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Large wave in South Korea kills 9, injures 14 4 May 08, 23:51 ET AP - At least nine people were killed and 14 others injured Sunday after being swept away by a sudden large wave that crashed over a breakwater on South Korea's west coast, the Coast Guard said. more At least 16 people killed in Mexican massacres 4 May 08, 23:20 ET Reuters - Heavily armed men killed at least 16 people, all members of a ranchers' association, in two different massacres in southern Mexico over the weekend, Mexican media said on Sunday. more 15 dead after boat sinks in Brazil's Amazon region 4 May 08, 23:09 ET AP - A boat ferrying at least 80 people home from a party sank in Brazil's Amazon region early Sunday, killing at least 15 and leaving dozens missing, according to rescue officials and Brazil's government. more The rot gnawing away at Baghdad's innards 4 May 08, 19:11 ET AFP - Its traditional wooden-balconied Shanasheel houses in ruins, other buildings crumbling and muddied streets reeking of rubbish, Al-Batawin neighbourhood in the centre of Baghdad is an abject picture of just how far the rot has set in to the once-proud Iraqi capital. more Documents show UK post-WWII dilemma over Jewish refugees 4 May 08, 19:05 ET AP - Documents released Monday show how the British government tried to send thousands of Palestine-bound Jewish survivors of the Nazi genocide back to postwar Germany without inflaming world opinion. more Boat with 100-plus people sinks in Amazon 4 May 08, 17:31 ET Reuters - A boat carrying around 110 people, more than twice its capacity, sank on Sunday at dawn on a major river in the Amazon rain forest, rescue workers said. more Polling ends in violence-marred autonomy vote in Bolivia 4 May 08, 16:56 ET AFP - Polling ended Sunday in an autonomy vote in Bolivia's richest province of Santa Cruz that was marred by violence between supporters of the move and indigenous backers of President Evo Morales, who called the poll illegal. more Iraqi official says Iran arms evidence not conclusive 4 May 08, 14:10 ET AP - A top Iraqi official said Sunday there was no conclusive evidence that Shiite extremists have been directly supplied with some Iranian arms as alleged by the United States. more China farms the world to feed a ravenous economy 4 May 08, 14:02 ET AP - The rice fields that blanketed this remote mountain village for generations are gone. In their place rise neat rows of young rubber trees - their sap destined for China. more Milosevic loyalists could return to power in Serbia 4 May 08, 13:37 ET AP - Two years after Slobodan Milosevic died in prison while on trial for genocide, his Serbian loyalists may score a parliamentary election victory May 11 that would return them to power and dramatically worsen the West's troubles in the Balkans. more Myanmar cyclone kills at least 351 4 May 08, 10:49 ET AFP - At least 351 people were killed and nearly 100,000 left homeless when tropical cyclone Nargis tore through Myanmar, razing thousands of buildings and knocking out power lines, state media said Sunday. more Iraq says no hard evidence of Iran support for militia 4 May 08, 10:43 ET AFP - Iraq said on Sunday it has no evidence that Iran was supplying militias engaged in fierce street fighting with security forces in Baghdad. more High waves kill 8 in South Korea 4 May 08, 10:38 ET Reuters - At least eight were people killed when they were swept away by high waves that hit a port on Sunday on the west coast of South Korea, a coastguard official said. more Bolivia's richest region votes on autonomy drive 4 May 08, 10:36 ET Reuters - Sporadic clashes broke out in Bolivia's richest region of Santa Cruz on Sunday as voting started in an autonomy referendum seen as a rejection of President Evo Morales' leftist reforms. more Gunmen pull Iraqi journalist from car, kill her 4 May 08, 08:10 ET Reuters - Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi reporter on Sunday after pulling her out of a car in northern Mosul, a notoriously violent city where journalists are often targeted and live in fear of their life. more More Chinese children die from virus; other countries hit 4 May 08, 07:10 ET AP - A common illness that typically causes little more than a fever and rash has killed 24 children in China, and health officials fear the worst may be yet to come as outbreaks occur in neighboring countries. more Family: Austrian accused of incest had prior rape conviction 4 May 08, 06:35 ET AP - The wife of an Austrian man accused of imprisoning their daughter for 24 years never believed her husband was involved in her disappearance, even though he served 18 months for a 1967 rape conviction, her sister said. more 5 Myanmar regions are disaster zones, 4 dead after cyclone 4 May 08, 03:57 ET AP - Five regions in Myanmar were declared disaster zones Sunday after Tropical Cyclone Nargis smashed hundreds of houses, knocked out electricity and left at least four people dead. more Malaysia angers women with travel-restriction idea 4 May 08, 02:22 ET Reuters - Malaysian women's groups reacted with outrage on Sunday to a government proposal to impose restrictions on women planning to travel overseas on their own. more

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