wednesday that can hit targets deep inside China, joining the ranks of nations possessing intermediate-range missile capacity, the defence ministry said. more Australia's koalas threatened by global warming: study 7 May 08, 02:52 ET AFP - Australia's koalas are threatened by global warming because higher temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could cripple their food supply, new research showed Wednesday. more Japan, China leaders pledge warmer ties 7 May 08, 02:16 ET AP - The leaders of Japan and China called for a new era in relations at a summit Wednesday, pledging to hold annual meetings, resolve an angry dispute over maritime gas deposits and not allow their bitter history to divide them. more First international aid reaches Myanmar after cyclone 7 May 08, 02:15 ET AP - International aid began to trickle into Myanmar on Tuesday, but the stricken Irrawaddy delta, the nation's rice bowl where 22,000 people perished and twice as many are missing, remained cut off from the world. more New disease outbreaks in China; 15K children infected 7 May 08, 01:02 ET AP - New outbreaks in China reported Wednesday put the number of children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease above 15,000 and the death toll has risen to at least 28 across the country. more Anti-government protesters block roads in Beirut 7 May 08, 00:38 ET Reuters - Demonstrators blocked several roads in and around Beirut with burning tires on Wednesday as part of an anti-government protest backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition, witnesses said. more

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