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Wounded vets ditch wheelchairs for Segways

CNN Lead Headline | Fri May 09, 2008 12:10 EST
Thanks to a nonprofit group, amputees wounded in war are getting around not in wheelchairs but in Segways. The advantages, they say, are they can move about in an upright position and people no longer look down on them.

UN to resume aid shipments to Burma Saturday

CBC Lead Headline | Fri May 09, 2008 12:00 EST
The United Nations said it will resume sending aid shipments to Burma on Saturday, after suspending efforts Friday on accusations the military government there was seizing supplies intended for some 1.5 million cyclone survivors. more

Child viral death toll up to 34 in China

CBC Lead Headline | Fri May 09, 2008 11:40 EST
The death toll from a viral illness that is striking children across China has risen by four to 34, while the number of reported infections jumped to nearly 25,000, state media reported Friday. more

'Whining' auto industry won't slow fuel economy goals: Schwarzenegger

CBC Lead Headline | Fri May 09, 2008 11:40 EST
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday that pressure from the auto industry will not deter California from attempting to impose strict emission rules for vehicles sold in the state. more

U.N. 'furious' as Myanmar aid 'seized'

CNN World Lead Headline | Fri May 09, 2008 11:00 EST
The United Nations' top World Food Program official says he is "furious" over the Myanmar's government's refusal to allow the organization to distribute aid that was flown in for cyclone disaster victims. Future flights have been suspended.

Hezbollah seizes most of West Beirut on third day of clashes

CBC Lead Headline | Fri May 09, 2008 11:00 EST
Violence was reportedly ebbing Friday after Hezbollah gunmen seized most of Muslim West Beirut, a predominantly Sunni area supportive of the Lebanese government. more

'Outrageous': Myanmar Seizes U.N. Food Aid

ABC News (US) | Fri May 09, 2008 10:50 EST
The military junta broadcasts message to people about referendum not cyclone.

Physics wonder boy to test Einstein's theories

CNN Lead Headline | Fri May 09, 2008 10:30 EST
Arkani-Hamed is only in his mid-30s, but he has already distinguished himself as one of the leading thinkers in the field of particle physics. His revolutionary ideas about the way the universe works will finally be put to the test at Switzerland's Large Hadron Collider.

U.N. official 'furious' over Myanmar's food seizure

CNN Lead Headline | Fri May 09, 2008 10:20 EST
The United Nations' top World Food Program official says he is "furious" over the Myanmar's government's refusal to allow the organization to distribute aid that was flown in for cyclone disaster victims. Future flights have been suspended.

Myanmar Seizes U.N. Cyclone Aid

ABC News (US) | Fri May 09, 2008 10:10 EST
The military junta broadcasts message to people about referendum not cyclone.

It's time for unity, Sarkozy tells Quebec, Canada

CBC Lead Headline | Fri May 09, 2008 10:00 EST
French President Nicolas Sarkozy weighed in on the Canadian unity debate on Thursday, saying he'd like to help bring Quebec closer to the rest of Canada. more

Mbeki arrives in Zimbabwe for talks about election crisis

CBC Lead Headline | Fri May 09, 2008 09:10 EST
Amid criticism for not taking a stronger stance against Ziimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in the country on Friday for talks about the disputed elections. more

Myanmar Seizes U.N. Food Deliveries

ABC News (US) | Fri May 09, 2008 09:10 EST
Myanmar generals impound two U.N. food aid shipments, triggering outrage.

UN halts aid shipments to Burma, accuses government of seizing supplies

CBC Lead Headline | Fri May 09, 2008 08:40 EST
The United Nations is suspending aid shipments to Burma, where authorities have begun seizing supplies intended for some 1.5 million cyclone survivors, a UN spokesman said Friday. more

Hizbollah cedes parts of Beirut to army

Euronews Lead Headline | Fri May 09, 2008 08:33 EST

U.N. halts Myanmar flights after aid 'seized'

CNN World Lead Headline | Fri May 09, 2008 08:30 EST
Authorities in cyclone-ravaged Myanmar have seized United Nations aid intended for victims of the disaster, a move that "shuts down" future flights from the organization, according to a U.N. World Food Program official.

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