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 US airlifts aid to Myanmar, UN urges junta to cooperate
The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who can help up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation. Nations:[U.S.] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-12 20 dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. after new round of storms
Many have fled this depressed, pollution-scarred mining town. Those who have chosen to stay or have not yet relocated face a new heartache. Nations:[U.S.] 2008-05-11 China establishes company to make its own jumbo jets
China has established a homegrown company to make passenger jumbo jets, state media reported Sunday -- a step forward in the country's quest to become less dependent on Boeing and Airbus. Nations:[China] 2008-05-11 Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks
A Red Cross boat carrying rice and drinking water for cyclone victims sank Sunday, while the death toll jumped to more than 28,000 and aid groups warned of a humanitarian catastrophe. Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-11 At least 11 dead in Central US in new round of tornadoes
Thunderstorms and tornadoes tore across the nation's heartland Saturday evening, killing at least 11 people, mangling buildings and trapping people in rubble in areas still reeling from other recent bouts with severe weather. Nations:[U.S.] 2008-05-11 Obama overtakes lead in superdelegates for first time
Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party's nomination for president. People:[Barack Obama][Hillary Clinton] Activities:[US Election 2008] 2008-05-11 Jenna Bush weds Virginia politician's son
President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna was married on Saturday evening to Henry Hager, the son of the Virginia Republican Party chairman, in front of more than 200 family members and close friends. People:[Jenna Bush][George W. Bush] 2008-05-11
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