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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