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Myanmar
ballot goes ahead
Reuters -
Sat May 10, 5:21 AM ET
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Nazi
book-burnings remembered
BBC -
Sat May 10, 4:23 AM ET
Germany is marking the 75th
anniversary of the 1933 Nazi
book-burnings with ceremonies in
Berlin.
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Burma blocks
relief workers BBC
- Sat May
10, 3:38 AM ET
Burma is refusing to allow foreign
relief workers into the country,
despite accepting international
aid supplies.
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Fourth
Mexican policeman killed
BBC -
Sat May 10, 3:36 AM ET
Gunmen in Mexico have killed
another top Mexican police
official, the fourth such killing
in recent weeks.
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Drug
violence kills top cops
CNN -
Sat May 10, 1:31 AM ET
CNN's Harris Whitbeck reports on
the recent drug-related killings
of top Mexican police officers.
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Cuba's giant
cigar CNN -
Sat May 10,
12:46 AM ET
Jose Castelar has set three
records for world's longest cigar,
and now he's after his fourth.
CNN's Morgan Neill reports.
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Aid theft
worries CNN -
Sat May 10,
12:16 AM ET
CNN's Becky Anderson speaks with
the U.N.'s John Holmes about
reports that relief aid is not
reaching victims in Myanmar.
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Healing the
world through film
CNN - Fri
May 9, 11:01 PM ET
CNN's Phil Black reports on Pangea
Day, a global broadcast that hopes
to make the world a better place
with short films.
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Myanmar
speaks at U.N. CNN
- Fri May
9, 10:46 PM ET
The
Myanmar government says it is
ready to accept aid from around
the world. CNN's Richard Roth
reports.
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Relief
agencies: let us in
CNN - Fri
May 9, 9:52 PM ET
Myanmar chastised for not letting
more aid workers in, more quickly,
reports CNN's Alphonso Van Marsh.
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Mafia
arrests in German shooting
BBC -
Fri May 9, 9:33 PM ET
Police in Italy have arrested
eight people in connection with a
shooting at a restaurant in
Germany last year.
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Cyclone
Aftermath Grows Dire
ABC News -
Fri May 9,
9:31 PM ET
Nearly a week after the cyclone,
Myanmar's isolated rulers still
thwart help.
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A tour of
West Beirut CNN -
Fri May 9,
8:46 PM ET
After Hezbollah took control of
half of Beirut, CNN's Cal Perry
went to see how things have
changed.
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Let cyclone
aid in 'without hindrance': UN
chief to Burma leaders
CBC.ca -
Fri May 9,
8:43 PM ET
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Myanmar
opens a tad Reuters
- Fri May
9, 7:55 PM ET
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Balance of
power in Beirut BBC
- Fri May
9, 7:06 PM ET
Power has shifted to Hezbollah
after gunmen took control of most
of west Beirut.
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Fritzl is
kept in custody BBC
- Fri May
9, 7:04 PM ET
An
Austrian man accused of
imprisoning his daughter in a
cellar has been remanded in
custody for another month.
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A defense of
air strikes in Iraq
Reuters -
Fri May 9, 6:52 PM ET
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Myanmar
situation 'tragic'
CNN - Fri
May 9, 6:47 PM ET
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
calls on the international
community to address the
challenges in Myanmar.
-
Kremlin
stages military show
CNN -
Fri May 9, 6:46 PM ET
CNN's Matthew Chance reports on
the biggest Russian military
parade since the Soviet collapse.
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Global
reaction CNN -
Fri May 9,
6:46 PM ET
CNN
correspondents Richard Roth and
Kyung Lah report on Myanmar relief
efforts from New York and Japan.
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China calls
for respect CNN -
Fri May 9,
6:46 PM ET
CNN's Jaime FlorCruz reports China
is urging Myanmar to allow in
relief while asking others to
respect its sovereignty.
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Burma warned
over aid delays BBC
- Fri May
9, 6:26 PM ET
Pressure mounts on Burma's
military leaders to allow more aid
into the country following a
devastating cyclone.
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Race to
reach Burma with aid
BBC -
Fri May 9, 6:26 PM ET
The
Burmese government has said it has
taken control of aid distribution
into the cyclone-ravaged country.
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Burma food
flights to restart
BBC - Fri
May 9, 6:09 PM ET
The
UN's World Food Programme has said
it will resume aid flights to
Burma despite a row over impounded
deliveries.
-
Undercover
inside Zimbabwe BBC
- Fri May
9, 3:56 PM ET
The
BBC has spoken to a soldier who
revealed 'advanced plans' to
intimidate voters in Zimbabwe.
-
Hezbollah
seizes most of West Beirut on
third day of clashes
CBC.ca -
Fri May 9,
3:43 PM ET
-
Dungeon
Dad's Time Behind Bars extended
AP -
Fri May 9, 3:09 PM ET
An
Austrian judge has is allowing
authorities to hold 73-year-old
Josef Fritzl for an additional
month without filing charges.
Fritzl has been in police custody
since April 29. (May 9)
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U.S. allowed
to send one aid plane to Myanmar
AP -
Fri May 9, 2:51 PM ET
Myanmar has agreed to let the U.S.
send one plane full of aid to help
cyclone victims. Meantime the UN
says the junta seized what it sent
today and is pleading with
officials to distribute the food
and supplies. (May 9)
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Lebanon
teeters on brink of civil war
AFP -
Fri May 9, 2:21 PM ET
Hezbollah fighters, their guns
blazing, seized control of west
Beirut on Friday after three days
of street battles with
pro-government foes pushed Lebanon
dangerously close to all-out civil
war. At least 11 people have been
killed and dozens wounded in the
fighting that dramatically
escalated on Thursday after
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah
said a government crackdown on his
powerful militant group was a
declaration of war.
-
Luggage lost
is someone's else's gain
AFP -
Fri May 9, 1:45 PM ET
Each year tens of thousands of
pieces of luggage are separated
from their owners at British
airports. After attempts at
finding owners fail, the items end
up at the auction house. But one
person's loss is another's gain.
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Myanmar to
hold referendum despite cyclone
catastrophe AFP -
Fri May 9,
1:37 PM ET
Myanmar's ruling junta are
pressing ahead with a referendum
on constitutional changes on
Saturday despite the devastation
caused by Cyclone Nargis. The
international community has urged
the regime to postpone the ballot,
the first in nearly two decades,
as up to 100,000 people are feared
dead in the worst-hit region of
the southwest.
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Lebanon
tension blocks roads, closes
airport AP -
Fri May 9,
1:14 PM ET
Shiite and Sunni tensions in
Lebanon have closed the airport
and led to border blockades,
causing food shortages. It's the
worst sectarian clashes since the
country's bloody civil war that
lasted 15 years. (May 9)
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Shootouts
Rock Streets of Beirut
ABC News -
Fri May 9,
1:01 PM ET
Eleven are dead and more than 20
wounded after three days of battle
in Lebanon.
-
Fast:Track
visits North Korea
BBC - Fri
May 9, 12:50 PM ET
Simon Hancock takes a trip into
one of the most impenetrable
political regimes, now buses have
begun tourist trips to Kaesong.
-
Raw Video:
Tanks, missiles return to Red
Square AP -
Fri May 9,
12:19 PM ET
Missiles, tanks and other heavy
weaponry rolled through Moscow's
Red Square in the annual Victory
Day parade on Friday, reviving a
tradition of the Soviet era and
demonstrating Russia's growing
military confidence. (May 9)
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US military
bringing aid to Myanmar
Reuters -
Fri May 9,
12:10 PM ET
-
Fast:Track
visits European supperclubs
BBC -
Fri May 9, 11:55 AM ET
Rajan Datar finds out about an old
kind of nightclub rearing it's
head once again across Europe.
-
Medvedev
views military might
Reuters -
Fri May 9,
11:50 AM ET