Monday, May 5, 2008

Up to 10,000 feared dead in Burma cyclone
21:08 Around 10,000 people have died in the cyclone that ripped through the Irrawaddy delta in Burma on Saturday. The scale of the disaster has drawn a rare acceptance of outside help from the diplomatically isolated military generals who rule the country. The UN has been given permission to send emergency aid to help victims of the disaster.

Obama, Clinton hunt votes before big contests
20:36 Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton wooed working-class voters in Indiana and North Carolina today in a late push for support on the eve of critical presidential showdowns in the two states.
Plans to make Dublin city centre car-free
15:33 Large areas of Dublin city centre could be closed to private traffic within a year under radical new proposals to tackle congestion. The Joint Oireachtas transport committee has developed a draft report recommending that a number of key streets be prioritised for buses.
Fine Gael calls on Cowen to sack Harney
11:12 Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has called on taoiseach-designate Brian Cowen to sack Minister for Health Mary Harney, reject the forthcoming ministerial pay increases and replace the Programme for Government.
- Ahern set to tender resignation
Fritzl 'planned celler in 1978'
17:14 The Austrian man who allegedly imprisoned his daughter and fathered seven children with her first planned to build his secret cell as early as 1978, when his daughter was 12, authorities said today.