Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/world.html en-en Fri, 16 May 2008 18:12:50 +0800 5 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/world.html http://sg.yimg.com/i/sg/mastheads/ma_nws_1.gif 30 140 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080516/twl-uk-eu-bluetongue-bd5ae06.html /rtrs/20080516/r_t_rtrs_wl_other/twl-uk-eu-bluetongue-bd5ae06_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 18:12:50 +0800 BRUSSELS - EU farmers have mostly started vaccinating animals against bluetongue, the virus that ravaged northern Europe's cattle and sheep in 2007, but success depends on vaccine supply and speed of applying it, officials say. Reuters http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080516/twl-ask-ap-1be00ca.html /ap/20080516/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-ask-ap-1be00ca_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 18:06:00 +0800 As the Earth warms, is it starting to feel a little slow? AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080516/twl-uk-quake-bd5ae06.html /rtrs/20080516/r_t_rtrs_wl_other/twl-uk-quake-bd5ae06_3 Fri, 16 May 2008 18:01:08 +0800 BEICHUAN, China - China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake thought to have killed more than 50,000. Reuters http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/twl-us-vote-kentucky-7e07afd.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_wl_us/twl-us-vote-kentucky-7e07afd_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 18:01:00 +0800 Kentucky residents are used to close, competitive races that could be decided by a nose -- just not the presidential kind. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080516/twl-bin-laden-israel-38359fb.html /ap/20080516/r_t_ap_wl_me/twl-bin-laden-israel-38359fb_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 17:57:00 +0800 Al-Qaida will continue its holy war against Israel and its allies until it liberates Palestine, Osama bin Laden said in a new audio statement Friday. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080516/twl-koreas-nuclear-1be00ca.html /ap/20080516/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-koreas-nuclear-1be00ca_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 17:48:00 +0800 South Korea expects the long-stalled international negotiations on North Korea's nuclear programs to resume next month, the country's chief negotiator said Friday. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080516/twl-russia-georgia-1be00ca.html /ap/20080516/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-russia-georgia-1be00ca_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 17:42:00 +0800 Russia's security service reportedly said Friday that it detained a man accused of spying for Georgia in the restive North Caucasus, adding to escalating tension between the former Soviet republics. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080516/twl-russia-doomsday-cult-1be00ca.html /ap/20080516/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-russia-doomsday-cult-1be00ca_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 17:40:00 +0800 The nine remaining members of a Russian doomsday cult holed up underground for months awaiting the end of the world abandoned it Friday after authorities removed two rotting corpses from their cave. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/twl-myanmar-cyclone-4bdc673.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_wl_other/twl-myanmar-cyclone-4bdc673 Fri, 16 May 2008 17:29:00 +0800 The European Union's aid chief said Friday he had made no breakthroughs on a trip to Myanmar aimed at pushing the ruling generals to open up to foreign assistance, two weeks after the cyclone tragedy. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080516/twl-uk-zimbabwe-election-bd5ae06.html /rtrs/20080516/r_t_rtrs_wl_other/twl-uk-zimbabwe-election-bd5ae06_3 Fri, 16 May 2008 18:24:17 +0800 HARARE - Zimbabwe will hold a run-off election between veteran President Robert Mugabe and opposition Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai on June 27, a government gazette said on Friday. Reuters