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Some of the world's deadliest natural disasters 12 May 08, 23:44 ET AP - A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years: more 37 tourists killed in China quake landslide: report 12 May 08, 23:12 ET AFP - Thirty-seven tourists were killed when their coach was buried in a landslide after a massive earthquake in southwest China while separately officials said they had lost contact with 15 British tourists, state media reported Tuesday. more China's new naval base triggers US concerns 12 May 08, 22:31 ET AFP - China's new underground nuclear submarine base close to vital sea lanes in Southeast Asia has raised US concerns, with experts calling for a shoring up of alliances in the region to check Beijing's growing military clout. more Polish Holocaust hero dies at age 98 12 May 08, 20:41 ET AP - Irena Sendler - credited with saving some 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazi Holocaust by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, some of them in baskets - died Monday, her family said. She was 98. more Fighting in Tripoli, but Lebanon's capital is calm 12 May 08, 20:33 ET AP - Fighting between pro- and anti-government factions jumped to Lebanon's north Monday, but a grim calm hung over the nearly empty streets of Beirut - a capital crippled by roadblocks, suspicion and fear. more UN chief slams Myanmar junta for slow response 12 May 08, 19:36 ET AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon criticized Myanmar's military junta Monday for what he called its "unacceptably slow response" to helping cyclone victims. more US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,076 12 May 08, 19:35 ET AP - As of Monday, May 12, 2008, at least 4,076 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. more Putin: art should help strengthen state 12 May 08, 18:16 ET AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin unveiled an exhibit from the art collection of a renowned Russian cellist Monday, a ceremony that reflected his continuing political influence even after stepping down as president. more Darfur rebel leader vows attrition war for Sudan 12 May 08, 18:04 ET AP - Darfur's most-wanted rebel leader vowed Monday to keep up his offensive against the Sudanese government, saying he can exhaust the military by fighting it all across Africa's largest nation. more A new wrinkle in smoking enforcement 12 May 08, 17:55 ET Reuters - Cigarette vending machines in Japan may soon start counting wrinkles, crow's feet and skin sags to see if the customer is old enough to smoke. more Bush sets off for Middle East, unable to quell its troubles 12 May 08, 17:13 ET McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM— President Bush sets off this week to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday, but the festivities are likely to be muted by the dimming prospects for brokering regional peace deals during the Republican administration's waning months in power. more US flight arrives, Bush condemns Myanmar junta 12 May 08, 16:52 ET AFP - The United States sent its first aid flight to Myanmar on Monday but President George W. Bush denounced the nation's military rulers over their slow response to the devastating cyclone. more 2008 turns out to be a year of trouble for China 12 May 08, 15:19 ET AP - China hoped 2008 would be a yearlong celebration, a time to bask in the spotlight of the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Instead, the Year of the Rat has also brought a wave of troubles - both natural and man-made - that are putting a heavy strain on the communist leadership. more RIM's BlackBerry Bold aims at business users 12 May 08, 14:40 ET Reuters - Research In Motion Ltd is launching a new high-end version of the BlackBerry aimed at its core base of business users, but it hopes the sleek new smartphone will also catch on with the broader retail market. more Monks back on front lines to aid cyclone victims 12 May 08, 14:25 ET AP - The saffron-robed monks who spearheaded a bloody uprising last fall against Myanmar's military rulers are back on the front lines, this time providing food, shelter and spiritual solace to cyclone victims. more Jordan charges man in honor killing of sister 12 May 08, 14:00 ET AP - A man who is suspected of drowning his 22-year-old sister for having an extramarital affair was charged Monday with premeditated murder, a judicial official said. more Israeli police widen probe into Olmert donations 12 May 08, 13:40 ET AP - Israeli police raided Jerusalem's City Hall on Monday, searching offices and confiscating documents as part of a widening corruption inquiry against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. more Sharif's party quits Pakistan government 12 May 08, 12:03 ET Reuters - Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif pulled his party out of Pakistan's six-week-old coalition government on Monday, plunging the volatile Muslim nation back into political uncertainty. more Iran hard-liners come out against Iraqi-US deal 12 May 08, 11:09 ET AP - Two hard-line newspapers seen as speaking for Iran's clerical establishment called Monday for Iraqis to oppose a strategic framework deal with the United States, Tehran's first public condemnation of the arrangement. more Some of the world's deadliest natural disasters 12 May 08, 11:09 ET AP - A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years: more Surrendering to Hizballah 12 May 08, 09:50 ET Time.com - Facing facts, and with no good options, Lebanese politicians have begun conceding to the country's new rulers more US battles Shiite militia in Baghdad despite ceasefire 12 May 08, 09:23 ET AFP - American troops fought street Shiite militia in Baghdad's Sadr City, killing three people, as a weekend ceasefire deal aimed at halting the bloodshed got off to a slow start, officials said on Monday. more Serbia begins postelection talks 12 May 08, 08:47 ET AP - Serbia's nationalists brushed aside their pro-Western rivals' claim of victory in parliamentary elections and held talks Monday to see if they could muster support from other parties to form a government. more Sendler, savior of Warsaw Ghetto children, dies 12 May 08, 07:52 ET Reuters - Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who saved thousands of Jewish children during World War Two by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, died in the Polish capital on Monday after a long illness, local media said. more UN food agency says rice prices surging in Myanmar 12 May 08, 07:25 ET AP - Rice prices in Myanmar's capital have surged 50 percent since deadly cyclone Nargis, which flooded entire rice-growing areas, a United Nations food agency said Monday. more Australian pokes shark in eye to survive mauling 12 May 08, 07:19 ET AP - An Australian swimmer says he survived a mauling by a 16-foot shark by wrestling with the beast, finally getting free by poking it in the eye. more Shiite bloc says Sadr City cease-fire signed with Sadrists 12 May 08, 07:15 ET AP - A senior Shiite lawmaker says a Sadr City cease-fire has been signed in an effort to stop fighting. more 2 Humvees missing from US base in Afghanistan 12 May 08, 07:12 ET AP - Two armored Humvees were missing from a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, a military spokesman said Monday. more US national found dead in Nigerian seaport 12 May 08, 06:56 ET AFP - An American man was found dead on board a vessel anchored at the Nigerian port of Onne, near the country's restive oil city of Port Harcourt, a military spokesman said Monday. more French FM Kouchner in Algeria for talks on Mediterranean Union 12 May 08, 06:48 ET AFP - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner Monday paid a one-day visit here for talks to allay Algerian doubts about a projected Mediterranean Union, press reports said. more Polish Holocaust hero Irena Sendler dies at 98 12 May 08, 06:16 ET AP - Irena Sendler - a Polish social worker who helped save some 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazis by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto and giving them false identities - has died. She was 98. more Iran hangs five convicted sex murderers: report 12 May 08, 06:08 ET AFP - Iran has hanged five men convicted of burning a young woman alive after raping her, at a prison in the central city of Qom, the government newspaper Iran reported on Monday. more Darfur rebel leader vows more attacks on Khartoum 12 May 08, 05:12 ET Reuters - Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim said on Monday he would launch more attacks on Sudan's capital Khartoum until the government fell. more Chinese state media: Major quake kills 4 students 12 May 08, 05:04 ET AP - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous western China on Monday, toppling a primary school and killing four students, Chinese state media reported. more Powerful quake rattles southwest China, 12 May 08, 04:06 ET AFP - A powerful quake measuring 7.8 struck Monday close to densely populated areas of southwest China and shook buildings as far away as Bangkok, officials said, sending thousands of people onto the streets. more China's defence build-up to deter US intervention: Taipei 12 May 08, 04:00 ET AFP - China is building up its military defences to deter US intervention in case of war with Taiwan, the island's defence ministry said on Monday. more Hasty truce with Moqtada al-Sadr tests his sway in Baghdad stronghold 12 May 08, 04:00 ET The Christian Science Monitor - A cease-fire deal to end seven weeks of fighting in Sadr City could provide the clearest test yet of just how much sway the anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has over armed militants operating inside his sprawling bastion of support in Baghdad. more Scooter knocks down Madonna at top of British charts 12 May 08, 03:38 ET AFP - Scooter knocked Madonna off the top of the album charts on Sunday with their new album going straight in at number one. more Renault-Nissan, Bajaj announce cheap car project 12 May 08, 03:23 ET AFP - Renault-Nissan and the Indian group Bajaj announced a joint venture Monday to produce a 2,500-dollar (1,600-euro) car, with sales expected to begin in India in early 2011. more Pakistan governing coalition faces dissolution 12 May 08, 03:16 ET AP - The future of Pakistan's fledgling coalition government hung in the balance Monday after failed talks on how to restore judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf. more India's green revolutionary is back in spotlight 12 May 08, 01:48 ET Reuters - Forty years after he helped rescue the world from growing famine and a deepening gloom over the future of food supplies, Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is once again agitating for revolution -- this time a perpetual one. more US launches first relief airlift to Myanmar after cyclone 12 May 08, 01:29 ET AP - The United States has launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar for last week's cyclone victims. more Lebanese violence spreads to mountains outside capital 12 May 08, 00:40 ET AP - Lebanon hung between fears of all-out war and hopes of political compromise Sunday as government supporters and opponents battled with rockets and machine guns in the mountains overlooking the capital. more Venezuelan president criticizes German chancellor 12 May 08, 00:19 ET AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lashed out at Germany's chancellor on Sunday, suggesting that her party shares the political ideals of Adolf Hitler. more

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