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Morning News


May.8   Myanmar     Rotting corpses pile up
  Cyclone survivors have insufficient fuel to burn the corpses of the dead as the military junta continues to block access for aid groups
 The UN says its first aid flight has now arrived in Myanmar


  Myanmar     UN 'disappointed' at Burma access  The ars/2008/countries/un.html#i">UN is extremely disappointed at the slow progress made in securing access to victims of last weekend's cyclone

  Zimbabwe   Journalists, lawyer arrested  2 journalists and the lawyer have been arrested in recent days, amid signs the government is intensifying a post-election crackdown

  Moscow Russia expels US embassy staff  Russia has ordered the expulsion of two military attaches. The US state department said it would comply with the order

  Austria Incest dad: I cared for my secret family  Josef Fritzl said he knew his actions were wrong and that he 'must have been crazy'

  Lebanon Hezbollah warns cabinet of 'war'  The leader of Hezbollah has said the government's decision to close down its telecommunications network was a declaration of war

Day News


  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 Map of Union City USA  Wayne Nelson Corliss, 58, who became the subject of an manhunt after an appeal from Interpol has been detained
 He was arrested at his apartment about midnight by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents


  Beirut     Five killed in gun battles  The fierce fighting between supporters of government and the opposition

  Mosul   Leader of al Qaeda in Iraq captured Map of Mosul Northern Iraq  Abu Ayyub Al-Masri took the reins of the Iraqi al Qaeda offshoot in June 2006 after a U.S. missile strike killed his predecessor, al-Zarqawi

  Mexico Federal police chief slain  Edgar Eusebio Millan Gomez was shot nine times. He played an active role in the government's fight against drug cartels and organized crime

  Chile Plume seen for hundreds of miles  Nearly a week after a volcano erupted, disgorging its contents across a wide area of the Andes Mountains, authorities finished evacuating

Evening News


  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 foreign relief experts. Dozens of aid experts are waiting for visas in Thailand; the Burmese embassy there has closed for a public holiday


  Moscow   Tanks rejoin V-Day parade  Tanks and intercontinental missile launchers are to feature in annual Victory Day parade for the first time since the collapse of the USSR

  Bolivia Bolivians to hold confidence vote  The people are to hold a vote of confidence in the rule of their leftist President, Evo Morales, as he struggles to enact radical reform

  Washington U.S. agrees to EU's Iran nuclear plan  The United States has signed off on a European plan that would offer increased incentives for Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program
San Francisco Bay Area , May 8, 2008 Timeline