Archive for May 19th, 2008

San Antonio Spurs forward Manu Ginobili (20), of Argentina, gets around New Orleans Hornets center Tyson Chandler (6) in the first half of Game 7 of the NBA Western Conference semifinal basketball series Monday, May 19, 2008, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)AP – A title defense endures for the playoff-savvy San Antonio Spurs. Manu Ginobili scored 26 points, hitting four free throws in the final minute, sending the Spurs to the Western Conference finals with a 91-82 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night in Game 7 of their second-round series.

Buddhist monks from the Sitagu Missionary Association travel on a boat carrying donated rice for cyclone victims as they move out from Kyaiklat to Bogalay, one of the worst-hit areas by Cyclone Nargis, May 14, 2008. (Aung Hla Tun/Reuters)Reuters – Army-ruled Myanmar started three days of
mourning on Tuesday for the 134,000 dead and missing from
Cyclone Nargis as diplomats pressed the reclusive generals to
speed up aid to 2.4 million survivors.

Debris hangs from a damaged section of the Hilton Hotel under construction where an explosion ripped through the floors Monday May 19, 2008 in San Diego. The explosion felt throughout downtown rocked the hotel under construction and 13 workers were injured, five critically, authorities said.  (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP – An explosion rocked a hotel under construction Monday, ripping off part of the building’s facade, sending debris flying and injuring 14 workers, five critically, authorities said.



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