UN warns of 'second catastrophe' in Myanmar
The United Nations warned Tuesday that Myanmar faced a "second catastrophe" after its devastating cyclone, unless the junta immediately allows massive air and sea deliveries of aid. People:[Ban Ki-moon][Condoleezza Rice] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-13 Death toll in China earthquake exceeds 12,000
 The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades. Nations:[China] People:[Wen Jiabao][Hu Jintao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-13 Bombs kill 60 and wound 150 in western India
Bombs ripped through crowded parts of this ancient city in western India on Tuesday, killing 60 people and wounding 150, police said. The seven explosions in Jaipur took place in markets and several other areas of the city in Rajasthan, a region dotted with palaces and temples that draws hundreds of thousands of tourists every year, said A.S. Gill, the state's police chief. Nations:[India][Pakistan] 2008-05-13 China offers fast quake relief as toll climbs past 12,000
BEIJING - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao , megaphone in hand, personally directed efforts Tuesday to cope with the most calamitous earthquake to hit China in three decades as soldiers poured into rubble-strewn Sichuan province to provide relief. Nations:[China] People:[Wen Jiabao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake][China Hu Jintao Admin.] 2008-05-13 Report: Death toll in China quake exceeds 12,000
The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades. Nations:[China] People:[Wen Jiabao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-13 Five things to watch in W. Va.
LOGAN, W. Va. - Even if Hillary Clinton beats Barack Obama in Tuesday's West Virginia primary by the huge margins predicted by polls, the victory won't go very far towards chipping away at Obama's lead in pledged delegates in their race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Barack Obama][John McCain][John Edwards][Hillary Clinton][Bill Clinton] Activities:[US Election 2008] 2008-05-13 More than 18,000 buried in one China town
China said on Tuesday 18,645 people were buried under debris in the city of Mianyang, neighboring Wenchuan county, the epicenter of Monday's devastating earthquake. Some 3,629 people had been confirmed dead. Nations:[China] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-13 U.S. flight lands in Myanmar as aid trickles in
The first U.S. military aid flight to Myanmar landed in Yangon on Monday but emergency supplies remained at a trickle for 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease in the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta. Nations:[Myanmar] People:[Ban Ki-moon][Gordon Brown][George W. Bush] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-12 China quake death toll rises to nearly 10,000
A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants Monday in central China, killing nearly 10,000 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the country's worst quake in three decades. Nations:[China] People:[Wen Jiabao][Hu Jintao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake][China Three Gorge Dam Project] 2008-05-12 Superdelegates put Obama within mathematical reach
Barack Obama's wave of superdelegate endorsements puts him within reach of the Democratic presidential nomination by the end of the primary season on June 3 -- even if he loses half of the remaining six contests. People:[John McCain][Barack Obama][Hillary Clinton] Activities:[US Election 2008] 2008-05-12 Toll from China quake estimated at 3,000 to 5,000
A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday and state media reported that as many as 5,000 people were killed in a single county while nearly 900 students were trapped under the rubble of their school. Nations:[China] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-12 Clinton outwardly confident, even as hopes dim
Hillary Rodham Clinton was just warming up the crowd in a cramped and muggy middle school gymnasium when she switched her pronouns. People:[Barack Obama][John McCain][Hillary Clinton] Activities:[US Election 2008] 2008-05-12
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