On Flooded Burmese Coast, the Smell of Rot and Death
Six days after a cyclone, it is clear the damage is great and that little aid has made it to villagers along the sea south of Yangon.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/world/asia/10scene.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Burmese Junta Seizes Aid and Blocks Foreigners
The refusal to allow doctors and relief experts to enter in large numbers contributed to a concern that starvation and disease could kill as many people as the cyclone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/world/asia/10myanmar.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Shiite Militias Seize Beirut Neighborhoods
Pro-government fighters have mostly left their posts and handed their weapons over to the Shiite militias.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/world/middleeast/10lebanon.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
News Analysis: Israel Readying for a Post-Olmert Era
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is a survivor, but he faces a bribery inquiry that is widely viewed as serious.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/world/middleeast/10mideast.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Music Issue: Rockin' the Casbah
Thousands of music fans head to Morocco each summer for the Gnawa and World Music Festival, turning the seaside resort of Essaouira into a North African version of Woodstock.
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/travel/11essaouira.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Obama Pulls Ahead of Clinton in Superdelegates
The superdelegate count was one of the few areas where Hillary Rodham Clinton still maintained an advantage.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/us/politics/09cnd-campaign.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Illegal Immigrants Turn to Traditional Healing
Health care for many migrant workers is provided by a parallel system of spiritual healers and home remedies.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/us/10migrant.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
E-Mails Show Derogatory Banter at Secret Service
Supervisors made sexual jokes and racially derogatory comments about blacks, according to internal messages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/washington/10inquire.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
New Signs of Zimbabwe Attacks as Mbeki Arrives
As South Africa?s president arrived for talks, new evidence emerged of government attacks on the opposition.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/world/africa/10zimbabwe.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Hints of a Shift at OPEC on Increasing Oil Output
An oil official signaled for the first time in months that the oil cartel might increase its output if prices keep rising.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/business/worldbusiness/10oil.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
City Room: Con Edison Proposes Another Rate Increase
The utility asked state regulators to approve a three-year plan that would would raise rates by 4.9 percent a year through March 2012, or a total of $1.67 billion over the three years.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/con-edison-proposes-another-rate-increase/index.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
N.F.L. Says Spying Evidence in Tapes Isn?t New
The N.F.L. said eight videotapes submitted by a former Patriots employee that showed the team spying on opponents were consistent with what the league already knew.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/sports/football/10nfl.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Spam Moves to Cellphones and Gets More Invasive
If you thought spam on your computer was a bother, brace yourself for round two: spammers want to find you on your cellphone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/technology/10spam.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
The Lede: The Vatican Tries a Little Web II.0
Now you can view the Pope's home page in a language even more antique than Cobol.
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/the-vatican-tries-a-little-web-ii0/index.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
City Room: Can Bedbugs Live on the Subway?
Bedbugs can live in subway trains and stations, an urban entomologist says, as they did 100 years ago in taxis, trains and buses.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/where-bedbugs-ride-around-besides-just-beds/index.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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