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US Marine guilty of indecency but not rape in Japan: military 8 May 08, 23:53 ET AFP - A US military judge has found a Marine guilty of sexual misconduct but not of rape after allegations of gang-raping a woman in Japan, the military said Friday. more Myanmar 'not ready' for foreign rescue teams: state media 8 May 08, 23:18 ET AFP - Myanmar is "not ready" for foreign search and rescue teams after the deadly cyclone, the foreign ministry said Friday in a state newspaper, announcing that some aid workers had been deported. more Spain claims $500 million in sunken treasure 8 May 08, 22:55 ET AP - Spain formally laid claim Thursday to a shipwreck that yielded a $500 million treasure, saying it has proof the vessel was Spanish. more Asia's love of 'living art' koi fish growing 8 May 08, 22:44 ET AFP - Koi, an ornamental fish which enthusiasts liken to a moving work of art, are gaining popularity across Asia thanks to changing lifestyles and increasingly sophisticated tastes, experts say. more Iraqi officials say leader of al-Qaida in Iraq arrested 8 May 08, 22:30 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 Airport lost luggage finds a new home at auctions 8 May 08, 22:21 ET AFP - "At least I have a good one," said Hannah Taylor as she opened a suitcase full of clothes she had just bought at a London auction which sells dozens of pieces of lost luggage each week. more England a not so green and pleasant land: tourist guide 8 May 08, 21:53 ET AFP - England, famous across the world as the country of Shakespeare, royalty, fair play and manners, is a nation of "overweight, sex-and-celebrity-obsessed TV addicts", according to a new tourist guide. more US warns China of 'technological isolation' 8 May 08, 21:23 ET AFP - The United States warned China Thursday that it risked "technological isolation" for developing unique technical standards of its own that also are shutting out foreign competition. more 1st big foreign aid flights finally let in by Myanmar junta 8 May 08, 21:23 ET AP - Myanmar's military regime allowed in the first major international aid shipment Thursday, but it snubbed a U.S. offer to help cyclone victims struggling to recover from a tragedy of unimaginable scale. more Chavez: Venezuela won't tolerate secession in Bolivia 8 May 08, 21:19 ET AP - President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela will not tolerate a movement for secession in Bolivia's eastern lowland states. Chavez says his government has not meddled in the domestic affairs of other Latin American nations, but would if Bolivian states now seeking greater autonomy from Bolivia's central government push for total independence. more Israeli PM denies taking illicit donations from American 8 May 08, 21:03 ET AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied fresh accusations that he illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen, but said Thursday night that he will step down if he is indicted. more Acting Mexican police chief killed outside his home 8 May 08, 21:02 ET AP - Mexico's acting federal police chief was shot dead early Thursday outside his home - a brazen attack as drug traffickers increasingly lash back at a nationwide crackdown on organized crime. more Israel's Olmert admits taking cash but won't quit 8 May 08, 20:12 ET Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admitted on Thursday taking cash from a U.S. businessman but resisted calls to resign over a police investigation into alleged hefty bribes over almost a decade. more UK says louts should be punished 8 May 08, 20:09 ET AP - How should Britain deal with louts and bullies who make their neighbors' lives miserable? A top law-enforcement official says the answer is to bully them right back. more Lula outraged by acquittal in U.S. nun's murder case 8 May 08, 20:02 ET Reuters - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday he was outraged that a rancher convicted of ordering the murder of a U.S.-born nun was acquitted during a retrial. more Army worms invade central Kenya: official 8 May 08, 19:46 ET AFP - Army worms have destroyed swathes of farmland in central Kenya, threatening food security in the east African nation, an official said Thursday. more US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,073 8 May 08, 19:06 ET AP - As of Thursday, May 8, 2008, at least 4,073 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 Problems plague Canada's emissions trading plans 8 May 08, 18:55 ET Reuters - Just as Canada is set to launch a domestic carbon emissions trading scheme in a bid to curb its rising greenhouse gas emissions, a number of issues have surfaced, casting doubt on the country's plans. more Kenya launches witness protection programme to combat crime 8 May 08, 18:42 ET AFP - Kenya on Thursday launched a witness-protection programme in a bid to fight surging crime in the east African nation. more Can Austria's Cellar Children Recover? 8 May 08, 18:30 ET Time.com - The three kids who emerged from an Austrian dungeon face a host of challenges adjusting to the outside world more U.S. worries Russia-Georgia dispute may get violent 8 May 08, 18:28 ET Reuters - The United States fears there could be bloodshed in the dispute between Russia and ex-Soviet Georgia, a State Department official said on Thursday, as he urged Moscow to stop intimidating its southern neighbor. more Israeli PM Olmert suspected of receiving funds 8 May 08, 18:06 ET AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, responding to fresh accusations that he illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen, on Thursday said he will step down if he is indicted. more Manta ray released from Bahamas resort 8 May 08, 17:48 ET AP - A 1,000-pound (450-kilogram) manta ray was returned to the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after three years as a research subject and tourist attraction at a Bahamian resort. more Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq reportedly arrested 8 May 08, 17:26 ET Reuters - Iraqi and U.S. forces have detained a man suspected of being the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Iraqi security officials said on Friday. more Iraqi army says Iraqi al-Qaida leader arrested 8 May 08, 17:24 ET AP - The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday. more Myanmar cyclone victim takes solace in new baby 8 May 08, 17:16 ET AP - As the waters rose around her house, Ohn Tay grabbed her 8-year-old son and scrambled to safety. Hours later, she gave birth to a baby girl. more Chilean troops force volcano evacuations 8 May 08, 16:47 ET AP - Police and soldiers cleared the last remaining people from the shadow of a Chilean volcano on Thursday after a strong, overnight explosion spewed glowing-hot rocks from its crater. more Burma's Masters of Disaster 8 May 08, 16:20 ET Time.com - Viewpoint: The junta says things are returning to normal, pressing on with changes designed to cement their control more Drug traffickers' hitmen kill top Mexico policeman 8 May 08, 16:15 ET Reuters - Drug hitmen, one wielding a pistol with a silencer, shot dead one of Mexico's top federal police officers at his home on Thursday, in a blow to President Felipe Calderon's fight against cartels. more Bernier faces pressure over ex-girfriend 8 May 08, 16:09 ET Reuters - The foreign minister faced pressure to quit on Thursday, as the opposition questioned his judgment and charged he had had a relationship with a woman who once had ties to organized crime. more Lost in the Holocaust: experts plumb newly opened archive 8 May 08, 15:51 ET AP - A mother and child separated. A father's war wound. An uncle's name on a list. more Georgia warns of war risk with Russia 8 May 08, 15:46 ET AFP - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili warned Thursday of a risk of war with Russia amid tension over a separatist region, as Moscow began dual leadership under President Dmitry Medvedev and his mentor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. more Malaria, diarrhea reported after storm hits Myanmar 8 May 08, 15:44 ET AP - Health experts are scrambling to prevent widespread illness after reports of malaria outbreaks and diarrhea surfaced in areas of Myanmar hardest hit by a cyclone, U.N. health officials said Thursday. more Guantanamo judge threatens to halt Canadian case 8 May 08, 15:43 ET Reuters - A Guantanamo war court judge threatened on Thursday to halt the case of a Canadian terrorism suspect captured at age 15 if the U.S. government fails to turn over records of his detention. more Iraq rocket attack on Basra base kills two 8 May 08, 15:21 ET Reuters - Militants fired rockets into a British forces base in Iraq's southern oil town of Basra on Thursday, killing two contractors and wounding four other civilians, the U.S. military said on Thursday. more Cigar maker Davidoff launches new 'Winston Churchill' range 8 May 08, 15:07 ET AFP - Iconic British wartime leader Winston Churchill will have two cigars to his name after Swiss manufacturer Oettinger Davidoff said Thursday it is launching a new brand bearing his moniker. more Underground sport: Saudi women shed veils to play basketball 8 May 08, 15:02 ET AP - The players bounded into the gym, shedding their long black cloaks and veils to take to the basketball court. Up this night: Jeddah United against the Jaguars, as 30 women spectators hooted and hollered from the stands. more Iran says explosion in mosque last month was deliberate 8 May 08, 15:01 ET AP - Iran said Thursday that a bomb, not an accident, caused last month's explosion in a mosque that killed 14 people and injured more than 200. more Gaza-Egypt border to open for three days: Hamas 8 May 08, 14:55 ET Reuters - The main border crossing between the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and Egypt will be opened for three days starting on Saturday under a deal between the Islamist group and Cairo, a Hamas official said on Thursday. more Cyclone Nargis had all the makings of `a perfect storm' 8 May 08, 14:01 ET AP - It was Asia's answer to Hurricane Katrina. Packing winds upwards of 120 mph, Cyclone Nargis became one of Asia's deadliest storms by hitting land at one of the lowest points in Myanmar and setting off a storm surge that reached 25 miles inland. more Canadian "torture victims" press Ottawa over probe 8 May 08, 13:57 ET Reuters - Three Canadian men who blame Ottawa for their alleged torture in Syria protested outside Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office on Thursday to demand that a secret probe into their case be opened to the public. more Hamilton wants to start winning again 8 May 08, 13:38 ET AFP - Lewis Hamilton admitted Thursday that he misses the feeling of winning Formula One races and intends to return to the top of the podium by triumphing in Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix. more Acting head of Mexico's federal police killed in capital 8 May 08, 12:52 ET AP - The acting chief of Mexico's federal police was shot dead early Thursday outside his home in the capital. more Woman fired for giving 16-cent treat to toddler 8 May 08, 12:50 ET Reuters - An attendant at a Canadian restaurant who was sacked for giving a bite-sized doughnut, worth 16 cents, to an agitated toddler was given her job back on Thursday after the case received wide media attention. more Canadian teen makes sticky molecule in bid to diagnose, prevent flu 8 May 08, 12:43 ET AFP - A Canadian high school student has won a national science competition for her new molecule that binds to flu viruses, which may eventually be used to diagnose or prevent flu infections. more Economist says $10 bln could double Africa food production 8 May 08, 12:30 ET AFP - US economist Jeffrey Sachs blasted the West Thursday for responding to the world food crisis by shipping "unsustainable" aid, and said just 10 billion dollars could double Africa's food production. more Attackers slice ears off 17 people in Senegal 8 May 08, 12:26 ET Reuters - Unidentified attackers sliced the left ears off 17 people in Senegal's restive southern province of Casamance, a region long plagued by separatist rebel violence, police in the West African country said on Thursday. more Beirut gunbattles as Hezbollah says govt 'declares war' 8 May 08, 11:59 ET AFP - Fierce gunbattles erupted in Beirut on Thursday after Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah charged that a Lebanese government crackdown on his group's activities was tantamount to a "declaration of war." more A Cell Phone Civil War in Lebanon 8 May 08, 11:15 ET Time.com - The first shots are traded in what may be a Lebanese new civil war after the government moved to close down Hizballah's phone network more Did 'Ship of Shame' complete mission? 8 May 08, 11:07 ET McClatchy Newspapers - Maybe those Chinese weapons got to Zimbabwe after all. more ITV fined £5.67 million over phone-in fiasco 8 May 08, 10:41 ET AFP - Broadcaster ITV was fined a record £5.67 million Thursday for misleading viewers over premium rate TV phone-in services, industry regulator Ofcom said. more U.S. Urged to Reform Foreign Aid 8 May 08, 10:38 ET OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, May 8 (OneWorld) - More than 800 development and human rights activists are gathering here this week, developing and calling on Congress to implement new strategies to tackle world poverty and hunger. more Heavy fighting claims 77 lives in Sri Lanka: military 8 May 08, 10:34 ET AFP - At least 74 Tamil Tiger rebels and three Sri Lankan soldiers have been killed in the latest battles in the island's north, according to the defence ministry on Thursday. more Interpol says suspected pedophile caught in New Jersey 8 May 08, 10:33 ET AP - Interpol says U.S. authorities have detained a suspected pedophile in New Jersey two days after the international police agency called for public help to catch him. more Georgian rebels say shot down Georgian spy drone: Ifax 8 May 08, 09:58 ET Reuters - Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia said on Thursday it had shot down another Georgian spy drone, Russia's Interfax news agency reported. more Hezbollah says Lebanese govt declares war 8 May 08, 09:47 ET Reuters - Hezbollah said on Thursday the Lebanese government had declared war against the group by targeting its communications network and vowed to "cut off the hand" that tries to dismantle it. more Ex-showgirl stars in Berlusconi's female cast 8 May 08, 09:36 ET Reuters - Even though a former showgirl and a lawmaker once voted "Miss Parliament" are among the female ministers in Italy's new government, critics are panning Silvio Berlusconi for not being "pink" enough. more Iran 'blames monarchists for mosque blast' 8 May 08, 09:17 ET AFP - Iran on Thursday blamed a mosque explosion that killed 13 people in the southern city of Shiraz last month on Western-backed monarchists who oppose the Islamic republic, the Fars news agency reported. more Israel marks 60 years as political clouds gather 8 May 08, 08:49 ET Reuters - Israel celebrated its 60th birthday with barbecues and military display on Thursday but the party was marred by an investigation that could unseat the prime minister and derail efforts toward a peace it has never known. more Austrian locked up daughter to 'protect' her: report 8 May 08, 07:55 ET AFP - Austrian incest father Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and made her bear seven children, said he locked her up to protect her from outside vices, in comments published Thursday. more Dalai Lama's envoy details Tibetan proposals at China talks 8 May 08, 07:17 ET AP - The Dalai Lama's envoys and Chinese officials disagreed more than they agreed at weekend talks on how to move beyond the unrest in Tibet, one of the Tibetan spiritual leader's representatives said Thursday. more Sunnis, Shiites clash for a second day in Lebanon 8 May 08, 07:04 ET AP - Shiite Muslim supporters of the militant Hezbollah and Sunnis allied with Lebanon's U.S.-backed government clashed for a second day Thursday as sectarian violence in Beirut spilled over to other parts of the country. more Myanmar democracy leader lost roof in cyclone, says neighbor 8 May 08, 06:41 ET AP - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is living in virtual darkness after the devastating cyclone that struck the country blew the roof off her house, a neighbor said Thursday. more New PM Putin vows to curb inflation, cut taxes 8 May 08, 06:34 ET Reuters - Vladimir Putin, taking over as Russia's prime minister a day after leaving the Kremlin, pledged on Thursday to curb inflation, cut taxes and boost social spending to make Russia a top world economic power. more Russian parliament confirms Putin as prime minister 8 May 08, 06:32 ET AP - Loyal lawmakers confirmed Vladimir Putin as prime minister Thursday, capping a carefully engineered recast of Russia's leadership a day after he handed the presidency to his protege Dmitry Medvedev. more Boom time for Philippine banana plantations 8 May 08, 04:30 ET AFP - Crop dusters skim like dragonflies above the low green canopy of the banana plantantions stretching as far as the eye can see on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. more Myanmar aid shipments stranded as junta resists foreign help 8 May 08, 04:12 ET AFP - A few aid shipments had arrived in Myanmar's main city by Thursday, but the planeloads of supplies and heavy equipment needed to help millions of cyclone victims remain largely stranded outside the country. more Can disaster loosen junta's grip in Burma (Myanmar)? 8 May 08, 04:00 ET The Christian Science Monitor - The first test of how the people of Burma (Myanmar) view their government's slow response to the devastating May 3 cyclone could come Saturday. more Burundi army says killed 50 rebels in clashes 8 May 08, 03:59 ET Reuters - Burundi's army said on Thursday it had killed 50 fighters from the country's last active guerrilla group in renewed clashes outside the capital Bujumbura. more Residents says Iraqi soldiers warn them to leave Sadr City 8 May 08, 03:58 ET AP - Local residents say Iraqi soldiers are warning people to leave their homes in Sadr City for security reasons. more Australian support for republic at new low: poll 8 May 08, 03:46 ET AFP - The number of Australians who want to replace the monarchy with a republic has fallen to its lowest level in almost 15 years, according to a poll published Thursday. more Grim fight for survival in cyclone-hit Myanmar 8 May 08, 03:40 ET AFP - Emergency aid trickled into Myanmar where more than a million desperate cyclone survivors Thursday faced a grim battle against disease and starvation and a US diplomat said the death toll may top 100,000. more Chelsea lawyer's post-mortem results due 8 May 08, 03:21 ET AFP - The post-mortem results are expected Thursday on the body of a lawyer who was killed in a shootout with police in London's plush Chelsea district. more Captive macaws now reproduce in the wild in Costa Rica 8 May 08, 03:09 ET AP - Endangered scarlet macaws born in captivity are reproducing in the wild for the first time on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast. more Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable cruise missile 8 May 08, 02:59 ET AP - Pakistan said it test-fired a short-range cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead Thursday, one day after archrival India test-fired a long-range missile with nuclear capability. more Iran condemns British ruling on resistance group 8 May 08, 02:29 ET AFP - Iran on Thursday condemned a British court ruling paving the way for the lifting of a ban on the main armed opposition group to the Islamic republic, and said such a move would promote "terrorism." more How Burma's Generals Deal with Cyclones 8 May 08, 02:10 ET Time.com - Viewpoint: The junta says things are returning to normal, pressing on with changes designed to cement their control more Indian doctor convicted in Britain bomb plot returns home 8 May 08, 01:39 ET AFP - An Indian doctor convicted of withholding information about a bomb plot in Britain returned home exhausted Thursday after being deported, and immediately went to sleep, his mother said. more Pakistan tests nuclear-capable cruise missile 8 May 08, 01:01 ET Reuters - Pakistan successfully tested a nuclear-capable, air-launched cruise missile with a range of 350 km (220 miles) on Thursday, the military said, a day after India tested a long-range missile. more China willing to engage on Tibet: Dalai Lama envoy 8 May 08, 00:57 ET Reuters - An envoy to the Dalai Lama said on Thursday Chinese negotiators had shown a willingness to engage with the Tibetan side during recent talks, despite major differences on important issues. more WITNESS: Blacklisted by my bank for living in Iran 8 May 08, 00:31 ET Reuters - "Your account has been blocked because of your address ... It's not personal." more US envoy says toll from Myanmar cyclone might reach 100,000 8 May 08, 00:10 ET AP - Hungry people swarmed the few open shops and fistfights broke out over food and water in Myanmar's swamped Irrawaddy delta Wednesday as a top U.S. diplomat warned that the death toll from a devastating cyclone could top 100,000. more Pressure on Pope to apologise for priests' sex abuse in Australia 8 May 08, 00:02 ET AFP - Pressure was mounting Thursday on Pope Benedict XVI to apologise for sexual and physical abuse allegedly committed by priests in Australia when he visits the country in July. more

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