International News
Troops hike to quake-buried Chinese villagesSoldiers hiking over landslide-blocked roads reached the epicenter of China's devastating earthquake Tuesday, pulling bodies and a few survivors from collapsed buildings. The death toll of more than 12,000 was certain to rise as the buried were found.
Police report 60 killed by bombs in western IndiaA series of bombs exploded across the ancient city of Jaipur on Tuesday, killing at least 60 people and transforming busy markets, a jewelry bazaar and a Hindu temple into scenes of carnage.
Trapped students had little time to escape quakeThe high school students were settling in to afternoon arts and humanities classes when the massive quake struck. The school collapsed so rapidly—one floor "pancaking" atop another—that there was practically no time to escape.
China moves quickly to deal with quakeWithin 24 hours of China's deadly quake, some 20,000 troops converged on the disaster area to help dig out the dead and injured, and military planes and trucks ferried in another 30,000 reinforcements.
Myanmar police block aid workers, food piles upPolice barred foreign aid workers from reaching cyclone survivors in hard-hit areas Tuesday, while emergency food shipments backed up at the main airport for Myanmar's biggest city.
US couple helps Myanmar cyclone victimsAs frustrated foreign aid workers plead to enter Myanmar, one American couple is already ferrying supplies to cyclone victims.
Cease-fire holds in Sadr City after deadly clashesA shaky cease-fire appeared to take hold Tuesday in Baghdad's Sadr City, after a cleric who brokered the deal for Shiite fighters said they would honor it even after clashes left at least 11 dead and 19 wounded.
British government documents accidentally seenTwo senior government ministers accidentally revealed confidential documents to sharp-eyed photographers on Tuesday—including proposals for Britain's prime minister Gordon Brown to star in a reality television show.
Israeli leader in trouble with law as Bush arrivesAs President Bush arrives in Israel to help celebrate the Jewish state's 60th birthday, he will find his host, Ehud Olmert, in deep trouble.
China's panda preserves reported safeAll the pandas at the world's most famous panda preserve were reported safe late Tuesday, more than a day after China's worst earthquake in three decades closed off the remote, mountainous area.