World news
- Burma shuns foreign aid workers
- Burma wants aid but is "not ready" for foreign experts, its foreign ministry says, as fears grow for cyclone survivors. — From BBC News, May 9, 2008
- US and Russian sailors stage sandwich-making battle
- Sailors from the Russian and US navies square off in a sandwich-making contest for Victory Day. — From BBC News, May 9, 2008
- Hezbollah takes over west Beirut
- Gunmen from militant group Hezbollah drive out government supporters from western Beirut, stoking fears of civil war. — From BBC News, May 9, 2008
- Iraq al-Qaeda chief not captured
- The US military in Iraq says a man detained in Mosul is not in fact the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. — From BBC News, May 9, 2008
- Israeli PM denies taking bribes
- The Israeli PM denies taking bribes from a wealthy US-Jewish businessman and resists calls for his resignation. — From BBC News, May 9, 2008
- Tanks rejoin Moscow V-Day parade
- Tanks and missile launchers are featured in Moscow's Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era. — From BBC News, May 9, 2008
- Militias 'to rig Zimbabwe poll'
- Zimbabwe's "war veterans" militia plan to intimidate voters inside polling stations, a policeman tells the BBC. — From BBC News, May 9, 2008
- Europeans get drunk 'to have sex'
- Some teenagers and young adults get high on drink and drugs to improve their sex lives, research suggests. — From BBC News, May 9, 2008
- Burma (Myanmar) aid logjam riles donors
- UN members rejected a proposal Thursday to forgo junta permission and force aid in. — From The Christian Science Monitor, May 9, 2008
- Hezbollah phone network spat sparks Beirut street war
- Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday that the pro-Western government has declared 'war' on his militant group. — From The Christian Science Monitor, May 9, 2008
- Superdelegates shifting toward Obama
- He narrowed Clinton's lead to 13, picking up four after Tuesday's primaries. — From The Christian Science Monitor, May 9, 2008
- Baghdad's Sadr City residents fear intensifying fight
- A rare daytime US airstrike in Sadr City on Thursday came as residents said that soldiers were warning them to leave parts of the district, which is a bastion of support for the anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. — From The Christian Science Monitor, May 9, 2008
- An Arab veteran of 1948 recalls Palestinian 'catastrophe'
- While Israelis are celebrate on Thursday their Independence Day, Palestinians prepare to mark what they call the 'nakba.' — From The Christian Science Monitor, May 9, 2008
- Bolivians to hold confidence vote
- Bolivia will vote in a referendum on the rule of its leftist president, and his deputy, as he struggles to enact reform. — From BBC News, May 9, 2008
- Judge to rule on Fritzl custody
- The Austrian man accused of locking his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and abusing her is to appear before a judge. — From BBC News, May 9, 2008