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EV71 virus has caused deaths in Vietnam: health official 5 May 08, 23:43 ET AFP - A virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease has infected around 400 people in Vietnam this year and led to an unknown number of deaths, a health official in the communist country said Tuesday. more Last day in office for Ireland's veteran PM 5 May 08, 22:50 ET AFP - Ireland's Bertie Ahern, one of Europe's long serving prime ministers, will officially surrender his seal of office to President Mary McAleese and step down on Tuesday. more Myanmar rulers under fire over cyclone 5 May 08, 22:46 ET AFP - Myanmar's military rulers were under fire Tuesday after revealing more than 10,000 people died in the cyclone that battered the secretive and impoverished nation, with thousands more missing. more Amazon ferryboat death toll rises to 17 5 May 08, 22:19 ET AP - Amazon region rescue workers found two more bodies Monday around a remote jungle town near where a boat ferrying people from a religious festival sank. The discovery raised the death toll to 17, with dozens still missing. more Cyclone kills 10,000 in one Myanmar town 5 May 08, 22:13 ET Reuters - Countries worldwide promised help to Myanmar after a cyclone killed 10,000 people in just one town, suggesting the overall death toll in the impoverished military-run Southeast Asian nation will be much higher. more Myanmar death toll could top 10,000, foreign minister says 5 May 08, 21:54 ET AP - The death toll from a devastating cyclone in Myanmar could reach more than 10,000 in the low-lying area where the storm wreaked the most havoc, the country's foreign minister warned Monday. more Guatemala suspends adoptions for a month 5 May 08, 21:52 ET AP - Guatemala's attorney general on Monday said 2,286 pending foreign adoptions have been placed on hold for at least a month while officials review related paperwork. more Cyclone killed 10,000 in just one Myanmar town: report 5 May 08, 21:44 ET Reuters - Some 10,000 people were killed in just one town after a severe cyclone slammed into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on the weekend, state television reported on Tuesday. more Dalai Lama envoy upbeat on China talks 5 May 08, 21:19 ET Reuters - An envoy of the Dalai Lama said on Tuesday that one-day talks with China on the unrest in Tibet had been "a good first step," and the two sides will meet again after he reports back to the exiled spiritual leader. more US to return Argentine dinosaur eggs 5 May 08, 19:57 ET AP - A senior U.S. Homeland Security official is in Argentina to discuss money laundering, human trafficking - and dinosaur eggs. more Paisley eyes overseas relations role after quitting 5 May 08, 19:12 ET AFP - Northern Ireland's First Minister Ian Paisley said Tuesday he would like to promote the province abroad after he steps down from the post. more 2 more U.S. soldiers' deaths in Iraq raise doubts about MRAP vehicle 5 May 08, 18:18 ET McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON— The deaths of two U.S. soldiers in western Baghdad last week have sparked concerns that Iraqi insurgents have developed a new weapon capable of striking what the U.S. military considers its most explosive-resistant vehicle. more Freed Sudanese cameraman calls Gitmo history's worst jail 5 May 08, 18:04 ET AP - An Al-Jazeera cameraman released from the U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay detention center last week described it Monday as the worst prison mankind has ever seen. more Document: Fugitive US financier Robert Vesco died 5 May 08, 17:24 ET AP - Robert Vesco, the American fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to the families of U.S. presidents, died in Cuba and was buried almost six months ago, according to an official document. more Egypt raises taxes, fuel prices after government wage hike 5 May 08, 17:16 ET AP - Egypt's parliament endorsed Monday a government bill to raise taxes and fuel prices less than a week after President Hosni Mubarak announced a 30 percent salary increase for all government employees. more Iraq, Boeing confirm 2.2 billion-dollar plane order 5 May 08, 17:12 ET AFP - The Iraqi government has ordered 30 Boeing 737 commercial airplanes in a deal worth up to 2.2 billion dollars and taken options on 10 more, the two parties announced Monday. more Lebanon looking into alleged Hezbollah cameras at airport 5 May 08, 17:01 ET AP - Lebanon began an investigation Monday into allegations that the militant Hezbollah group set up surveillance cameras near the Beirut airport to monitor the comings and goings of anti-Syria Lebanese politicians and foreign dignitaries. more Somali president says pirates in French jail from his region 5 May 08, 16:51 ET AP - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed said Monday that six pirates in French custody for allegedly holding the crew of a yacht hostage are likely from his home region in the Horn of Africa country. more Attacks on Mexican ranchers kill 17 5 May 08, 16:43 ET AP - A prominent cattle rancher hid Monday from gunmen who killed two of his sons and kidnapped his daughter in weekend attacks that left 17 people dead in southern Mexico, relatives and authorities said. more Iran rejects nuclear inspections unless Israel allows them 5 May 08, 16:22 ET AP - An Iranian envoy said Monday his government will not submit to extensive nuclear inspections while Israel stays outside the global treaty to curb the spread of atomic weapons. more Diaries show Saddam feared getting AIDS in prison 5 May 08, 16:22 ET AP - Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his prison writings. more Myanmar says more than 10,000 killed in cyclone 5 May 08, 16:11 ET AFP - Myanmar said Monday more than 10,000 people died in the cyclone that battered the impoverished nation, whose secretive military rulers made a rare appeal for international help to cope with the tragedy. more Man in Brazil contradicts testimony about gun in nun case 5 May 08, 15:44 ET AP - The confessed killer of American nun Dorothy Stang contradicted earlier testimony, claiming Monday the gun he used did not come from the rancher accused of ordering her murder. more Baghdad park is an oasis from conflict 5 May 08, 15:43 ET McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— There's a place in this city, amid the snarled checkpoints and mazes of blast walls and general anxiety, where families still gather for picnics, teenage boys kick around soccer balls, young couples canoodle furtively under trees and children bury their faces in cotton candy. more Parliament or bust for Miss Great Britain 5 May 08, 15:41 ET AFP - Miss Great Britain vowed to "put the beauty back into politics" Monday as she launched a bid to get elected to parliament that could get Prime Minister Gordon Brown sweating. more South African "Scorpions" boss to join World Bank 5 May 08, 15:36 ET Reuters - The head of South Africa's Scorpions crime-fighting unit, Leonard McCarthy, was appointed on Monday to head the World Bank's anti-corruption unit. more Israel's premier pledges fewer restrictions on Palestinians 5 May 08, 15:17 ET AP - Israel's prime minister told the Palestinian president Monday that he understands the Palestinians need to see their lives improve if peacemaking is to succeed and pledged to take tangible steps, their aides said. more Duck deaths won't go unpunished: Canada minister 5 May 08, 14:44 ET Reuters - A top Canadian official sought to calm an international uproar over hundreds of ducks killed at Canada's biggest oil sands plant by promising, at a U.S. oil industry event on Monday, that the incident will not go unpunished. more China's athletes test clean even as nation pumps out the steroids 5 May 08, 14:21 ET McClatchy Newspapers - CHANGCHUN, China— Barely a decade ago, allegations that China juiced its top athletes flourished. After all, dozens tested positive in the 1990s, and when new anti-doping procedures arrived before the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, China suddenly decided to leave 40 athletes at home. more Chelsea push Man United to the wire 5 May 08, 14:20 ET AFP - Chelsea ensured the English Premier League battle will continue to the final day of the season by beating Newcastle 2-0 at St James' Park on Monday. more UN and NGOs rush to ready aid for Myanmar cyclone victims 5 May 08, 14:17 ET AP - U.N. agencies and independent humanitarian groups rushed Monday to prepare assistance for victims of a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, while awaiting a formal go-ahead from the military regime in the Southeast Asian nation. more Erupting volcano prompts new evacuation in Chile 5 May 08, 14:03 ET Reuters - Chile prepared to evacuate another town in its remote Patagonian south on Monday, as ash spewed from a snowcapped volcano for a fourth day after its first eruption in thousands of years. more Ten Iraqi soldiers slain in checkpoint attack 5 May 08, 13:56 ET Reuters - Suspected al Qaeda militants killed 10 Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in Iraq's restive Diyala province north of Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said. more Neo-Nazi killing puts spotlight on Italian militants 5 May 08, 13:40 ET Reuters - The death on Monday of a man attacked by neo-Nazis threw the spotlight on political militancy in Italy, prompting the opposition to ask if a right-wing sweep at an April election had fed a climate of intolerance. more Israeli president likens Iranian nuclear threat to Hitler 5 May 08, 13:25 ET AP - In sweeping comments Monday before Israel's 60th anniversary, Israeli President Shimon Peres compared the Iranian nuclear threat to Hitler's Germany and said engaging Gaza's Hamas rulers would be like talking to a wall. more Ford Canada, union deal to reap significant savings 5 May 08, 13:21 ET Reuters - While Ford Canada's new collective bargaining agreement with the Canadian Auto Workers union avoids a two-tier wage system - like that agreed with a U.S. union - savings in other areas of the pact will make up the gap, the company said on Monday. more Hezbollah training Iraqi fighters: report 5 May 08, 13:19 ET AFP - Fighters from the Lebanon-based pro-Iranian Hezbollah group have been training Iraqi militia members at a camp near Tehran, The New York Times reported Monday. more Cruise ship evacuated off Latvian coast 5 May 08, 12:36 ET AP - Latvia's coast guard on Monday removed more than 650 people from a stranded cruise ship after tugboats failed to pull the luxury liner off an underwater sand bank in the Baltic Sea. more Experts say Red Square parade masks weakened Russia military 5 May 08, 12:22 ET AP - For the first time in post-Soviet Russia, tanks and nuclear missile launchers are to rumble across Red Square on Friday, in a seemingly fearsome parade of military might. more Iran ex-president rebuked over insurgent remarks 5 May 08, 10:40 ET AFP - Former Iranian president Mohamad Khatami was under fire from hardliners on Monday after comments interpreted as accusing the country's clerical leaders of supporting insurgents in the Middle East. more U.S. monitors to study West Bank roadblocks 5 May 08, 10:20 ET Reuters - The United States said on Monday it would send monitors to study whether the removal of Israeli roadblocks was making life easier for Palestinians in the West Bank. more US: Hezbollah training Iraqi Shiite extremists in Iran 5 May 08, 10:14 ET AP - Iraqi Shiite extremists are being trained by members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in camps near Tehran, a U.S. military spokesman said Monday. more South Africa needs crime-fighting Scorpions: report 5 May 08, 10:13 ET AFP - South African President Thabo Mbeki decided to disband an elite crime-fighting unit against an official recommendation to keep it operating, documents released Monday said. more Kurdish rebels threaten suicide attacks against US 5 May 08, 09:57 ET AP - Kurdish rebels could launch suicide attacks against American interests to punish the U.S. for sharing intelligence with Turkey after Turkey bombed rebel bases, a spokeswoman for a wing of a rebel group warned. more Israeli prez nixes Hamas talks 5 May 08, 09:52 ET McClatchy Newspapers - This morning began with a jarring, dream-shattering boom that rattled my apartment windows and echoed across the valley below. more Witnesses: Soldiers kill 2 in Somalia riot over food prices 5 May 08, 09:17 ET AP - Troops opened fire and killed at least two people as tens of thousands of people rioted over high food prices in Somalia's capital Monday. more Sudan bombs Darfur school and market, 13 killed 5 May 08, 09:13 ET Reuters - Sudanese government bombs have hit a primary school and a busy market place in Darfur, killing at least 13 people, including seven children, two aid organizations said on Monday. more Prince Harry receives Afghanistan medal 5 May 08, 09:05 ET AFP - Prince Harry received his first army campaign medal as his regiment was decorated for its service in Afghanistan in a ceremony here Monday. more Myanmar cyclone death toll reaches 3,969: state television 5 May 08, 07:50 ET AFP - The death toll from the cyclone that hit Myanmar over the weekend has reached 3,969, state television said Monday, warning that thousands more could be dead. more Lawyer: Austrian suspect Fritzl has mental disorder 5 May 08, 07:45 ET AP - The lawyer for the Austrian man who allegedly imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her has said he is preparing an insanity defense. more Three dead babies found in freezer in Germany 5 May 08, 07:41 ET Reuters - A woman has been taken into custody in Germany after the bodies of three newborn babies were found in a freezer in the basement of a private home, police and local prosecutors said on Monday. more Iran suspends talks with US on security in Iraq 5 May 08, 07:37 ET AP - Iran said Monday it would not hold a new round of talks with the U.S. on security in Iraq until American forces end their current assault against Shiite militias. more Iran rules out nuclear halt despite fresh incentives 5 May 08, 07:15 ET Reuters - Iran said on Monday it would not consider any incentives offered by world powers that violated its right to nuclear technology, ruling out a precondition to halt atomic work the West believes is aimed at making bombs. more Asia fears rising poverty, social unrest from soaring food prices 5 May 08, 07:10 ET AFP - Soaring food prices could push millions of people in Asia back into poverty and lead to social unrest, regional leaders warned at the Asian Development Bank's annual meeting in Spain. more Sri Lanka rebels say 11 troops killed 5 May 08, 06:44 ET AFP - Separatist rebels said they killed 11 government troops and wounded 20 during clashes in northern Sri Lanka on Monday. more Chinese orchestra to play for Pope, suggesting warmer ties 5 May 08, 06:08 ET AP - The China Philharmonic Orchestra plans to perform this week for Pope Benedict XVI, state media reported Monday, the latest indication that the often-strained ties between Beijing and the Vatican are improving. more Taiwan's vice premier quits party amid scandal 5 May 08, 06:05 ET AP - Taiwan's vice premier quit the ruling party Monday to take responsibility for a diplomatic bungle that cost the government millions of dollars. more Australian doctor proposes paying $47,000 for a kidney 5 May 08, 05:36 ET AP - An Australian doctor proposed Monday that the government pay up to $47,000 for kidney donations to overcome a chronic shortage. more 5 police officers killed in Chechnya blast, authorities say 5 May 08, 05:01 ET AP - A remote-controlled bomb exploded on a roadside in the capital of troubled Chechnya, leaving five police officers dead, while another officer was fatally shot near the city, regional authorities said Monday. more Mogadishu rocked by food demonstrations 5 May 08, 04:49 ET Reuters - Thousands of Somalis protested in Mogadishu's streets on Monday, angry at food traders refusing to take old currency notes that have been blamed for spiraling inflation, witnesses said. more Police find 3 dead infants in freezer in Germany 5 May 08, 04:34 ET AP - Police say that the bodies of three infants have been found inside a freezer in the basement of a home in west Germany. more Pakistan Taliban leader gives beard warning: residents 5 May 08, 03:55 ET AFP - A Pakistani Taliban leader has warned local tribesmen to grow beards within the next two months in accordance with Islamic teachings or face harsh punishment, residents said Monday. more Motorcade carrying Iraq's first lady bombed; wife unharmed 5 May 08, 02:55 ET AP - Iraq's first lady escaped unharmed Sunday from a bomb attack in downtown Baghdad that struck her motorcade, injuring four body guards. more Christians welcome Australian backdown on gay civil unions 5 May 08, 02:49 ET AFP - Australian Christian groups Monday welcomed a decision by a local territory government to abandon its plans to legalise same-sex civil unions after intervention from Canberra. more WHO: deadly child virus in China not a threat to Olympics 5 May 08, 02:23 ET AP - A highly infectious virus that has killed 25 children in China is unlikely to be a threat to the Beijing Olympics, although it is too early to tell whether it has peaked, the World Health Organization said Sunday. more Child death toll rises to 26 in China virus outbreak: state media 5 May 08, 02:20 ET AFP - The death toll in China from a virus that preys on children rose to 26 on Monday with state-run media reporting another victim, as the government pressed on with efforts to rein in the outbreak. more Canadian auto workers ratify 3-year Ford contract 5 May 08, 00:53 ET AP - The Canadian Auto Workers voted to ratify a three-year contract with Ford Motor Co., an agreement the union expects Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. to match. more Rice pushes for peace progress; Israel denies hidden agenda 5 May 08, 00:46 ET AP - Facing mounting Palestinian frustration at the pace of peace talks, the United States leaned on Israel on Sunday to lift restrictions that chafe West Bank residents and stifle an already limping economy. more

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