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Summary.     Click for More > China on alert over deadly child virus 78,000 dead in cyclone, 56,000 missing   Burma has declared 5 disaster areas, including Rangoon, after a large tropical cyclone hit the states of Irrawaddy, Bago, Karen and Mon Cyclone death toll jumps to 22,000
May.1  Washington  Bush offers $770m for food crisis
May.2  Zimbabwe  Officials: rivals face runoff
 London  New mayor is eccentric, offensive
 Zimbabwe  Mugabe rivals reject poll result
May.3   China
 Belarus  U.S. diplomats leave Belarus
  Myanmar  
 Microsoft  Microsoft walks away from Yahoo
May.4  Baghdad  Iraq First Lady survives bombing
 Myanmar  Hundreds feared dead in cyclone
 Bolivia  State backs autonomy
May.5  Myanmar  Myanmar death toll 'could reach 10,000'
 Myanmar  Death toll from cyclone more than 15,000
May.6   Myanmar  
  41,000 missing after the catastrophic cyclone that battered the country. The U.N. estimated up to a million could be homeless
 Aid agencies begin what they expect to be a major relief operation to help tens of thousands left without clean water and shelter. Up to 1.5 million people may have been affected by Cyclone Nargis, which devastated the Irrawaddy Delta region
 North Carolina  Obama wins North Carolina vote  Japan  China-Japan leaders hold summit May.7  Moscow  Russia swears in new president  Tibet  Olympic flame lit on Everest peak  Jerusalem  Israel marks its 60th anniversary May.8  Myanmar  Rotting corpses pile up   Jerusalem Olmert faces new corruption probe   Myanmar Burma 'wants aid not foreigners' May.9   Beirut Hezbollah takes over west Beirut  Myanmar  U.N. 'furious' as Myanmar aid 'seized' May.10  Myanmar  Cyclone aid used to entice voters  Oklahoma  Severe storms kill 18 in two U.S. states  Sudan  Sudan cuts Chad ties over attack May.11  Northern England  United claim 10th Premier League title   Serbia Pro-West president declares win  Myanmar  U.S. aid flight en route to Myanmar  Beirut  Hezbollah forces take revolt to mountains May.12   China   Quake death toll 50,000 Map of Sichuan Province China
  80 percent of the buildings collapsed in the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County after the 7.8-magnitude quake
 Several hundred students are also feared to be buried in collapsed school buildings. 'Five million' homeless in quake. A frightened schoolgirl was pulled safely from the rubble of a school dormitory. More than 4.3 million homes collapsed or sustained damage
 China  Death toll rises in quake May.13  Myanmar  Junta lacking in cyclone response  China  Quake death toll tops 12,000  India  Serial bomb blasts leave 60 dead  China  Rescuers reach epicentre May.14  Myanmar  UN raises Burma cyclone estimate  China  Girl pulled from rubble after 50 hours  Northern England  Zenit shuts out Rangers for UEFA Cup May.15  China  Quake death toll could reach 50,000  Colombia  Farc rebel link files 'genuine'   China President Hu Jintao visits quake area May.16  China  'Five million' homeless in quake  Myanmar  Junta: Almost 78,000 dead in cyclone  Dominican Republic  President wins election May.17  China  Quake effort resumes after panic May.18  Myanmar  Junta leader visits cyclone refugees  China  China to mourn quake victims; toll mounts  Singapore  Burma neighbours in cyclone talks   Colombia Rebel leader surrenders May.19  Myanmar  Myanmar agrees to regional cyclone aid  Venezuela  U.S. plane strays into Venezuela May.20  Qatar  Deal agreed on Lebanon crisis  South Africa  Thousands flee violence  Oregon  Obama 'within reach' of victory May.21  Moscow  United victorious after shoot-out drama May.22  China  Quake death toll passes 50,000  Myanmar  UN head tours cyclone-hit Burma   New York Oil soars to new record over $135  UN  U.N.: Poor could pay 40% more for food May.23  Myanmar  Myanmar to admit all aid workers  China  Quake victims need millions of tents May.24   Southern Italy   Violence breaks out over trash crisis   Police and protesters furiously clashed at government plans to dump mountains of uncollected trash from Naples in their towns  Zimbabwe  Tsvangirai returns home   Colombia FARC leader dead May.25  Beirut  MPs elect new president  USA  Historic pictures sent from Mars May.26  Ethiopia  Court sentences Mengistu to death  Iran  Iran 'withholds nuclear details'  Canada  Foreign minister resigns May.27  China  Aftershocks demolish homes  Global  World 'failing on human rights' May.28  Jerusalem  Call for PM to stand down  France  Life sentence for French killer   Nepal   Nepal abolishes monarchy  Newly elected leadership changed the country to a republic, a historic move that ended about 240 years of autocratic rule May.29  Global  World Bank pledges $1.2 billion for food  Amazon  Isolated tribe spotted May.30  Honduras  4 dead after airliner overshoots runway May.31  China  Race against time to drain 'quake lake'  Washington  Democrats reach delegate deal


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Bush offers $770m for food crisis Officials: rivals face runoff  A runoff has been declared in presidential election after officials said main Tsvangirai won 47.9% of votes, compared to 43.2% for Mugabe New mayor is eccentric, offensive Mugabe rivals reject poll result China on alert over deadly child virus Map of Anhui China

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May.1  Zimbabwe  Mugabe opponents face vote ultimatum
 Italy  Income details posted on web
 London  Jury sees video of London bombings
 St. Petersburg  Zenit crush Bayern to reach UEFA final
  Washington
 England  Labour suffers big council losses

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May.2   Zimbabwe  
 Yemen  Many feared dead in blast
 Pakistan  Fired judges getting jobs back
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 Sudan  Air crash kills Sudanese minister
 Cuba  Home computer ban lifted

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May.3   China  
  Health Ministry strengthened surveillance and dispatched specialists to the Anhui province as the death toll from a virulent virus climbed to 22
 China  Dalai Lama envoys to meet China officials  Zimbabwe  Run-off remains in doubt  Global  Asian bank in food crisis warning  Austria  Incest father was 'tyrant'   Belarus U.S. diplomats leave Belarus   Myanmar     78,000 dead in cyclone, 56,000 missing Map of Myaungmya Myanmar
  Burma has declared 5 disaster areas, including Rangoon, after a large tropical cyclone hit the states of Irrawaddy, Bago, Karen and Mon
 As aid groups struggled to distribute supplies despite government obstacles, Myanmar TV was urging people to vote 'yes' in a referendum. The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has warned of dire consequences if foreign aid workers continue to be denied access
  Microsoft Microsoft walks away from Yahoo  Zimbabwe  Opposition holds firm against runoff

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May.4   Baghdad Iraq First Lady survives bombing   Myanmar Hundreds feared dead in cyclone  Zimbabwe  Tsvangirai delays runoff decision  Bavaria  Bayern clinch 20th Bundesliga title  Spain  Real Madrid leave it late to claim title   Bolivia   State backs autonomy   Thousands of people in the state of Santa Cruz celebrated the success of a referendum on autonomy, but the president said the measure failed  Myanmar  Burma 'must allow aid workers in'

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May.5   Myanmar     Myanmar death toll 'could reach 10,000'   Almost 4,000 people have died and another 3,000 remain missing as a result of this weekend's devastating cyclone  Austria  Cellar plan 'from 1978'  Somalia  Two die in currency riot   Myanmar Death toll from cyclone more than 15,000

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May.6   Myanmar     Cyclone death toll jumps to 22,000
  41,000 missing after the catastrophic cyclone that battered the country. The U.N. estimated up to a million could be homeless
 Aid agencies begin what they expect to be a major relief operation to help tens of thousands left without clean water and shelter. Up to 1.5 million people may have been affected by Cyclone Nargis, which devastated the Irrawaddy Delta region
  North Carolina Obama wins North Carolina vote   Japan China-Japan leaders hold summit  Indiana  H. Clinton narrowly won Indiana primary

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May.7   Moscow     Russia swears in new president  Dmitry Medvedev wasted no time, naming his predecessor Vladimir Putin as his new prime minister two hours after he was sworn in  Myanmar  Cyclone victims 'storm' reopened shops   Tibet   Olympic flame lit on Everest peak   Chinese climbers bearing the flame have reached the summit. The climbers lighting the torch before taking the final steps up to the summit  Myanmar  Fears storm toll could soar  Guantanamo  Gitmo detainee became suicide bomber   Jerusalem Israel marks its 60th anniversary  Spain  Real Madrid celebrated league title

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May.8   Myanmar Rotting corpses pile up  Myanmar  UN 'disappointed' at Burma access  Zimbabwe  Journalists, lawyer arrested   Jerusalem     Olmert faces new corruption probe
  Prime Minister is suspected of illicitly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars before becoming PM
 New Jersey  Global manhunt ends in pedophile's arrest  Beirut  Five killed in gun battles  Northern Iraq  Leader of al Qaeda in Iraq captured   Myanmar     Burma 'wants aid not foreigners'
  Burma wants supplies but not foreign aid workers, hours after the UN chief urged military leaders to prioritise relief work.    The foreign ministry insisted it would control the distribution itself. The United Nations pressures to speed up the issuing of visas to ...
 Moscow  Tanks rejoin V-Day parade

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May.9   Beirut     Hezbollah takes over west Beirut
  Gunmen from the Shia militant group have seized most of western Beirut, driving out supporters of the Western-backed government
  Myanmar U.N. 'furious' as Myanmar aid 'seized'  Myanmar  Burma warned over cyclone delays

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May.10  Zimbabwe  Tsvangirai to run in second round  Beirut  Army vows to resolve Hezbollah crisis   Myanmar Cyclone aid used to entice voters  Sudan  Rebels 'reach Khartoum'  Vatican  Pope: Sex can become 'like a drug'  Beirut  Hezbollah to end Beirut seizure   Oklahoma Severe storms kill 18 in two U.S. states   Sudan Sudan cuts Chad ties over attack

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May.11   Northern England United claim 10th Premier League title  Zimbabwe  Official: runoff must be delayed   Serbia   Pro-West president declares win
  Boris Tadic Declared victory in parliamentary elections, a upset over ultranationalists who tried to exploit anger over Kosovo's independence.    His bloc won 39 percent, about 10% more than the ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party...
 Lebanon  Hezbollah rocks eastern villages  Haiti  11 dead after overloaded ferry sinks   Myanmar U.S. aid flight en route to Myanmar   Beirut Hezbollah forces take revolt to mountains

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May.12   China     Quake death toll 50,000 Map of Sichuan Province China
  80 percent of the buildings collapsed in the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County after the 7.8-magnitude quake
 Several hundred students are also feared to be buried in collapsed school buildings. 'Five million' homeless in quake. A frightened schoolgirl was pulled safely from the rubble of a school dormitory. More than 4.3 million homes collapsed or sustained damage
  China Death toll rises in quake  Pakistan  Ministers set to resign

May 13 ... more > Top ^

May.13   Myanmar   Junta lacking in cyclone response  The government seems unaware of the scope of the death and destruction Cyclone Nargis wrought on the country more than a week ago   China Quake death toll tops 12,000  Barcelona  Drought forces Barcelona to ship in water   India   Serial bomb blasts leave 60 dead   India is on high alert after a series of near-simultaneous explosions killed at least 60 people and wounded 150 in a top tourist spot   China     Rescuers reach epicentre   Chinese rescue teams have reached the epicentre of earthquake, Wenchuan county, where an estimated 60,000 people remain missing  USA  Clinton wins W Virginia primary  Myanmar  Myanmar allows more U.S. aid flights  China  China presses search for survivors

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May.14  China  Quake toll close to 15,000  Beijing  Child-killing virus hits Beijing   Myanmar UN raises Burma cyclone estimate   China Girl pulled from rubble after 50 hours   Northern England Zenit shuts out Rangers for UEFA Cup  China  China steps up rescue operation

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May.15   China Quake death toll could reach 50,000   Colombia Farc rebel link files 'genuine'   China     President Hu Jintao visits quake area Map of Sichuan Province China
  Chinese President has flown to south-western Province, where it is feared up to 50,000 people may have died in the earthquake
 Myanmar  Storm aid frustrations grow

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May.16   China     'Five million' homeless in quake   The extent of the problem only became clear when communications were restored. It is feared up to 50,000 may be dead   Myanmar   Junta: Almost 78,000 dead in cyclone   Another 56,000 people remain missing two weeks after the storm  Zimbabwe  Run-off announced for end of June  Osama bin Laden  Bin Laden: Muslims must liberate Palestine  France  France angered by Burmese delays   Dominican Republic   President wins election  Leonel Fernandez was leading the presidential election with more than 53%. In second place was Dominican Revolutionary Party leader Maldonado  China  Hu Jintao spurs rescue effort  London  Brown: Burma 'guilty of inhuman action'

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May.17   China Quake effort resumes after panic  Boston  Edward Kennedy taken to hospital  Myanmar  UN to press Burma on aid access

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May.18   Myanmar   Junta leader visits cyclone refugees   2 weeks after Cyclone Nargis, the country's reclusive junta leader Than Shwe visited a refugee camp outside Yangon   China China to mourn quake victims; toll mounts  Milan  Super-sub Ibrahimovic seals title for Inter  Southern Italy  Naples rubbish crisis sparks health fears   Singapore Burma neighbours in cyclone talks  Canada  Russia beat Canada for world gold   Colombia     Rebel leader surrenders
  Nelly Avila Moreno, also known as 'Karina' surrendered, the latest major blow for insurgents who have waged war against the state for 40 years

May 19 ... more > Top ^

May.19   Myanmar Myanmar agrees to regional cyclone aid  Myanmar  Burma to mourn cyclone's victims  South Africa  'Anti-foreigner' violence kills 22   Venezuela   U.S. plane strays into Venezuela   A U.S. anti-drug aircraft strayed into Venezuelan airspace, ratcheting up tensions between the two nations. Venezuela has demanded an explan...  Ethiopia  Ethiopian millions 'risk hunger'  China  Warning panics quake zone  Colombia  FARC commander calls for dialogue

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May.20  China  Earthquake toll tops 40,000   Qatar   Deal agreed on Lebanon crisis  Arab mediators have been engaged in 2 days of talks to try to reconcile the West-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition   South Africa Thousands flee violence  Kentucky  Clinton wins primary  U.S. Congress  Gates: U.S. 'stuck' in Guantanamo   Oregon Obama 'within reach' of victory

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May.21   Moscow   United victorious after shoot-out drama  Manchester United have won the Champions League 6-5 on penalties over Chelsea after final finished 1-1 after a dramatic rainy night  Myanmar  U.N. chief: focus now reconstruction  France  France braces for day of strikes  USA  U.S. handling of child detainees under fire

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May.22   China Quake death toll passes 50,000   Myanmar UN head tours cyclone-hit Burma  South Africa  'Necklace' lynching returns   New York   Oil soars to new record over $135
  The price of oil is more than twice what it cost a year ago. The latest surge was driven by fallen US supplies of crude
  UN U.N.: Poor could pay 40% more for food  China  Earthquake toll jumps again

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May.23   Myanmar   Myanmar to admit all aid workers  U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon: Ruling junta agreed to 'allow all aid workers regardless of nationalities' into the country to help cyclone...   China Quake victims need millions of tents  USA  McCain bid to reassure on health  China  Quake toll passes 60,000

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May.24   Southern Italy   Violence breaks out over trash crisis Map of Naples Italy
  Police and protesters furiously clashed at government plans to dump mountains of uncollected trash from Naples in their towns
 8 Italian policemen and three other people have been injured
  Zimbabwe   Tsvangirai returns home  Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned to Zimbabwe for the first time since leaving the country after the controversial March 29 elect...  Kabul  Afghans appalled Marines not charged   Colombia     FARC leader dead
  Defense ministry: Pedro Antonio Marin, known as Manuel Marulanda Vilez and nicknamed Tirofijo, is believed to have died of a heart attack.    He is thought to be 78 years old. A national news magazine had earlier reported the death on 26 March, citing the defenc...
 Myanmar  Burma seeks crucial aid donations

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May.25   Beirut   MPs elect new president  Lebanon's parliament has elected army commander General Michel Suleiman as president, ending deadlock which has left the post vacant  Belgium  Boeing 747 splits in two on take off   USA   Historic pictures sent from Mars   The Mars Phoenix lander, a Nasa spacecraft, has sent back the first historic pictures of an unexplored region of Mars  Zimbabwe  At funeral, Tsvangirai criticizes Mugabe

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May.26   Ethiopia   Court sentences Mengistu to death  Supreme Court has sentenced former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam, iin absentia, to death. He has lived in exile in Zimbabwe since 1991  Sri Lanka  Bomb rocks busy train  China  China ready to dynamite 'quake lake'   Iran Iran 'withholds nuclear details'  Beirut  Hezbollah promises Lebanon cooperation  Chile  Pinochet suspects arrests ordered   Canada Foreign minister resigns  Colombia  FARC leader's death brings hostage hope

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May.27   China     Aftershocks demolish homes   2 aftershocks have destroyed about 420,000 houses in the region hit by an earthquake two weeks ago  UN  6-year-olds forced into sex for food  Myanmar  Junta extends Suu Kyi house arrest   Global World 'failing on human rights'

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May.28   Jerusalem     Call for PM to stand down  Israeli Defence Minister Barak has called on Ehud Olmert to take a leave of absence or resign as he battles allegations of corruption   France Life sentence for French killer   Nepal   Nepal abolishes monarchy
  Newly elected leadership changed the country to a republic, a historic move that ended about 240 years of autocratic rule
 The Maoists were committed to ousting King Gyanendra. A constituent assembly meeting in Kathmandu, overwhelmingly voted to abolish royal rule. People celebrated wildly in the streets after news of the assembly vote
 Ireland  Deal reached to ban cluster bombs  Sweden  UN hosts key conference on Iraq

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May.29  UN  UN warns about higher food costs  Beijing  China seeks earthquake aid from Japan   Global World Bank pledges $1.2 billion for food   Amazon Isolated tribe spotted  Iceland  Iceland rocked by earthquake  Los Angeles  Lakers win Western Conference  Panama  Chile's federal police chief killed in crash  Venezuela  Latin Americans to discuss cost of food

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May.30  Myanmar  Logistics hamper relief  Portugal  Europe fuel protests spread wider   Honduras 4 dead after airliner overshoots runway  Zimbabwe  Challenger blasts Mugabe's rule  Washington  Burma policy costs lives, says US  Detroit  Boston back in NBA finals over Pistons

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May.31   China Race against time to drain 'quake lake'  Washington  US Democrats hold key poll talks  Baghdad  Security talks worry Shiites and Sunnis   Washington   Democrats reach delegate deal   Hillary Clinton's efforts to secure the Party's nomination for president have suffered a setback.

  Hezbollah takes over west Beirut



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May.8  Beirut  Five killed in gun battles
May.8  Moscow  Tanks rejoin V-Day parade
May.9   Beirut
  Gunmen from the Shia militant group have seized most of western Beirut, driving out supporters of the Western-backed government
May.10  Beirut  Army vows to resolve Hezbollah crisis <