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Morning News


May.16   Myanmar     Junta: Almost 78,000 dead in cyclone Map of Myaungmya Myanmar
  Another 56,000 people remain missing two weeks after the storm


  Southern China     'Five million' homeless in quake Map of Sichuan Province China
  The extent of the problem only became clear when communications were restored. It is feared up to 50,000 may be dead


  Zimbabwe   Run-off announced for end of June  Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission: The run-off for Zimbabwe's presidential election will be held June 27

  Osama bin Laden   Bin Laden: Muslims must liberate Palestine  Al Qaeda leader in a blunt new message that coincides with Israel's 60th anniversary urged his followers to liberate Palestine

  South Africa 'Blade Runner' wins Olympic appeal  The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Oscar Pistorius, who runs on prosthetic blades, is eligible to compete against able-bodied athletes

Day News


  France   France angered by Burmese delays  France's ambassador has accused Burma's government of being on the verge of committing a crime against humanity by not accepting foreign aid

  San Francisco Bay Area Pioneering winemaker Mondavi dies  Pioneering vintner, who helped put Californian Cabernets and Chardonnays on the world's wine-tasting map, has died at the age of 94

  Myanmar U.S. to bypass junta to send aid  Myanmar is allowing U.S. government aid workers to give aid directly to private aid groups.

  Sunni Triangle Police beat news photographer  An Iraqi photographer working for Reuters was hospitalized after police beat him at the scene of a bombing. 7 people were killed in the suicide bombing

Evening News


  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
 Miguel Vargas Maldonado, with 41.2%, was followed by Amable Aristy Castro of the Social Christian Reformist Party, 4.6%


  London     Brown: Burma 'guilty of inhuman action'  Gordon Brown: Burma's government has been guilty of 'inhuman' treatment of Cyclone Nargis survivors by refusing to allow aid to get through

  Southern China     Hu Jintao spurs rescue effort Map of Sichuan province China  The president has urged rescuers in the earthquake-struck province of Sichuan to race to save lives, saying said 'time is pressing'

  Afghanistan Pakistan Afghan ambassador freed  Tariq Azizuddin who was abducted by suspected Taleban militants in February, has been freed
San Francisco Bay Area , May 16, 2008 Timeline