16.05.2008 - Germany Denies China Quake Fatality
"It is true that a German has died in the south of China, but it was not because of the earthquake," a German Foreign Ministry spokesman in Berlin told news agency AFP, without identifying the person in question. A spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, Wang Baodong told reporters that the person was a "foreign expert" based in China but did not provide other details...

16.05.2008 - Lebanon's rival leaders meet in Qatar
Leaders of Lebanon's rival political factions are meeting in Qatar for talks aimed at resolving a dispute that has pushed Lebanon to the brink of a new civil war. The meeting was brokered by the Arab League on Thursday to end clashes between gunmen from the Shi'ite radical group Hezbollah and supporters of the Western-backed government...

16.05.2008 - News
President vetoes anti-discrimination bill

Czech president Václav Klaus has vetoed an anti-discrimination bill passed in Parliament calling the legislation “poor, counter-productive and unnecessary�. The decision was revealed by the president’s office on Friday...

16.05.2008 - Beichuan rescue
Survivors pulled from rubble in China quake town

16.05.2008 - Biosafety rules drafted, not finalized
Experts on biosafety have ended a United Nations conference in Bonn, Germany, without finalizing international rules on who is liable if farming experiments with genetically modified organisms go wrong. But 2,000 delegates from some 150 countries did agree on a draft convention that would allow legally binding claims for compensation against manufacturers or direct perpetrators...

16.05.2008 - Bush to press Saudis on oil output
16.05.2008 - Burmese cyclone dead 78,000
16.05.2008 - Man United parade off after riots
16.05.2008 - Zimbabwe attacks 'out of control'
16.05.2008 - Germany to Send Troops to Western Afghanistan
16.05.2008 - Czech Republic to send medicines to earthquake-hit China
16.05.2008 - Kabbah ends honeymoon for trial
16.05.2008 - Sidebottom puts England in charge
16.05.2008 - Alien invader threatens pre-eminence of black truffle delicacy
16.05.2008 - US resumes North Korea food aid
16.05.2008 - German First Foreigner Killed in Chinese Earthquake
16.05.2008 - US aid 'failing to reach target'
16.05.2008 - Despite Bush appeal, Saudis see no reason to up oil output
16.05.2008 - China quake - 5 million homeless
16.05.2008 - EU-Latin America summit opens
16.05.2008 - Kiev accepted in WTO, ahead of Moscow
16.05.2008 - European doctors support protests against Czech health reform
16.05.2008 - ODS Bem to join Czech government - CSSD leader Paroubek
16.05.2008 - '$100 laptop' platform moves on
16.05.2008 - Nigerian jailed for smuggling baby
16.05.2008 - "Still alive..."
16.05.2008 - Berlin Staatsoper Director Quits in Funding Spat
16.05.2008 - Swoops on terror suspects in France, Germany
16.05.2008 - Burmese government raises the number of dead to over 77,000
16.05.2008 - "Bladerunner" Pistorius wins appeal
16.05.2008 - Czech Social Democrat leader to support Belarussian counterparts
16.05.2008 - Czech judge resigns over forged court proceedings
16.05.2008 - Hundreds watch New Kids comeback
16.05.2008 - Hated celebrities
16.05.2008 - WWII Dambusters mission remembered 65 years on
16.05.2008 - 'Five million' homeless in quake
16.05.2008 - Burma official death toll jumps to 78,000
16.05.2008 - Home construction picks up in US
16.05.2008 - Pistorius eligible for Olympics
16.05.2008 - Burma Will Take Western Diplomats to Visit Cyclone Region
16.05.2008 - Oil price hits a new record high
16.05.2008 - Czech Radio celebrates its birthday
16.05.2008 - Czech drivers complain of discrimination in Schengen controls
16.05.2008 - Czech police examining “Neo-Nazi bible� The Turner Diaries
16.05.2008 - Business News
16.05.2008 - Czech Greens want to override Klaus's veto of discrimination bill
16.05.2008 - Czech minister calls on citizens to report bullying abroad
16.05.2008 - Czech teachers to go on strike on June 9 - server
16.05.2008 - New head for Nigeria graft agency
16.05.2008 - A Somali take on an old game - 'Islamists and Ethiopians'
16.05.2008 - Oil above $127 for the first time
16.05.2008 - Berlin Staatsoper Chief Released After Funding Spat
16.05.2008 - German agencies appeal for more aid for Burma
16.05.2008 - Coach Löw names preliminary squad for Euro 2008
16.05.2008 - Czech gender equality office wants to outlaw stalking
16.05.2008 - Ancestors had leg-up to trees
16.05.2008 - Italy pledges to bolster security
16.05.2008 - Nigeria oil blast site sealed off
16.05.2008 - Rainbow nation?
16.05.2008 - Zimbabwe presidential run-off set for June 27
16.05.2008 - Strong aftershock hits quake-ravaged China
16.05.2008 - Conscientious Objector Protests Conscription with Hunger Strike
16.05.2008 - Celebrating the Czech Republic’s vibrant animation tradition at Anifest
16.05.2008 - Czech president vetoes anti-discrimination bill
16.05.2008 - US video game sales lifted by GTA
16.05.2008 - Obese blamed for the world's ills
16.05.2008 - Zimbabwe names date for run-off
16.05.2008 - Ten Detained in Europe for Uzbek Terror Ties
16.05.2008 - Dutch Cartoonist Arrested, Released for Anti-Muslim Drawings
16.05.2008 - Frustration Reigns as Burma's Cyclone Victims Remain Off Limits
16.05.2008 - Latest news - 16-05-2008
16.05.2008 - Yahoo rebuffs plan to oust board
16.05.2008 - Time to name names, Chambers told
16.05.2008 - Live - England v New Zealand
16.05.2008 - Russian doomsday cult siege ends
16.05.2008 - 'Bin Laden' call targets Israel
16.05.2008 - EU, US Face Deadlock in Liberalizing Aviation
16.05.2008 - Interpol confirms Venezuelan-FARC communications
16.05.2008 - Bush leaves Israel, heads to Saudi Arabia
16.05.2008 - Al Green to scoop lifetime gong
16.05.2008 - Commons loses MPs' expenses fight
16.05.2008 - Six killed in Sri Lanka bombing
16.05.2008 - Lebanon's rival leaders to meet in Qatar
16.05.2008 - Missing woman's husband quizzed
16.05.2008 - McCullum urges NZ to press ahead
16.05.2008 - Ronaldo may consider Spanish move
16.05.2008 - How the 'world's worst poet' could be having the last laugh
16.05.2008 - Eight killed in Sri Lanka blast
16.05.2008 - Merkel in Lima for EU-Latin America summit
16.05.2008 - Pressure Grows for Single Euro Seat at IMF
16.05.2008 - Husband held after body found
16.05.2008 - US marine guilty of Japan assault
16.05.2008 - Oil and Iran on Bush Saudi agenda
16.05.2008 - BA reports large jump in profits
16.05.2008 - Dalai Lama calls for more Tibetan autonomy
16.05.2008 - Insight Central Europe News
16.05.2008 - English language student theatre flourishing in Slovenia
16.05.2008 - Warsaw underground station wins international design award
16.05.2008 - Romany Holocaust remembered at the Lety concentration camp in South Bohemia
16.05.2008 - Bratislava and Vienna make joint bid to host EU innovation institute
16.05.2008 - ICE - Insight Central Europe
16.05.2008 - Czech press survey
16.05.2008 - Czech Ministry to strengthen attorney's office powers-press
16.05.2008 - India issues new suspect sketches
16.05.2008 - Lebanon leaders to meet in Qatar
16.05.2008 - Dangerous ground
16.05.2008 - Inside Shatila
16.05.2008 - European aid commissioner in Burma
16.05.2008 - China's president flies to quake zone
16.05.2008 - Personal, Political Clouds Gather Over EU-Latin America Summit
16.05.2008 - Chinese leader visits quake area
16.05.2008 - Interpol backs
16.05.2008 - '1m more' on housing waiting list
16.05.2008 - US 'cyber-bully' mother indicted
16.05.2008 - Wildlife populations 'plummeting'
16.05.2008 - Burma storm aid frustrations grow
16.05.2008 - Chinese quake survivors chances diminishing
16.05.2008 - UN set for return to Somalia
16.05.2008 - Top UN official waiting for Burma visa
16.05.2008 - Arab mediators broker deal to end violence in Lebanese capital
16.05.2008 - German FM pays tribute to Russian war victims
16.05.2008 - Bush - Israel can count on USA
16.05.2008 - China quake estimate - 50,000 dead
16.05.2008 - Chavez, Merkel row overshadows L. America summit
16.05.2008 - Fatal pipeline blaze near Lagos
16.05.2008 - '$100 laptop' embraces Windows XP
16.05.2008 - Doubts over asbestos cancer chemo
16.05.2008 - Slum diary
16.05.2008 - It's quiz time!
16.05.2008 - Hillary's endgame
16.05.2008 - Murray falls to Nadal in Hamburg
16.05.2008 - Fed auctions $7bn in securities
16.05.2008 - Failing the people