AFP - From the heart of Beijing to the devastated southwest, China came to a standstill Monday to mourn its earthquake victims as the number of dead, missing or buried soared past 71,000.
AP - Microsoft Corp. is once again trying to team up with Yahoo Inc. to challenge Internet search and advertising leader Google Inc., although at this point the renewed talks haven't escalated to another attempt to take over Yahoo.
AP - Paul Pierce returned home and made sure the Celtics would play there again. Boston's captain scored 41 points, hit two clinching free throws with 7.9 seconds left and led the team with the NBA's best regular season record to a 97-92 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday in Game 7 and a spot in the Eastern Conference finals.
AP - An American sniper was removed from Iraq after he used a copy of the Quran for target practice, the military said Sunday, a day after a U.S. commander held a formal ceremony apologizing to Sunni tribal leaders.
AP - Democrat Barack Obama told seniors Sunday that Republican John McCain would threaten the Social Security that they and millions like them depend on because he supports privatizing the program.
AP - Osama bin Laden released a new message Sunday denouncing Arab leaders for sacrificing the Palestinians. He singled out the head of Shiite Hezbollah, saying he did not really have the strength to take on Israel.
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Sunday
it has proposed an alternative deal to Yahoo Inc ,
rather than a full acquisition, in a move that could save the
web pioneer from fighting a proxy battle with financier Carl
Icahn.
Reuters - The average retail price of a gallon
of regular grade gasoline in the U.S. rose to a new record high
as the cost of a barrel of crude oil price continued its
ascent, an industry analyst said on Sunday.
AP - China will spend three days marking the moment when tens of thousands died in a devastating earthquake, while hope of finding more trapped survivors dwindled Sunday and preventing hunger and disease became more pressing.
AP - John McCain's national finance co-chairman has stepped down, the latest casualty of a presidential campaign eager to cauterize damage caused by its ties to lobbyists.
Reuters - President George W. Bush
sought to reassure skeptical Arabs on Sunday he is committed to
securing a deal on Palestinian statehood before he leaves
office, despite his outspoken support for Israel.
Reuters - "Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" seems to be more of a sequel to
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" than to the last film in
the adventure series 19 years ago.
AP - President Bush lectured the Arab world Sunday about everything from political repression to the denial of women's rights but ran into Palestinian complaints he is favoring Israel in stalled Mideast peace talks. "Freedom and peace are within your grasp," Bush said despite scant signs of progress.
AP - Grave by mass grave, South Korea is unearthing the skeletons and buried truths of a cold-blooded slaughter from early in the Korean War, when this nation's U.S.-backed regime killed untold thousands of leftists and hapless peasants in a summer of terror in 1950.
Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will
travel to Myanmar this week to try to speed up troubled cyclone
relief, his spokeswoman said on Sunday, as signs mounted of a
breakthrough in getting aid to survivors.
AFP - China on Sunday declared three days of mourning and suspended the Olympic torch relay nearly a week after a massive quake struck the country's southwest, as the death toll continued to mount.
AFP - The UN's top disaster official John Holmes arrived in Myanmar on Sunday on a three-day visit to convince the reluctant regime to open the doors to a massive relief effort after Cyclone Nargis.
Reuters - U.S. military commanders have
apologized to community leaders in Iraq after a U.S. soldier
used a copy of the Koran for shooting practice, fearing an
outburst of anger among U.S.-allied tribesmen.
Reuters - U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy remained in
hospital in Boston on Sunday as doctors tried to determine what
caused the patriarch of America's most prominent political
dynasty to suffer a seizure on Saturday.
Reuters - Thousands of Chinese fled their
homes on Saturday amid fears a lake could burst its banks,
hampering rescue efforts after the deadliest earthquake in more
than three decades killed about 29,000 people.
AP - Big Brown charged to the lead turning for home and then cruised down the stretch to win the Preakness on Saturday, still perfect and squarely pointed toward thoroughbred racing's first Triple Crown in 30 years.
AP - Six cars of a freight train derailed early Saturday, including one that began leaking hydrochloric acid, causing thousands of people to evacuate homes, businesses and two nursing homes within one mile of the wreck.
AP - Mike Tyson considers it a miracle that he lived to tell his tale. And he's telling it — in graphic detail — in a new documentary at the Cannes Film Festival.
AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the lone surviving son in a famed political family who helped define national Democratic Party politics, suffered at seizure at his Cape Cod home on Saturday and was recovering in good spirits at a Boston hospital.
AFP - China ramped up efforts on Saturday to stave off disease for millions of earthquake victims, as more miracle rescues amid the rubble offered hope in an increasingly desperate battle to save lives.
Reuters - Sen. Edward Kennedy, a leading Democrat,
suffered a seizure on Saturday but hours later was talking with
family at his side in a Boston hospital.
AP - Two rivers blocked by landslides threatened to flood towns shattered by China's massive earthquake, sending thousands of survivors fleeing Saturday in a region still staggering from the country's worst disaster in 30 years.
