Oldies 1150 - World News

China says quake death toll from Sichuan earthquake has risen to almost 12,000

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:31:43 +0000

BEIJING - A Chinese disaster relief official says the death toll has risen to nearly 12,000 following a massive earthquake that struck the country. Disaster Response Director Wang Zhengyao said at ...

Clashes, air strikes kill 12 militants in Afghanistan; 17 children wounded in blast

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:31:40 +0000

KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S.-led coalition forces called in air strikes against the Taliban, killing a dozen militants during fighting in southern Afghanistan that has displaced many families, officials ...

Bush tells Israeli media peace does not depend on Olmert

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:08:13 +0000

JERUSALEM - U.S. President George W. Bush says the Israeli-Palestinian peace process does not depend on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. In interviews with Israeli media, Bush has named Israel's...

China quake death toll rises to about 10,000 amid widespread destruction

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:08:20 +0000

CHENGDU, China - A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants Monday in China, killing about 10,000 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in...

High gasoline prices spawning songs, signs, symbolic acts

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:08:24 +0000

PITTSBURGH - Americans facing rising gasoline and diesel prices are cycling about, saddling up, singing out and, sometimes, going to extremes. Dozens of Alabama students are bicycling up to 16 kilo...

Lebanese army announces troops will use force if needed to impose law and order

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:08:15 +0000

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The Lebanese army has announced that troops will use force if needed to impose law and order in the country. The army says the initiative will go into effect as of 6 a.m., local t...

Kentucky lawyer wants Pope Benedict to testify on clergy sex abuse

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:08:22 +0000

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky lawyer wants Pope Benedict to testify in connection with a clergy sex-abuse lawsuit. William McMurry's request is part of a lawsuit by three men claiming top church off...

Rescuers dig for thousands buried in China quake

Tue, 13 May 2008 07:56:24 +0000

DUJIANGYAN, China - Rescue workers dug through schools and homes turned into rubble by China's worst earthquake in three decades to reach thousands of victims trapped beneath slabs of concrete, as the...

China state media: 10,000 buried near epicentre

Tue, 13 May 2008 07:35:10 +0000

DUJIANGYAN, China - Chinese state media says that 10,000 people are buried in rubble in Mianzhu near the epicentre of the massive earthquake that struck the country. The official Xinhua News Agency...

Dozens die after a ferry capsizes in storm in Bangladesh

Tue, 13 May 2008 04:03:37 +0000

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Officials say at least 36 people have died after a ferry capsized in a storm in northern Bangladesh. Local government administrator Sultan Ahmed said an additional 50 people wer...

Hundreds of central Florida homes evacuated as wildfires burn

Tue, 13 May 2008 04:03:28 +0000

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Dry, windy weather fueled several wildfires on Florida's central Atlantic coast Monday, destroying about 50 homes and driving hundreds of residents away as the governor declared ...

Trucks in Myanmar with aid; UN chief criticizes gov't for "slow response"

Tue, 13 May 2008 03:12:48 +0000

YANGON, Myanmar - Officials distributed aid Tuesday from the first international truck convoy to reach cyclone-battered Myanmar, while the UN chief criticized the country's military leaders for their ...

U.S. drops charges against '20th hijacker' facing Guantanamo trial

Tue, 13 May 2008 03:12:51 +0000

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Pentagon is dropping charges against a Saudi at Guantanamo who was supposed to have been the "20th hijacker" in the Sept. 11 attacks. Mohammed al-Qahtani was one of six ...

Canadian Save the Children worker reports success helping people in Myanmar

Tue, 13 May 2008 03:12:49 +0000

YANGON, Myanmar - A Canadian aid worker in Myanmar is reporting some success in getting aid to storm-ravaged people in that southeast Asian country, but Andrew Kirkwood adds that private business with...

Pat Tillman's mother recalls journey for facts in new book

Tue, 13 May 2008 02:10:16 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO - The mother of a former professional football player who died while serving in the Army Rangers suspects the military's account of how fellow soldiers shot and killed her son in Afghani...