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Sri Lanka holds vote in liberated east 9 May 08, 23:44 ET AP - Eastern Sri Lanka residents voted Saturday in their first major election, less than a year after the separatist rebels lost control of the region. The poll was hailed as a democratic milestone but marred by a rebel attacks, one that left 11 people dead. more Mexico's president says "enough" to drug hitmen 9 May 08, 23:20 ET Reuters - Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Friday the country was sick and tired of rampant drug violence after five high-ranking policemen were killed in less than a week. more Pakistan frees ethnic leader in bid to bring peace 9 May 08, 23:19 ET AP - Pakistan's new government freed a prominent ethnic Baluch leader Friday as it tries to forge reconciliation in the restive southwest of the country. more Dominica rejects legislating intermarriage to save tribe 9 May 08, 23:12 ET AP - The leader of the last remaining pre-Columbian tribe in the eastern Caribbean says outlawing marriage to outsiders can save Dominica's dwindling indigenous population, but legislators are balking at deciding who can marry whom. more Deadly cyclone overshadows Myanmar's vote on constitution 9 May 08, 23:07 ET AP - Voting began this city near Yangon and other parts of cyclone-ravaged Mayanmar Saturday on a referendum for a controversial constitution - but the balloting was delayed for two weeks in the hardest hit areas, including the capital. more Israel will not tolerate nuclear Iran: Olmert 9 May 08, 22:24 ET AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterated his warning that the Jewish state will not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran, but expressed hope the international community would be successful in checking Tehran's nuclear ambitions. more Aid is on the way to devastated Myanmar but so is heavy rain 9 May 08, 21:21 ET 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. more Wrecked Myanmar leaves India aid pilot speechless 9 May 08, 21:17 ET Reuters - Miles of trees stripped of their leaves, heaps of rubble, twisted electricity poles and swarms of hungry people -- the first sights to greet Indian pilot Prashant Karde as he flew in aid for storm-wrecked Myanmar this week. more Mexico blames gangs for killing top cop 9 May 08, 20:40 ET 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. more Haiti's PM nominee sees no quick fixes 9 May 08, 20:18 ET AP - An international banker nominated to be Haiti's next prime minister said Friday that Haiti must concentrate on long-term strategies to help the millions pushed deeper into misery by higher food prices. more Cuban Central Bank wants stronger peso 9 May 08, 19:14 ET AP - Cuba's Central Bank is urging the government to gradually unify the island's two parallel currencies and cut back on "indiscriminate" subsidies, according to an internal report obtained by The Associated Press on Friday. more In big concession, militia agrees to let Iraqi troops into Sadr City 9 May 08, 18:45 ET McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— Followers of rebel cleric Muqtada al Sadr agreed late Friday to allow Iraqi security forces to enter all of Baghdad's Sadr City and to arrest anyone found with heavy weapons in a surprising capitulation that seemed likely to be hailed as a major victory for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki. more Attack from Gaza kills 1, Israeli retaliation kills 5 9 May 08, 18:27 ET 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. more Files show ties of Venezuela-Colombia rebels: U.S. 9 May 08, 17:28 ET Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's ties to Colombian rebels are deeper than previously thought, U.S. officials said on Friday, following an analysis of files on a dead guerrilla leader's laptops. more U.S. soldier fulfills his mission of getting Iraqi girl new legs 9 May 08, 17:24 ET McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— Staff Sgt. Luis Falcon, 38, was patrolling the streets of Baqouba, north of Baghdad, when he saw Shahad Abbas. The 11-year-old girl was in a large decrepit wheelchair, and the stumps of her legs where her calves should have been were crusted with dried blood. more Canadian WW1 vet to become a Canadian citizen 9 May 08, 16:58 ET Reuters - Canada's last known surviving veteran of World War One is becoming a Canadian citizen, the government said on Friday. more Some of the world's deadliest disasters 9 May 08, 16:18 ET AP - A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years: more Mbeki faces Mugabe for Zimbabwe crisis talks 9 May 08, 15:35 ET AFP - South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday held intensive talks with veteran counterpart Robert Mugabe over Zimbabwe's post-election crisis as doctors reported a dramatic rise in violence. more EU condemns Iran leader's 'unacceptable' anti-Israel remarks 9 May 08, 15:05 ET AFP - The EU presidency on Friday condemned "in the strongest possible terms" anti-Israeli remarks made by Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called the state of Israel "a stinking corpse". more Spanish reporter shot by foreign soldiers in Haiti 9 May 08, 14:51 ET Reuters - Spanish journalist Ricardo Ortega was shot dead by foreign soldiers in Haiti in 2004, according to a court order from the Caribbean country, the contents of which were made public by Ortega's family on Friday. more Relief falls far short in Myanmar, aid organizers say 9 May 08, 14:48 ET AP - No helicopters. Almost no boats. Floods and fallen trees on the roads. more Brazilians are the greenest 9 May 08, 14:26 ET McClatchy Newspapers - When I take a cab in Rio de Janeiro, chances areit runs on sugar-cane ethanol, the cleanest, most efficient mass-producedbiofuel in the world. more Train quarantined in Ontario with mystery illness 9 May 08, 14:16 ET AP - Canadian authorities quarantined a train in northern Ontario Friday after a woman died and several other people came down with an undetermined illness. more EU foreign ministers to fly to Georgia to cool Russia crisis: officials 9 May 08, 13:45 ET AFP - Five European Union foreign ministers will travel to Georgia next week to try to help to cool tensions with Russia over the separatist region of Abkhazia, Slovenia said Friday. more As epidemic hits China, a pediatrician emerges as a heroine 9 May 08, 13:41 ET McClatchy Newspapers - FUYANG, China— It's rare that a physician would single-handedly play a crucial role in resolving two big health crises in China, saving untold scores of children's lives. But that's precisely the case with Dr. Liu Xiaolin. more Canadian train in quarantine after death, illness 9 May 08, 13:33 ET Reuters - One person died and several others were taken to hospital after a mystery illness hit passengers on a Canadian long-distance train, local media said on Friday. more Election in Serbia may cripple hunt for Gen. Ratko Mladic 9 May 08, 12:45 ET 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." more Man loses 28 relatives in Myanmar village hit by cyclone 9 May 08, 12:06 ET 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. more Pope recalls Armenian 'martyrdom,' avoiding 'genocide' term 9 May 08, 11:54 ET AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Friday recalled the "martyrdom" of the Armenian Apostolic Church during a visit by its leader Karekin II, avoiding the word "genocide" pronounced several times by his predecessor John Paul II. more Canadian shoppers see some gains as C$ holds firm 9 May 08, 11:18 ET Reuters - Canadian shoppers still pay more for many retail goods than U.S. shoppers do, but the wide price gap has narrowed considerably since the Canadian dollar rose to match the U.S. one last year. more Evangelist Franklin Graham visits China ahead of Olympics 9 May 08, 09:09 ET AP - The son of American evangelist Billy Graham said Friday he is opposed to missionary work at this summer's Beijing Olympic Games. more Dramatic rise in Zimbabwe violence, torture: doctors 9 May 08, 08:58 ET AFP - Levels of organised violence and torture have escalated dramatically in the last fortnight in Zimbabwe amid mounting tensions over the country's disputed elections, a coalition of doctors said on Friday. more US treasure hunters dispute ocean haul with Spain 9 May 08, 08:12 ET AFP - US treasure hunters have denied allegations that 17 tons of silver and gold hauled from the Atlantic came from a Spanish galleon sunk by British warships in 1804. more Judge extends custody of Austrian accused in dungeon case 9 May 08, 07:24 ET 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. more Observers say Myanmar has history of xenophobia 9 May 08, 07:22 ET AP - In the eyes of Myanmar's military rulers, everyone is a potential enemy. Even foreign aid workers. more Tanks back in Red Square for Russia victory parade 9 May 08, 07:20 ET Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Friday against "irresponsible ambitions" that lead to war as tanks and missile launchers rumbled over Red Square in a show of Russian fire-power not seen since the fall of the Soviet Union. more U.S. military says man held is not Iraq al Qaeda leader 9 May 08, 06:36 ET Reuters - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq is still being hunted, the U.S. military said on Friday, after Iraqi officials declared Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been caught in what is the latest episode of false claims about the militant. more US offering to help China in fight against viral infection 9 May 08, 06:21 ET AP - The United States is offering to help China in its fight against a viral infection that has killed 34 children, including two reported Friday, and sickened thousands of others. more US military denies Iraqi claims of al-Qaida leader's arrest 9 May 08, 06:10 ET AP - The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq has been not been captured, the U.S. military said Friday, despite a claim by the Iraqi government. more Myanmar says 'not ready' for foreign aid workers 9 May 08, 05:59 ET AFP - Myanmar said Friday it was not ready to let in foreign aid workers, rejecting international pressure to allow experts into the isolated nation where disease and starvation are stalking cyclone survivors. more Transportation workers strike in Italy 9 May 08, 04:52 ET AP - Transportation workers have walked off their jobs across Italy in a dispute over contracts. more Hezbollah fighters impose control on Beirut 9 May 08, 04:44 ET Reuters - Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah took control of large areas of Beirut on Friday, tightening its grip on the city in a major confrontation with the U.S.-backed government. more Hezbollah gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods 9 May 08, 04:31 ET AP - Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday as sectarian clashes reminiscent of Lebanon's bloody 15-year civil war raged in the capital. more Tanks, missiles roll through Red Square 9 May 08, 04:25 ET AP - Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow's Red Square in the annual Victory Day parade Friday, reviving a tradition of the Soviet era and demonstrating Russia's growing military confidence. more Group says North Korea faces massive famine 9 May 08, 04:10 ET AP - North Koreans are dying because of food shortages in rural areas, and a massive famine is just a matter of time, a South Korean aid group said Friday. more Burma (Myanmar) aid logjam riles donors 9 May 08, 04:00 ET The Christian Science Monitor - In Burma's spiraling humanitarian crisis, the international community faces a uniquely confounding scenario: how to overcome the military government's foot-dragging response. more Ortega leads anti-US critique at Latin American food summit 9 May 08, 04:00 ET The Christian Science Monitor - In a region beset by runaway food costs, the socialist government of Hugo Chávez's Venezuela and its leftist allies appear to have found fertile ground to plant the seeds of revolutionary discourse. more An Arab veteran of 1948 recalls Palestinian 'catastrophe' 9 May 08, 04:00 ET The Christian Science Monitor - Mahmoud Jadallah recalls the 1948 Arab-Israeli war as if it were yesterday. As he guides a visitor through the village he once defended against Israeli forces, the names of outposts and passwords his Arab fighters used trip off his tongue. more Lebanon teeters on edge of civil war 9 May 08, 02:39 ET AFP - Sectarian fighting rocked the Lebanese capital for a third day on Friday as the country teetered on the brink of a new civil war, prompting urgent appeals for calm from the international community. more Death toll in China disease outbreak hits 34: state media 9 May 08, 02:26 ET AFP - The number of Chinese children confirmed dead from hand, foot and mouth disease has risen to 34 with nearly 25,000 people infected but the outbreak's spread may be slowing, state media said on Friday. more Malaysian opposition leader faces sedition probe 9 May 08, 02:20 ET AP - Police investigated an opposition party chief Friday after the prime minister accused him of sedition and insulting one of Malaysia's state sultans. more UN blasts Myanmar for visa policy on aid workers 9 May 08, 00:49 ET AP - Myanmar's refusal to give visas to relief experts is "unprecedented" in the history of humanitarian work, the United Nations charged Friday. more Iraqi officials say leader of al-Qaida in Iraq arrested 9 May 08, 00:24 ET AP - Iraqi police commandos captured the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq in a raid in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said Thursday, in what could mark a significant blow to the Sunni insurgency in its last urban stronghold. more

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