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Total Items: 17148 Current Page: 1 Feed Date: 05/16/2008
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China's Heaviest Toll: Schoolchildren

photoToo many children died in poorly constructed schools flattened by the quake, and now their parents want answers



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Hollywood boys who just don't want to grow up (Reuters)

Actors Ray Winstone (L) and Harrison Ford are shown in a scene from the new film 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' in this undated publicity photograph. (David James/Paramount Pictures/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - When to slow down and retire? For most people in their 60s the decision is a no-brainer -- the sooner the better. But in the rare air of movie stardom, where careers are fueled by a mix of talent, ego, vanity and, sometimes, cosmetic surgery, it seems to be a far harder decision.



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China buries quake dead as new aftershock hits (Reuters)

Rescuers walk past the rubble of a destroyed house after an earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan province, May 15, 2008. (Aly Song/Reuters)Reuters - China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake thought to have killed more than 50,000.



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Muskogee, Okla., teen ready for mayoral challenge (AP)

John Tyler Hammons, the 19-year-old newly elected mayor of Muskogee, Okla., gestures as he speaks during an interview in his new office in Muskogee, Okla., Thursday May 15, 2008. The University of Oklahoma freshman is moving out of a dorm and back in with his parents as he prepares to be sworn in next week as mayor of this 38,000-person eastern Oklahoma city made famous in Merle Haggard's 'Okie From Muskogee.' (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP - Nineteen-year-old John Tyler Hammons has a lot on his plate as he prepares to take over as mayor of this eastern Oklahoma city, but he's trying to keep his priorities straight.



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Red Cross: Clean water most urgent for Myanmar (AP)

A Myanmar monk fetches water on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Thursday May 15, 2008. (AP Photo)AP - The international Red Cross says a lack of clean water will be the biggest killer in Myanmar in the coming days.



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Strong aftershock hits China quake epicenter (AP)

Rescue workers move rubble by hand to search for survivors near the epicenter of Monday's quake in Yingxiu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, while some survivors were pulled from rubble after being buried for four days.



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Suit by Princess's Sister Backfires

photoA judge in Spain ruled that Telma Ortiz, sister-in-law to the heir to the Spanish throne, is a public figure



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Top Vietnamese Journalists Arrested

photoThe jailing of two reporters for "abuse of power" is a blow to press freedom in Vietnam



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Zimbabwe Presidential Runoff Set

photoA presidential election runoff between Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will be held June 27



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Researchers warn of nitrogen hazard to environment (AP)
AP - While carbon dioxide has been getting lots of publicity in climate change, reactive forms of nitrogen are also building up in the environment, scientists warn.
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