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    U.N. chief to Myanmar: focus on saving lives (Reuters)

    People walk on a flooded street in Yangon May 20, 2008. (Strringer/Reuters)Reuters - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon began a mission on Wednesday for Myanmar's cyclone victims, saying "our focus now is on saving lives," as the military government gave approval for the first foreign helicopters to distribute aid.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 17:01:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Mbeki: Army to help end South Africa violence (Reuters)

    Protesters chant slogans during clashes believed to be linked to recent anti-foreigner violence in Reiger Park informal settlement, east of Johannesburg May 20, 2008. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)Reuters - South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki gave approval on Wednesday for the army to help end attacks on foreigners that have killed at least 25 people.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 17:12:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    US guards drag Afghan detainee to war-crimes court (AP)

    In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, a  U.S. Army soldier looks through binoculars while standing on a guard tower at Camp 4 in the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - An Afghan detainee was dragged from his cell to his first pretrial hearing at Guantanamo on Wednesday, then refused to participate, telling the judge he felt "helpless."


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 17:02:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Jordan militants sentenced for plotting chemical attack (AP)
    AP - Eight al-Qaida-linked militants were handed life sentences on Wednesday — three in absentia — for plotting a 2004 chemical attack on the U.S. Embassy and other sites in the kingdom. -- read full article
    Wed, 21 May 2008 16:59:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Pound slides against the euro, dollar (AFP)

    The pound weakened against both the euro and the dollar amid concerns about the economy following the release of minutes from the Bank of England's last meeting.(AFP/File/Bertrand Langlois)AFP - The pound weakened against both the euro and the dollar on Wednesday amid concerns about the economy following the release of minutes from the Bank of England's last meeting.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 16:51:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Woman rescued 9 days after China quake (AP)

    Parents hold photos of their children during a memorial service for students killed in last week's earthquake at a primary school in Mianzhu, in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday May 21, 2008. Parents held a memorial ceremony Wednesday for the more than 130 students killed when their school collapsed in a massive earthquake on May 12. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Rescuers saved a 35-year-old woman who survived nine days trapped in a tunnel despite multiple fractures, the only survivor found Wednesday in the rubble of China's massive quake zone.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 14:37:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Myanmar junta setting up orphanages after cyclone (AP)

    A group of homeless Myanmar cyclone survivors look on at a monastery, being used as a temporary shelter, on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Myanmar will not allow U.S. naval ships and helicopters poised off its shore to deliver aid to cyclone victims, according to state-controlled media Wednesday which cited fears of an American invasion aimed at grabbing the country's oil reserves.  (AP Photo)AP - Myanmar's military junta will set up orphanages for the hundreds of children whose parents died in the recent cyclone, state media reported Wednesday.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 14:22:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Myanmar shuns aid from US warships; UN urges more relief (AP)

    A group of homeless Myanmar cyclone survivors look on at a monastery, being used as a temporary shelter, on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Myanmar will not allow U.S. naval ships and helicopters poised off its shore to deliver aid to cyclone victims, according to state-controlled media Wednesday which cited fears of an American invasion aimed at grabbing the country's oil reserves.  (AP Photo)AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Myanmar to focus on saving lives, not on politics, after the military government on Wednesday shunned a U.S. proposal for naval ships to deliver aid to cyclone survivors.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 15:52:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Israel says it is holding peace talks with Syria (AP)

    Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, right, shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan  before their bilateral talks on the World Economic Forum in Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, Monday, May 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - Israel and Syria on Wednesday said they were holding indirect peace talks through Turkish mediators — the first official confirmation of contacts between the longtime enemies.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 14:11:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Lebanon's feuding factions reach agreement (AP)

    People celebrate as Prime Minister Fuad Saniora talks on TV, after Lebanese politicians came to an agreement in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Lebanon's feuding factions ended the country's long political stalemate Wednesday, Arab mediators in Qatar announced, after a breakthrough deal that gives the militant Hezbollah group and their allies veto power on any government decision. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - Lebanon's feuding factions reached a breakthrough deal Wednesday that ends the country's 18-month political stalemate, but also gives the militant Hezbollah group and its allies veto over any government decision.


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    Wed, 21 May 2008 15:58:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Protesters vow action over kangaroo cull (AP)

    In this Aug. 29, 2000 file photo, a mother and her joey kangaroo are seen at the Lucas Heights Nuclear Science Testing Facility in Sydney, Australia. Australian authorities have started the controversial killing about 400 kangaroos on the outskirts of Australia's capital of Canberra, animal rights activists said Monday, May 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)AP - An animal rights activist threatened "direct action" to stop the killing of 400 kangaroos because of overpopulation in Australia's capital after two protesters unsuccessfully tried to disrupt the cull Tuesday.


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    Tue, 20 May 2008 07:17:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Taiwan investigating ex-President Chen Shui-bian (AP)
    AP - Taiwanese prosecutors launched a corruption probe against outgoing President Chen Shui-bian on Tuesday, hours after he completed eight combative years in office. -- read full article
    Tue, 20 May 2008 10:29:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Mugabe party dismisses opposition 'assassination' claims (AFP)

    A Zimbabwean Movement for Democratic Change supporter holds a placard with a picture of MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai at a rally in Bulawayo on May 18. Zimbabwe's ruling party has dismissed as pure fantasy opposition claims that President Robert Mugabe's military intelligence was plotting to assassinate its leadership.(AFP,File/Desmond Kwande)AFP - Zimbabwe's ruling party on Tuesday dismissed as fantasy opposition claims that President Robert Mugabe's military intelligence was plotting to assassinate its leadership ahead of a run-off election.


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    Tue, 20 May 2008 10:37:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Colombia rebel urges others to surrender (AP)

    Nelly Avila Moreno, a leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, arrives for a press conference one day after surrendering to authorities in Medellin, Colombia, Monday, May 19, 2008. Moreno, also known as 'Karina,'  is blamed for a series of massacres, attacks on public officials and kidnappings. Moreno handed herself over to Colombian authorities Sunday in the northwestern province of Antioquia.  (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)AP - A day after surrendering to the army, a one-eyed, battle-hardened female rebel commander urged other guerrillas Monday to follow her example and abandon their decades-long struggle.


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    Tue, 20 May 2008 04:03:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Iraqi court resumes trial of Saddam lieutenant (AP)
    AP - An Iraqi court has resumed hearing the case against Tariq Aziz and seven other former regime officials who face charges in the 1992 execution of dozens of merchants. -- read full article
    Tue, 20 May 2008 08:46:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
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