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Morales nationalizes Bolivian telecom, foreign gas companies 1 May 08, 23:37 ET AP - President Evo Morales celebrated May Day by announcing the nationalization of Bolivia's leading telecommunications company, Entel, and returning four foreign-owned natural gas companies to state control. more Britain's Brown heads for local vote "mauling" 1 May 08, 23:26 ET Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was heading for a "mauling" in his first electoral test with his ruling Labour Party recording its worst performance in local polls in three decades, early results showed on Friday. more Olympic torch relay underway in Hong Kong 1 May 08, 23:19 ET AFP - The troubled Olympic torch began its Chinese leg Friday in Hong Kong, the last chance for protesters who have dogged its worldwide trek to pile more pressure on Beijing over its human rights record. more China has secret nuclear submarine base: report 1 May 08, 23:11 ET AFP - China has built a major underground nuclear submarine base on the southern tip of Hainan island, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. more Al Jazeera cameraman released from Guantanamo 1 May 08, 21:50 ET Reuters - An Al Jazeera cameraman held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay for six years without charge has been released, the network said on Thursday. more Mia Farrow in Hong Kong as city prepares for Olympic torch 1 May 08, 21:41 ET AP - On the eve of Friday's Olympic torch relay through Hong Kong, officials allowed actress Mia Farrow into the Chinese territory so she could bash China's cozy ties with Sudan, although they had earlier kicked out pro-Tibet activists. more Al-Jazeera cameraman freed from Guantanamo after 6 years 1 May 08, 21:33 ET AP - An Al-Jazeera cameraman was released from U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay and returned home to Sudan early Friday after six years of imprisonment that drew worldwide protests. more Mia Farrow in Hong Kong urges China to 'change history' 1 May 08, 21:30 ET AFP - US actress and activist Mia Farrow called Friday on China to "change the course of history" in Sudan's troubled Darfur region after flying into Hong Kong for the Beijing Olympic torch relay. more Argentine farmers on alert as truce ends 1 May 08, 21:24 ET AP - Thousands of farmers plan to mark the end of a 30-day "truce" with the government over export tax hikes by taking to the streets again this weekend - but without blocking roads or causing the food shortages that crippled the country during a farm strike in March. more US missile strike kills reputed al-Qaida leader in Somalia 1 May 08, 21:23 ET AP - U.S. missiles destroyed the house of the man identified by the U.S. military as the top al-Qaida commander in Somalia, killing him and 10 others Thursday in a pre-dawn attack that analysts warned could torpedo peace talks. more Cuba announces farm overhaul on May Day 1 May 08, 21:15 ET AP - Cuba announced a major shake-up of its troubled farm sector on May Day, shifting control of the island's farms from officials at the Agriculture Ministry to more than 150 local councils. more Key powers to discuss Mideast, Iran 1 May 08, 21:12 ET AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will hold talks with key counterparts in London Friday on the stalled Middle East peace process and the West's nuclear standoff with Iran. more US military deaths in Iraq at 4,065 1 May 08, 20:01 ET AP - As of Thursday, May 1, 2008, at least 4,065 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,312 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. more Man dies on flight from Moscow to Toronto 1 May 08, 19:21 ET AP - Police on Thursday were investigating the death of a man who became unconscious on a flight from Moscow and could not be revived by passengers or crew members. more Iran complains to UN over Clinton's attack threat 1 May 08, 19:03 ET AFP - Iran's UN mission has complained to the Security Council over US Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's threat to "totally obliterate" the Islamic Republic if it were to launch a nuclear attack on Israel. more Turkish jets bomb PKK camps in Northern Iraq: Anatolian 1 May 08, 18:54 ET Reuters - Turkish warplanes launched air strikes against camps of the Kurdish separatist group PKK in northern Iraq late on Thursday, the state news agency Anatolian said. more Dominican Republic sees surge in drug smuggling 1 May 08, 18:34 ET Reuters - Drug smugglers are flying with impunity into the Dominican Republic and have turned it into a far more important transshipment point for South American cocaine than its largely lawless and impoverished neighbor, Haiti, U.S. officials said on Thursday. more Canadian military in Kandahar reaches out to Taliban: report 1 May 08, 18:10 ET AFP - Canada is reaching out for the first time to the Taliban, hoping to convince ordinary fighters to lay down their arms, after long opposing talks with insurgents, media reports here said Thursday. more Parents plead for information on missing Madeleine McCann 1 May 08, 18:00 ET AP - The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann appealed to her kidnappers Thursday to return their daughter as the one-year anniversary of her disappearance from a Portuguese resort approached. more Al-Jazeera cameraman released from Guantanamo 1 May 08, 17:58 ET AFP - A Sudanese cameraman with the Arab satellite news channel Al-Jazeera was released from six years of detention at Guantanamo US military prison and was due to fly home within hours, Al-Jazeera said Thursday. more Report: Al Jazeera cameraman freed from Guantanamo 1 May 08, 17:44 ET AP - Al-Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Haj was released from detention at Guantanamo Bay Thursday after more than six years in custody and was being repatriated to Sudan, his lawyers said. more London conference on investment in Palestinian areas begins 1 May 08, 17:38 ET AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his predecessor, Tony Blair, made a rare public appearance together Thursday to kick off 24 hours of Middle East diplomacy aimed at spurring investment in the Palestinian territories. more McCain's proposal to kick Russia out of G-8 is bold and unlikely 1 May 08, 17:33 ET McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON— John McCain dropped a little-noticed bombshell into his March foreign-policy address: Boot Russia from the G-8, the elite club of leading industrial democracies whose leaders try to coordinate economic policies. more Journalists and politicians lose respect in Canada 1 May 08, 17:27 ET Reuters - Journalists, lawyers and politicians are at the bottom of the professional pack in terms of respect they get from Canadians, and it's only getting worse. more Speeding bus with tourists crashes in Egypt, killing 9 1 May 08, 16:42 ET AP - A tourist bus speeding at 100 mph with Canadian and European tourists on board lost control when it hit a sharp curve Thursday on an Egyptian highway, rolled down an incline and burst into flames. Nine people were killed and about 30 injured. more Iraq by the numbers: key figures since the war began in 2003 1 May 08, 16:31 ET AP - _October 2007: 170,000, peak of troop buildup. more Rich got richer, poor poorer: Canada census 1 May 08, 16:26 ET Reuters - A booming Canadian economy did nothing to pad the incomes of the country's poor and middle class, while the rich are getting richer, according to census data released on Thursday. more Myanmar vote a 'sham' to entrench military rule, says rights group 1 May 08, 16:24 ET AFP - Myanmar's referendum next week on a new constitution is a "sham" aimed at entrenching the military, which has ruled since 1962, an international rights watchdog said Thursday. more Israel PM to face new police questions 1 May 08, 16:19 ET AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is to face new questions from police investigating allegations of corruption, his spokesman confirmed on Thursday. more U.S. Kills Bin Laden's Man in Somalia 1 May 08, 16:10 ET Time.com - An air strike targeting al-Qaeda linked militants kills a key leader, but the war on radical Islamists there may be turning the population against America more Renegade Abkhazia welcomes new Russian troops 1 May 08, 15:56 ET AFP - Residents of the rebel Black Sea region of Abkhazia welcomed the arrival of extra Russian troops on Thursday as a guarantee of their self-declared independence from former Soviet Georgia. more Canada slammed at U.N. over indigenous rights 1 May 08, 15:52 ET Reuters - Canada, until recently seen as a champion of aboriginal rights, came under fire at the United Nations on Thursday for blocking implementation of a U.N. declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. more Anguished Austrians question how incest case went undetected 1 May 08, 15:43 ET AP - Carefree children in alpine costumes danced around a maypole, and parents crowded a churchyard to snap photos of sons and daughters making their first communion. more Londoners vote in mayoral election 1 May 08, 15:32 ET Reuters - Millions of London voters were going to the polls on Thursday to choose a new mayor who will command a multi-billion pound budget and help prepare the capital for the 2012 Olympics. more Irish prelates barred from Jerusalem's Western Wall 1 May 08, 15:27 ET AP - Leaders of Ireland's main Christian churches were barred from praying at Jerusalem's Western Wall Thursday because they refused to remove the crosses they were wearing. more Pakistan's leaders announce progress on reinstating judges 1 May 08, 15:15 ET AP - Pakistani leaders reported progress Thursday in talks on how to restore judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf, signaling they had fended off a crisis that threatened to break up their month-old coalition government. more Canada police charge dad in toddlers' death: report 1 May 08, 15:08 ET Reuters - Police have laid charges of criminal negligence against the father of two toddlers who froze to death in January wearing only diapers and light shirts, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix newspaper reported on Thursday. more Israel's prime minister to be questioned by police 1 May 08, 15:01 ET AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office says the prime minister will face police questioning. more Protesters battle German police in May Day violence 1 May 08, 14:39 ET Reuters - Left-wing demonstrators set cars ablaze and pelted police with bottles in the worst May Day street violence in years in the northern German port city of Hamburg on Thursday, police said. more Treasure trove found in 500-year-old shipwreck off Africa 1 May 08, 14:30 ET AP - The ship was laden with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins - and cannons to fend off pirates. more Bus carrying Canadian tourists overturns in Egypt 1 May 08, 14:05 ET Reuters - A bus carrying Canadian and European tourists overturned and caught fire in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 32, the state news agency MENA reported. more Report: More than 100 hurt in western Iran earthquake 1 May 08, 13:35 ET AP - An earthquake hit western Iran Thursday, causing minor injuries to more than 100 people, state TV reported. more Dubai Ports World building one of Americas largest ports 1 May 08, 13:07 ET AFP - Dubai Ports World has begun construction on what is promised to be one of the largest port in the Americas in El Callao, Peru with an initial investment of more than 300 million dollars. more Cyclone to hit Bangladesh and Myanmar coast: official 1 May 08, 13:01 ET AFP - A cyclone in the Bay of Bengal is expected to slam into the coast of southeast Bangladesh and Myanmar within a day, a government meteorologist warned Thursday, as officials met for urgent talks. more Israel minister rejects Gaza truce as Hamas chief killed 1 May 08, 12:56 ET AFP - A senior Israeli minister rejected on Thursday a proposed truce in the Gaza Strip, as the air force killed a Hamas commander suspected of involvement in the 2006 capture of an Israeli soldier. more Raul Castro overhauls Cuba's farm bureaucracy 1 May 08, 12:35 ET Reuters - Cuban President Raul Castro has finished shifting control over agriculture into local hands and has cut bureaucracy dramatically in an effort to stimulate food production, the Communist party newspaper Granma said on Thursday. more British royal's fiancee switches religion, ensuring succession rights 1 May 08, 12:31 ET AFP - The fiancee of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest grandson has switched from Catholicism to the Church of England, a spokeswoman for Britain's royal family said Thursday. more Bin Laden's son denied British residency 1 May 08, 12:10 ET AP - One of Osama bin Laden's sons has been denied British residency because London authorities believe his presence in the country would cause "considerable public concern," the man's wife said Thursday. more Austrian incest dad threatened to gas family: police 1 May 08, 12:00 ET AFP - The Austrian man who for years held his daughter and three children he fathered with her captive in a windowless bunker threatened to gas them if anything happened to him, police said Thursday. more Pound slips as dollar makes strong gains 1 May 08, 11:58 ET AFP - The pound finished lower on Thursday, despite earlier hitting a five-week high against the euro, as the dollar made strong gains following the release of better-than-expected data. more French aid worker shot to death in Chad riding in convoy 1 May 08, 11:52 ET AP - France's Foreign Ministry says a French aid worker has been shot to death in Chad. more Human rights activist is released by captors in Argentina 1 May 08, 11:31 ET AP - A human rights activist whose disappearance prompted an intense government manhunt was released by his captors after being tied up and beaten, he said Thursday. more Zimbabwe government tally shows presidential runoff needed 1 May 08, 11:16 ET AP - A runoff will be necessary to decide Zimbabwe's presidential election, a Cabinet minister said Thursday, citing the government's own election results. more Austrian threatened incest victims with gas death 1 May 08, 11:14 ET Reuters - An Austrian man who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her had threatened to kill his victims by pumping gas into the cellar where he was holding them, police said on Thursday. more African lion caught near Ottawa 1 May 08, 11:14 ET AFP - Police captured a young pet lion on the loose in Canada's backwoods near the nation's capital for nearly two days, without incident, officials said Thursday. more Abbas undergoes unannounced heart procedure in Jordan 1 May 08, 10:44 ET AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas underwent an unannounced heart test at a Jordanian hospital Thursday, adding new uncertainty to already troubled Middle East peace talks. more Tension follows Olympic torch into China 1 May 08, 10:33 ET Reuters - Tension and anger burned on despite the return of the Olympic torch to China on Thursday after a five-continent tour dogged by protests over Beijing's crackdown on rioting Tibetans. more Indonesian customs officers seize 3 human skulls at airport 1 May 08, 09:38 ET AP - Three humans skulls being sent to Britain were seized at Indonesia's international airport, a customs officer said Thursday. more Russia sends extra troops to Georgian rebel region 1 May 08, 09:30 ET Reuters - Russia said on Thursday an extra contingent of its troops had begun arriving in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, a move Tbilisi said was an illegal act of military aggression. more Iraq PM sends team to Iran to discuss militias 1 May 08, 09:28 ET Reuters - Iraq's prime minister has sent a delegation to Tehran to tell Iranian officials to stop backing Shi'ite militias, Iraqi officials said on Thursday, underscoring Baghdad's unease over the influence of its powerful neighbor. more US air strike kills Al-Qaeda leader in Somalia: officials 1 May 08, 09:23 ET AFP - The United States carried out an air strike in Somalia,which killed at least 10 people, including Al-Qaeda's military leader in the war-torn country, officials and rebels said Thursday. more Fans face Champions League final travel headache 1 May 08, 09:06 ET AFP - Thousands of English football fans face potential travel nightmare getting to Moscow for the Champions League final, reports said Thursday. more Actress Farrow enters Hong Kong to protest China-Sudan ties 1 May 08, 08:55 ET AP - Actress Mia Farrow was briefly questioned at Hong Kong's airport Thursday before officials allowed her to enter the Chinese territory to give a speech criticizing China's relations with Sudan. more Protected status bid for Cumberland sausage 1 May 08, 08:37 ET AFP - The traditional Cumberland sausage could be granted protected status by the European Union, giving the specialist banger a similar status to Champagne and Parma ham. more Ethiopia confirms US bombed Somali Islamists 1 May 08, 08:29 ET AFP - The Ethiopian government, a key Washington ally, on Thursday confirmed the US military bombed an Islamist camp in Somalia, killing Al-Qaeda's military leader in the war-torn country. more Police get more time to quiz Tamil Tiger suspects 1 May 08, 08:29 ET AFP - British police have been given more time to question three men held as part of a police probe into the Tamil Tiger guerrillas in Sri Lanka, a spokesman said Thursday. more 'No need for a run-off': Zimbabwe opposition leader 1 May 08, 08:15 ET AFP - Zimbabwe's electoral commission was to present presidential candidates with initial results Thursday, as the opposition leader said there was no need for a run-off against veteran incumbent Robert Mugabe. more Sirens wail as Israel remembers victims of Holocaust 1 May 08, 08:10 ET AP - Sirens pierced the air in a mournful two-minute wail throughout Israel on Thursday in a tribute to the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis as the country marked Holocaust remembrance day. more Incest father pretended to be daughter in 1994 call 1 May 08, 08:10 ET Reuters - An Austrian man who imprisoned his daughter in a cellar and fathered her seven children pretended to be the young woman in a phone call to his wife in 1994, a police official said on Thursday. more Conservationists rescue almost 300 Cambodian reptiles 1 May 08, 07:52 ET AP - Hundreds of reptiles including some endangered species were rescued from traffickers and released into their natural habitat in Cambodia, a conservation group said Thursday. more Beijing introduces anti-smoking rules for Olympics 1 May 08, 07:52 ET AFP - Beijing introduced sweeping new rules against smoking in public places Thursday in an effort to create a "smoke-free Olympics," state press said. more Bin Laden's son to appeal British residency rejection 1 May 08, 07:23 ET AFP - Osama bin Laden's son Omar is to appeal after his application to move to Britain with his British wife was rejected because his presence might cause "considerable public concern," his wife said on Thursday. more Iraqi MPs, Sadr meet in Iran in bid to end clashes 1 May 08, 07:08 ET AFP - A group of Iraqi Shiite MPs is in Iran for talks with radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in a bid to end clashes between his fighters and troops that have killed hundreds of people, a Sadr aide said on Thursday. more At least nine dead in Egypt tourist coach inferno 1 May 08, 07:04 ET AFP - At least nine people were killed and 28 injured when a coach carrying European and North Americans overturned and caught fire in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Thursday, a security official said. more Philippine troops wound top al-Qaida-linked militant 1 May 08, 06:58 ET AP - A top al-Qaida-linked militant long hunted by U.S. and Filipino troops was wounded during a military attack on a rebel encampment in the southern Philippines, a military spokesman said Thursday. more Five dead as Sydney Harbour joyride goes wrong 1 May 08, 06:42 ET Reuters - Five people were killed in Sydney Harbour on Thursday when a boat packed with revelers on a nighttime joyride and a fishing trawler collided, police said. more Protests target Carrefour stires in China 1 May 08, 06:33 ET AP - Protesters waved Chinese flags and shouted slogans outside Carrefour stores in Beijing and other cities Thursday, venting anger over the disruption of the Olympic torch relay. No violence was reported and police dispersed the gatherings. more Police: Car bomb kills at least 9 in Baghdad 1 May 08, 06:26 ET AP - A car bomb aimed at a U.S. patrol in Baghdad on Thursday killed at least nine Iraqi civilians and wounded 26, police said. more Police: Austrian man may have planned to release his family 1 May 08, 06:09 ET AP - Austrian police say the father who held his daughter and their seven children captive for 24 years may have been planning to release her. more Afghan officials: Al-Qaida link in assassination plot 1 May 08, 05:25 ET AP - The weekend plot to kill Afghan President Hamid Karzai was masterminded by militants with links to al-Qaida members who reside in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas, an Afghan intelligence official said Thursday. more Child labor scandal highlights worrying trend in China 1 May 08, 05:21 ET Reuters - Police in southern China have taken into custody scores of youngsters suspected of being underage workers after a muckraking newspaper exposed a child labor racket this week. more Israeli strike kills Hamas militant in Gaza Strip 1 May 08, 04:45 ET Reuters - An Israeli air strike on Thursday killed a Hamas commander who, the Israeli military said, was involved in the 2006 capture of a soldier still being held by Gaza militants. more Officials: Iraq sends delegation to Iran 1 May 08, 04:42 ET AP - Iraqi officials say the government has dispatched a delegation to Iran to discuss concerns about the arming and training of Shiite militias in Iraq. more Blasts in Afghanistan kill 1 NATO soldier, 8 civilians 1 May 08, 04:25 ET AP - Roadside bombs struck a NATO patrol and two civilian vehicles in Afghanistan, killing nine people and wounding 10, officials said Thursday. more Blast in Baghdad kills nine, wounds 23: police 1 May 08, 04:25 ET Reuters - An explosion near a U.S. patrol in Baghdad killed nine Iraqis and wounded 23 on Thursday, Iraqi police said. more Alleged head of al-Qaida in Somalia said killed in airstrike 1 May 08, 02:32 ET AP - The man believed to be the head of al-Qaida in Somalia was killed in an overnight airstrike along with eight other people, an Islamic insurgent group said Thursday. more Japan detergent suicide sparks panic 1 May 08, 02:29 ET AP - Some 350 people evacuated their homes in northern Japan to escape poisonous fumes released Thursday by a neighbor who killed himself by mixing detergent and other chemicals - the latest in a series of such suicides. more Air strike kills 2 senior Somali Islamists: commander 1 May 08, 02:19 ET Reuters - A Somali Islamist commander thought to be al Qaeda's leader in Mogadishu was killed in an air strike in central Somalia early on Thursday, an Islamist commander and residents said. more Quake hits Iran, about 100 lightly injured: TV 1 May 08, 01:21 ET Reuters - An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale hit an area southwest of the Iranian capital on Thursday, lightly injuring about 100 people, state television reported. more Officials: 3 bombs explode in Spanish Basque region 1 May 08, 00:50 ET AP - Three bombs exploded in Spain's Basque region on Thursday, officials said. No one was injured in the blasts, which police said were carried out by the separatist group ETA. more Chavez orders expropriation of Venezuela's largest steel maker 1 May 08, 00:11 ET AP - President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday ordered the expropriation of Venezuela's largest steel maker after attempts by the government to acquire a majority stake in the company failed. more Guatemala to review pending adoptions 1 May 08, 00:03 ET AP - Guatemalan prosecutors said Wednesday that they will conduct a legal review of all of the country's pending adoptions, after an initial probe turned up irregularities. more

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