AFP - With survivors still emerging from the rubble Saturday nearly 115 hours after disaster struck, rescue teams waged an increasingly desperate battle to find victims of Chinas earthquake which has claimed an estimated 50,000 lives.
AP - A bitter 80-day United Auto Workers strike against an auto parts maker that has crippled dozens of General Motors Corp. factories could be coming to an end soon with a tentative contract agreement reached Friday.
Reuters - The United States intends to build a
big new prison at its main military base in Afghanistan, a
shift from earlier aims to transfer most detainees to Afghan
custody, The New York Times reported. - [Read more]
After delegates to the Church of Scotlands general assembly gathered on 15 May they were urged to support a call for Britain and the US to preserve Middle East peace and take no further action that could lead to an invasion of Iran.
The leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, visiting Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, has spoken of the "genocide" suffered by his compatriots in the Ottoman empire, and said that those with power should ensure that justice prevails.
