Archive for May 25th, 2008

Chinese walk on a collapsed bridge following THE May 12 earthquake at Xiaoyutong near Pengzhou town, southwest China's Sichuan Province  Sunday, May 25, 2008. One of the most powerful aftershocks to hit quake-ravaged central China damaged thousands of homes, killing one person and injuring dozens more Sunday.   (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)AP – A powerful aftershock ruined tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing six people and straining recovery efforts from the country’s worst earthquake in three decades. More than 500 others were injured.

Powerful storms kill 8 in Iowa and Minnesota (AP)

Written by on Sunday, May 25th, 2008 in Latest News.

Cars damaged by a powerful storm are seen in Parkersburg, Iowa, Sunday, May 25, 2008. (AP Photo/The Waterloo Courier, Matthew Putney)AP – Severe thunderstorms packing large hail and tornadoes rumbled across the nation’s midsection on Sunday, killing at least eight people and damaging dozens of homes, authorities said.

A woman sits at her destroyed home in a village hit by Cyclone Nargis, outside of Yangon May 20, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters – Foreign aid workers were heading for the
cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta on Monday to see whether
army-ruled Myanmar will honor a promise made by its top general
to give them freedom of movement.



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