China Petrochemical Project Opposed 2008-05-06 05:50 - Hundreds of people marched in a provincial capital in China to protest environmental risks they say are associated with the construction of a petrochemical factory and oil refinery.
Thousands More Deaths Expected in Myanmar 2008-05-06 05:50 - As the death toll from a devastating cyclone escalated to nearly 4,000, the foreign minister said that it could rise to 10,000.
Thousands dead as cyclone toll rises 2008-05-06 05:10 - About 4000 people have been killed and another 3000 are missing in Burma after a devastating cyclone tore through the south of the country.
Desperate Hollywood housewives 2008-05-05 06:01 - During a recent eight-hour business trip to Beverly Hills I found myself
browsing around the Neiman Marcus department store — just as I did in the
old days, before I moved to New York. The shop is usually overpriced (it’s
known as “Needless Markup”), but it was sale time and I needed a pair of
sandals for an imminent wedding in Australia.
‘Emperor’ Charles to remodel Chinatown 2008-05-05 06:01 - THE Prince of Wales, who has a history of uneasy relations with Beijing, is to oversee a revamp of Chinatown in London to make it more authentically Chinese. Plans include elaborate timber arches, carved by craftsmen in Beijing, and stone dragons flanking the entrances to tiled courtyards.
Hillary Clinton clings in as ‘white flight’ begins to harm... 2008-05-05 06:01 - On the eve of two crucial primary election contests, Hillary Clinton is
pinning her hopes of winning the Democratic presidential nomination on a
collapse in the white vote for Barack Obama.
