5/14/08
In brief
Senate demands Bush halt oil shipments into reserve WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate, in a direct challenge to...
Troops hike to quake-buried villages
MIANYANG, China (AP) — Soldiers hiking over landslide-blocked roads reached the epicenter of China's devastating...
Rice says Mideast peace improbable, not impossible
JERUSALEM (AP) — Ahead of a visit to the Middle East, President Bush expressed some optimism that an Israeli-Palest...
5/13/08
In brief
Ex-State employees allege agency kept secret corruption at senior levels in Baghdad
U.S. begins aid flights to Myanmar cyclone victims
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A U.S. plane ferried relief to Myanmar for the first time Monday to help nearly 2 million...
Bush says world should condemn Myanmar junta
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush said Monday that an angry world should condemn the way Myanmar's military rulers...
5/12/08
In brief
Serbia's pro-Western president declares victory in parliamentary elections BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's...
Number of disabled veterans rising
WASHINGTON (AP) — Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an...
5/11/08
Superdelegates lining up behind Obama
By GLENN THRUSH Newsday WASHINGTON — It's not a stampede yet — but the superdelegates are starting to gallop...
5/9/08
First foreign aid flights let in by Myanmar junta
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's military regime allowed in the first major international aid shipment Thursday,...
In brief
Defense ministry says leader of al-Qaida arrested in Mosul BAGHDAD (AP) — The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Ayyub...
5/8/08
In brief
Rev. Al Sharpton arrested as hundreds block traffic to protest NYC police shooting
U.S. pressing to deliver aid to victims of cyclone
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon readied people and equipment for an aid mission to cyclone-stricken Myanmar, but the...