Associated Press - May 17, 2008 2:03 PM ET YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The top U.S. envoy in Myanmar is dismissing a junta-led tour of areas hit hardest by this month's cyclone as "a show" designed... Read More >>
Associated Press - May 17, 2008 12:13 PM ET SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) - President Bush is trying to reassure Palestinians wary of his commitment to their side in the Mideast peace dispute. Read More >>
Associated Press - May 17, 2008 11:33 AM ET ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan is back home three months after being kidnapped on the main highway through... Read More >>
Associated Press - May 17, 2008 10:23 AM ET BEICHUAN, China (AP) - Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims are leaving some of the hardest hit areas because of flooding concerns. Read More >>
Associated Press - May 17, 2008 10:13 AM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Leaders of Lebanon's government and members of the Hezbollah-led opposition are engaged in the highest-level talks so far in... Read More >>
A Chinese Family Buries Its Dead, Not Its Grief
The Chinese village of Hongbai was hard-hit by Monday's devastating earthquake. But the post-quake chaos leaves little time for final rites that might have offered comfort to those burying loved ones. Read More >>
Sat, 17 May 2008 12:00:00 -0400
Peace Corps Blues
At college commencement time, some graduates explore Peace Corps opportunities. But Robert Strauss, former country director of the Peace Corps in Cameroon, says that the Peace Corps has lost its edge for assisting developing countries and the U.S. Read More >>
Sat, 17 May 2008 11:34:00 -0400
Violence Shifts Balance of Power in Lebanon
Six days of violence have left more than 60 people dead in Lebanon. The balance of power has shifted and the Shiite Hezbollah militia is stronger than any other force in the country. Read More >>
Sat, 17 May 2008 08:00:00 -0400
Smuggling Bugs into the U.S.
Scott Simon looks at how giant beetles were smuggled into the U.S. from Taiwan. They pose a threat to agriculture. Read More >>
Sat, 17 May 2008 08:00:00 -0400
Bangladesh Food Supplies Improve
People still go hungry in Bangladesh, but they're not starving anymore. And they want the world to know about their progress in rice farming. Read More >>
Sat, 17 May 2008 08:00:00 -0400
Reflections on Tragedy
Scott Simon reflects on the aftermath of the natural disasters in Myanmar and China. Read More >>
Sat, 17 May 2008 08:00:00 -0400
Lorraine Feather: Songs for the Little Things
The daughter of famed jazz journalist and producer Leonard Feather first tried to make a career as a stage actress. That's when she started to translate her minor aggravations into song lyrics — and singing them. Read More >>
Sat, 17 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400
Aid Efforts Stymied by China, Myanmar Tragedies
Two catastrophes have struck this month — the cyclone in Myanmar and the earthquake in China. As the death tolls in these two countries mount, so does the need for aid. But Myanmar has been reluctant to let relief workers into the country, and China says it will accept foreign aid on its own timetable. But how do people give if they want to help the victims? Read More >>
Fri, 16 May 2008 19:49:00 -0400
Fox News
Afghan Hijacker Found Working as Cleaner at Heathrow
An Afghan hijacker who won the right to live in England is now working at Heathrow Airport in London as a cleaner in the British Airways training center, the Daily Mail reported. Read More >>
Fri, 16 May 2008 11:49:37 EST
Aftershocks Trigger Landslides in China, Cut Off Areas
A strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake Friday, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. Read More >>
Fri, 16 May 2008 12:56:13 EST
U.N. Pleas With Burma on Aid, Death Toll at 78,000
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Friday that the death toll from Cyclone Nargis will increase dramatically unless Myanmar's military government allows more aid into the country to help victims at risk of disease. Read More >>
Fri, 16 May 2008 03:10:20 EST
Zimbabwe Presidential Runoff to Be Held June 27
An election runoff between Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai runoff will be held June 27, the electoral commission said in an announcement published Friday. Read More >>
Fri, 16 May 2008 08:42:26 EST
Deal Reached to Send 500,000 Tons of Aid to N. Korea
The United States says it has reached a deal with North Korea to provide 500,000 metric tons of food aid to the closed-off communist nation over the coming year. Read More >>
Fri, 16 May 2008 11:57:08 EST
Dutch Gov't to Criminalize Non-Licensed Prostitution
The Dutch government, famous for liberalism on issues of personal morality, announced plans Friday to criminalize the visiting of prostitutes who are not officially licensed. Read More >>
Fri, 16 May 2008 02:23:31 EST
Woman's Mummified Body Found 35 Years After She Died
Governments have changed. War erupted and ended. Neighbors had children, and then grandchildren. But Hedviga Golik never left her tiny apartment in Croatia's capital until her mummified body was carried out this week, 35 years after she died. Read More >>
Fri, 16 May 2008 02:09:44 EST
NPR
Songs of Sadr Provide Soundtrack for Shiite Militia
The Iraqi government has banned the distribution and public broadcast of a popular genre of war-like songs that praise the fighters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr. Supporters say the music is patriotic; the government says it incites terrorism. Read More >>
Fri, 16 May 2008 09:49:00 -0400
Military Wives Fight Army to Help Husbands
Spouses of troops suffering from postwar mental trauma have made it their mission to force the military to give soldiers the treatment they need. Military wives — traditionally known as "the silent ranks" — have transformed into unexpected activists. Read More >>
Fri, 16 May 2008 00:31:00 -0400
Capt. Rawlings' Tips on Serving in Iraq
The 26-year-old Princeton alum has been stop-lossed in Sadr City. Over the next few months, he'll be answering listeners' questions about his experience. In his first batch of answers, he discusses how he fills his spare time, why his soldiers sometimes make fun of him and what he'd tell a kid who's considering a future in the military. Read More >>
Fri, 16 May 2008 08:40:00 -0400
'Haditha Massacre' Dramatized in New Film
A group of Marines in 2005 shot and killed 24 Iraqis in Haditha. Director Nick Broomfield discusses "The Battle for Haditha," a film that portrays the marines, an Iraqi family and a group of insurgents. Read More >>
Fri, 16 May 2008 08:19:00 -0400
U.S. Offers Training, Pay as It Frees Iraqi Detainees
For many recruits of al-Qaida in Iraq, it's the chance to make money, not extremism or ideology, that attracted them — so many are released from U.S. military prisons because they are not that dangerous. A U.S. general is offering classes and a parole system to help keep them out of prison once they are freed. Read More >>
Fri, 16 May 2008 09:03:00 -0400
McCain Predicts War Can Be Won by 2013
In a speech in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Republican presidential candidate John McCain says he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013 and that he envisions Osama bin Laden will be dead or captured during his first term as president. Read More >>
Thu, 15 May 2008 16:22:00 -0400
New G.I. Bill Proposes 'Patriot Tax'
Congressional Democrats are pushing forward with plans for a new G.I. Bill to give veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan money to go to college for four years. House Democrats want to pay for it with what they've dubbed a "patriot tax" on people earning more than $500,000. In the Senate, one Republican who notably isn't on board is John McCain, a Vietnam veteran who says the proposal is too expensive and could encourage service members to leave the military. Read More >>
Thu, 15 May 2008 16:03:00 -0400
How to Defuse Explosives in Iraqi Heat
Chris Hunter served in the British military in Iraq in 2004, performing arguably one of the most dangerous jobs out there. He was a bomb-disposal operator — responsible for taking apart IED's before they exploded. He discusses why, though he left the military 18 months ago, he plans to go to Afghanistan. Read More >>
Thu, 15 May 2008 08:04:00 -0400
'Carrier' on PBS Profiles Life Aboard the USS Nimitz
For the 5,000 sailors aboard the USS Nimitz, home is 24 stories high, three football fields long, moves at 35 miles per hour and carries 85 military aircraft. A new PBS series profiles the daily lives of the men and women who keep the massive, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier running. Read More >>
Thu, 15 May 2008 10:49:00 -0400
'Standard Operating Procedure' at Abu Ghraib
Filmmaker Errol Morris and writer Philip Gourevitch conducted 200 hours of interviews with American soldiers about the prisoner-abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib. Their book and film, Standard Operating Procedure, are troubling portraits of the human capacity for abuse. Read More >>
Wed, 14 May 2008 11:01:00 -0400
