International Business News - MMR http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif IN THE HEADLINES Clinton tells Oregonians she won't give up, unveils 3 new ads ... McCain asks staff to disclose lobbying connections ... Huckabee quips about gun aimed at Obama in speech to NRA, later issues apology ... http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47960-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/today-on-the-presidential-campaign-trail.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/today-on-the-presidential-campaign-trail.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 04:04:10 EDT A French navy ship carrying 1,000 tons of food idled near Myanmar's coast Saturday, awaiting permission from the uncooperative ruling military regime to dock in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48173-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/death-toll-from-myanmar-cyclone-nearly-doubles.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/death-toll-from-myanmar-cyclone-nearly-doubles.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 08:34:20 EDT France criticized Myanmar's military junta on Friday for refusing to allow a French Navy ship with 1,500 tons of aid for victims of Cyclone Nargis to deliver food and medicine with small boats and helicopters. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47904-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/france-criticizes-myanmar-for-barring-aid-ship.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/france-criticizes-myanmar-for-barring-aid-ship.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 02:38:54 EDT France criticized Myanmar's military junta on Friday for refusing to allow a French Navy ship with 1,500 tons of aid for victims of Cyclone Nargis to deliver food and medicine with small boats and helicopters. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/france-criticizes-myanmar-for-barring-aid-ship.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 23:24:24 EDT Supplies from U.S. relief flights were given directly to nongovernmental organizations Friday to help with the aftermath of Myanmar's disastrous cyclone, the State Department said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/us-supplies-groups-directly-in-myanmar.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 18:37:37 EDT John McCain's campaign is asking staff members to disclose all previous lobbying ties following the resignation of two officials linked to a firm that worked for Myanmar's military junta. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47726-mccain-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/mccain-asks-staff-to-disclose-lobbying-ties.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/mccain-asks-staff-to-disclose-lobbying-ties.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 19:02:39 EDT Myanmar's military rulers have thrown a tightening ring of security around Yangon, blocking aid workers, foreign diplomats and journalists from reaching cyclone-battered regions where millions need food and medicine. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47352-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/myanmars-junta-confines-foreigners-to-yangon.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/myanmars-junta-confines-foreigners-to-yangon.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 12:31:20 EDT The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise suspicions and fear in the immigrants' home countries and disturb potential recruits here who might otherwise want to help. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47837-cia-recruiting-immigrants.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/intel-agencies-seek-help-recruiting-recent-immigrants.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/intel-agencies-seek-help-recruiting-recent-immigrants.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 21:09:20 EDT A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years: _ May 2008: Earthquake (magnitude 7.9) hits Sichuan province in central China. More than 22,000 are killed, and an additional 14,000 are buried. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/some-of-the-worlds-deadliest-natural-disasters.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 10:58:11 EDT The official death toll nearly doubled to 78,000 from Myanmar's killer cyclone as heavy rains on Friday lashed much of the area stricken two weeks ago, further hampering relief efforts. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47866-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/un-in-dark-about-cyclone-disaster-needs.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/un-in-dark-about-cyclone-disaster-needs.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 23:13:17 EDT Police say 12 people have been killed in fighting between rival rebel factions in India's remote northeast. L. Lotha, a police official, said authorities have recovered 12 bodies from a village in Nagaland state, which lies on India's eastern border with Myanmar. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/12-killed-in-rival-indian-rebel-clash.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 05:56:55 EDT The international Red Cross says a lack of clean water will be the biggest killer in Myanmar in the coming days. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says hundreds of thousands of cyclone victims in the Southeast Asian country need clean water urgently or risk falling victim to diseases such as dysentery. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46804-myanmar-cyclone.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/red-cross-clean-water-most-urgent-for-myanmar.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/red-cross-clean-water-most-urgent-for-myanmar.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 04:05:32 EDT Fernando Meirelles did boys with guns in "City of God" and murderous corporations in "The Constant Gardener." With "Blindness," the opening night entry at the Cannes Film Festival, the Brazilian director exposes the world's ultimate savages: your friends and neighbors. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46718-cannes-kung-fu-panda-premiere-departures.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/cannes-balances-glamor-with-blindness.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/cannes-balances-glamor-with-blindness.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 04:33:03 EDT Long after the waves had ripped through her life with the force of a jet, long after the rubble had been cleared away, the woman sat in her half-built house and talked about what had become of her family, her village, her idea of community. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46688-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/after-disasters-and-death-tolls-world-moves-on.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/after-disasters-and-death-tolls-world-moves-on.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:47:03 EDT Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46584-aptopix-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/myanmar-junta-warns-against-hoarding-cyclone-aid.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/myanmar-junta-warns-against-hoarding-cyclone-aid.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:26:51 EDT The United Nations wants to send its top emergency relief coordinator to Myanmar _ if he can get a visa from the ruling military junta. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been frustrated by the regime's obstacles to foreign assistance for victims of the May 3 cyclone that pummeled the Southeast Asian nation and destroyed towns across the Irrawaddy River delta. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/un-hopes-to-send-top-aid-coordinator-to-myanmar.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:14:03 EDT Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46564-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/myanmar-junta-warns-against-hoarding-cyclone-aid.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/myanmar-junta-warns-against-hoarding-cyclone-aid.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:26:51 EDT The United Nations wants to send its top emergency relief coordinator to Myanmar _ if he can get a visa from the ruling military junta. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been frustrated by the regime's obstacles to foreign assistance for victims of the May 3 cyclone that pummeled the Southeast Asian nation and destroyed towns across the Irrawaddy River delta. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/un-hopes-to-send-top-aid-coordinator-to-myanmar.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:14:03 EDT The U.N. secretary-general has decided to dispatch his top emergency relief coordinator to Myanmar _ if he can get a visa from the nation's military rulers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/un-plans-to-send-top-coordinator-to-myanmar.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 14:49:05 EDT Long after the waves had ripped through her life with the force of a jet, long after the rubble had been cleared away, the woman sat in her half-built house and talked about what had become of her family, her village, her idea of community. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/after-disasters-and-death-tolls-world-moves-on.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 13:49:12 EDT