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An infant sleeps on the floor at ra efugee camp Friday, in Kyacek Tan, about 50 kilometres south of Rangoon. It has been estimated that more than 100,000 people were killed by Cyclone Nargis.

Chaos reigns in effort to help Myanmar

Relief workers angry that military junta is stopping food and medical aid for the desperate survivors of the cyclone


Hezbollah takes control of half of Beirut

In a startling display of military prowess, Hezbollah fighters rapidly overran positions held by Druze and Sunni Muslim fighters and forced the pro-government Future Television off the air


Obama picks up steam

With many new endorsements, Obama closes in on Clinton's last stronghold

Commentary

The tough choices we make in times of war

Beirut

A turtle's-eye view of the strife in Beirut


Will billboards return to Vermont?

New law could end 40-year ban on roadside signs


Britain's most haunted places revealed

Headless chickens keep life interesting


Amish children headed home.  May 6, 2008

Amish offer cheap deals, expired goods

Amish discount stores offer bargains

 

The Americas 

Hitmen assassinate top Mexican police official

Edgar Millan was in charge of co-ordinating large-scale operations to break organized crime rings, including drug trafficking

Judge blasts prosecution in Khadr case

Military judge threatens to suspend war-crimes trial if government fails to provide records of his confinement at Guantanamo

Suspected pedophile caught in New Jersey

Wayne Nelson Corliss caught in Union City, NJ

'His death upset me a lot'

Hockey legend Vladislav Tretiak tells The Globe about encounter with airline passenger who later died

Iceberg dead ahead!

Canadian and U.S. spotters being kept busy this year by hundreds of frozen chunks in Atlantic shipping lanes

Dissolving the dead

Turning bodies into liquid and flushing them down the drain might some day rival burial or cremation


Europe 

Tanks, missiles parade in Red Square

Russia revives a tradition of the Soviet era to demonstrate its growing military confidence

Sarkozy takes strong stand on Canadian unity

'You know, we are very close to Quebec, but I want to tell you, we also love Canada very much'

Putin gets a new job

Russian lawmakers vote 392-56 to confirm former president as prime minister


Middle East 

Olmert defies calls to resign

Israeli PM under growing pressure after he admitted taking cash from American businessman at centre of police inquiry

Gunfights herald 'declaration of war' in Beirut

Clashes between Hezbollah and pro-government forces kill seven people and shatter Lebanese unity

Saudis call for Arab meeting on Lebanon crisis

Riyadh is a main backer of the Sunni-led government in Beirut

Canada's backing of Israel unshakeable, Harper says

PM uses 60th anniversary of Israel's founding to defend it against regimes who hate the Jewish people and their state


Asia 

Editor's choice: Beijing subway security checks hard to swallow

Some passengers carrying bottled drinks asked to take a swig to prove they are not carrying dangerous liquids


Asia Pacific 

Cholera stalks Myanmar storm survivors

'A million human beings are paying the price,' says official at UN's World Food Program

Canada offers to send relief team to Myanmar

Ottawa urges military junta to allow foreign aid to flow into devastated country

Myanmar's worsening crisis

As international relief workers struggle to provide assistance to survivors in the immediate aftermath of cyclone Nargis, five major crises in the Irrawaddy delta threaten to multiply the already devastating human toll in the coming weeks and months

How the 'rice bowl of Asia' was emptied

Before disaster struck, the Irrawaddy delta was known for its lush paddies that provided fish and rice to most of Myanmar


Africa 

Abdelrazik sues Ottawa to bring him home

Suit asserts government connived to keep Canadian citizen in de facto exile through mix of negligent or bad-faith actions

Opposition supporters slain by Mugabe militia

Eleven beaten to death, at least 20 injured in attack on village north of Harare that was once ZANU-PF stronghold


South Asia 

DART unit hopes to deploy in Myanmar

Reconnaissance unit from the Canadian Forces' Disaster Response Assistance Team is en route to Thailand, but Myanmar has not accepted Canada's offer to send help to flood-stricken country

Australia probes claims soldiers abused Afghan prisoners

Allegations made by four suspected insurgents taken into custody after an Australian soldier was killed

Rules urged for spies in Afghanistan

War zone work commendable despite lack of guidance, inspector-general says

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