Israelis fly flags for statehood milestone 2008-05-08 06:01 - To many Jerusalem residents, flying an Israeli flag from your car to mark the country’s 60th birthday suggests a lack of patriotism.
More children forecast to die from China disease 2008-05-08 05:45 - More cases of the hand, foot and mouth disease that has killed 28 children in
China are expected in June and July as the Government has ordered better
public education and mandated punishments for officials who fall short.
Up to 10,000 feared dead in Burma cyclone 2008-05-07 06:01 - Burma’s isolated and xenophobic generals appealed for international help
yesterday after a catastrophic cyclone killed at least 10,000 people and
made hundreds of thousands homeless in the country’s agricultural heartland.
Oppressive regime may frustrate charities’ efforts 2008-05-07 06:01 - Fundraising efforts to help the Burmese cyclone victims could be hindered by
the oppressive nature of the country’s military regime.
Gallows broadcast shocks Japan into debating the death penalty 2008-05-07 06:01 - At 10 o’clock this morning, with glorious sunshine forecast for the final day
of Golden Week holidays, a nation will pause for perhaps the darkest five
minutes ever broadcast on Japanese radio: an execution by hanging.
Voters may put Hillary Clinton in position to halt Barack Obama 2008-05-07 06:01 - Even as Democrats fret over the damage that the battle for the party’s
presidential nomination has already done to their chances of regaining the
White House, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is talking of a “nuclear option”.
