Report: Death toll in China quake exceeds 12,000
The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades. Nations:[China] People:[Wen Jiabao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-13 Five things to watch in W. Va.
LOGAN, W. Va. - Even if Hillary Clinton beats Barack Obama in Tuesday's West Virginia primary by the huge margins predicted by polls, the victory won't go very far towards chipping away at Obama's lead in pledged delegates in their race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Barack Obama][John McCain][John Edwards][Hillary Clinton][Bill Clinton] Activities:[US Election 2008] 2008-05-13 More than 18,000 buried in one China town
China said on Tuesday 18,645 people were buried under debris in the city of Mianyang, neighboring Wenchuan county, the epicenter of Monday's devastating earthquake. Some 3,629 people had been confirmed dead. Nations:[China] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-13 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 Families will make case for vaccine link to autism
The Institute of Medicine said in 2004 there was no credible evidence to show that vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal led to autism in children. But thousands of families have a different take based on personal experience. 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
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