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Myanmar residents line up for free rice rations provided by the government following last weekend's devastating cyclone on the outskirt of Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday May 8, 2008. Send aid, not foreigners: Burma's junta
| · Aid team and media deported | · US military flights blocked | · No sign of relief on the ground | · Toll estimates soaring | Burma today said it was not ready to let in foreign aid workers, reject... (photo: AP Photo) Sydney Morning Herald

Aid   Burma   Disaster   Junta   Photos   UN  
A man holds a Serbian flag during a pre-election rally of Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia -DSS, in Belgrade's Republic square, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Serbia's crucial parliamentary elections are scheduled for May Extremists ahead as Serbs go to the polls
| · Radicals likely to form coalition with Kostunica | · EU tries to boost chances of pro-European party , Friday May 9 2008 | Supporters of the ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party atten... (photo: AP / Darko Vojinovic) The Guardian

Elections   Photos   Politics   Serbia   Society  
This frame grab provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Osama bin Laden in a CNN interview in 1997. Jurors in the Jose Padilla terrorism support case saw this video Tuesday June 26, 2007 of Osama bin Laden denouncing the United States as "t Bin Laden's 'right hand' to be freed
| AN extremist Muslim cleric regarded as "Osama bin Laden's spiritual ambassador in Europe" must be released on bail, a British judge ruled today. | Abu Qatada, 48, who won his legal fight against dep... (photo: (AP Photo/U.S. Dept of Justice)) The Australian
Al Qaida   Court   Photos   Slideshow   Terrorism   UK  
In this image made by the British Prison Service and aired by Arabic TV channels shows Abu Qatada who makes a televised appeal from Belmarsh high security prison, in London calling for the release of hostage British Norman Kember in Iraq. UK grants bail to radical terrorism suspect
| A radical Muslim cleric seen as a leading figure in al-Qaeda is to be released on bail in Britain - but with strict curfew conditions as he fights deportation, London's Home Office said on Thursday.... (photo: AP / H.M. Prison Service) Sydney Morning Herald
Al Qaida   Court   Photos   Slideshow   Terrorism   UK  
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is seen during a swearing in ceremony for incoming Israeli Police Commissioner David Cohen at his office in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Olmert faced an onslaught of calls for his resignation and the first cracks in his coalition Tuesday following a government probe's harsh criticism of his handling of last summer's Lebanon wa Olmert admits taking cash
May 9, 2008 9:50 AM | Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has admitted he took cash from an American businessman but he refuses to resign over a police investigation into hundreds of thousands of dolla... (photo: AP / Menahem Kahana,Pool) TVNZ
Israel   Law   Photos   Police   Politics  
Newly nominated Premier Silvio Berlusconi is greeted by people as he opens the first Council of Ministers Palazzo Chigi premier Office, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Silvio Berlusconi was sworn in as premier Thursday, his third time as head of an Italian government, following his conservatives' sweep in elections last month Berlusconi sworn in as leader
May 9, 2008 8:10 AM | Silvio Berlusconi has been sworn in as prime minister of Italy, returning to power after nearly two years in opposition faced with the arduous task of spurring an economy slowing... (photo: AP / Alessandra Tarantino) TVNZ
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