 The Australian
China probe into death-trap schools
| THE Chinese Government yesterday caved in to public pressure and ordered a probe into the extraordinarily high proportion of schools that collapsed in the Sichuan earthquake, trapping and killing th... (photo: AP Photo / Greg Baker)
Children Earthquake Photos Schools Sichuan |
 WorldNews.com
Historians, Not History, Will Judge The U.S.-Iraqi War
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. | As if history was a god sitting in judgment or something that occurs only in the future, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Chene... (photo: USMC file / SSgt. T.G. Kessler)
Iraq Mideast Photos Politics US War |
 Canada Dot Com
Bush in Saudi Arabia to press king on oil and Iran
| RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia announced a modest increase in oil output on Friday after an appeal from visiting President George W. Bush but the news did little to douse oil prices that hit a new ... (photo: White House / Chris Greenberg)
Arabia Bush Iran Photos Saudi Slideshow |
 Scripps Howard
Teenager taking helm as mayor of Oklahoma town
| MUSKOGEE, Okla. -- John Tyler Hammons may have already performed his grandest feat as mayor, even before taking office. | He put Muskogee in the national spotlight. | Hammons, 19, beat an opponent t... (photo: AP / Sue Ogrocki)
Mayor Oklahoma Photos Politics Teenager |
 CNN
Pakistan protests killer missile strike
| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's army lodged a formal protest Friday to "allied forces" in neighboring Afghanistan over a suspected U.S. missile strike this week that killed 14 people in a Pak... (photo: AP / Khalid Tanveer)
Missile Pakistan Photos Protest Slideshow Taliban |
 The Boston Globe
Belgian trains may be canceled
| BRUSSELS, Belgium—Some high-speed trains from Brussels to London and Paris may be canceled next week due to a Belgian train strike, Eurostar and Thalys said Friday. | Belgium's state-owned rai... (photo: WN / nicolov)
Belgium Eurostar Photos Protest Transport |
 CNN
Russia: Alleged Georgian spy held
| MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- Russia's security service said agents detained a spy allegedly recruited by Georgia to support insurgents in the restive North Caucasus, news agencies reported Friday, adding ... (photo: AP / Shakh Aivazov)
Espionage Georgia Intelligence Photos Russia |
 San Diego
Chinese sports stars pledge quake relief
BEIJING - Chinese sports stars have opened their wallets to help earthquake victims in their country with Houston Rockets star Yao Ming pledging 2 million yuan ($286,100). | 'I plan to do whatever I c... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
Aid China Earthquake Photos Stars |
 CNN
Myanmar's junta: Almost 78,000 dead in cyclone
| YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- The official death toll from Cyclone Nargis has nearly doubled to almost 78,000 and another 56,000 people remain missing two weeks after the storm, Myanmar state television r... (photo: AP Photo)
Cyclone Disaster Junta Myanmar Photos |
