Summary: In the 1950s the Chancellor of the Exchequer Harold Macmillan put the financial benefits of cigarettes over the nation's health, records show.
Summary: AP - Human rights and aid groups complained Friday that Myanmar's military government was still hindering the free flow of international help for victims of Cyclone Nargis.
Summary: AP - Unlike Hillary Rodham Clinton, rival Barack Obama planned for the long haul. Clinton hinged her whole campaign on an early knockout blow on Super Tuesday, while Obama's staff researched congressional districts in states with primaries that were month
Summary: AP - It was exactly a year ago that Kobe Bryant demanded a trade, ultimately saying he'd prefer playing on Pluto rather than return to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Summary: Chinese troops racing to drain an earthquake lake made substantial progress digging a diversion channel and have created emergency escape paths in case a mud and rock dam gives way
Summary: Al Qaeda is essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and on the defensive throughout much of the world CIA Director Michael Hayden said in a Washington Post interview published on Friday
Summary: Myanmars junta started evicting destitute families from governmentrun cyclone relief centres on Friday apparently out of concern the tented villages might become permanent
Summary: AP - Presidential spokesmen traditionally have worn cloaks of loyalty to their graves. But are they really honor-bound to toe the party line after they leave the White House?
Summary: Japan has shelved plans for its military to fly tents and blankets to China in the aftermath of the devastating May 12 earthquake on concerns in China over the move a senior government official said on Friday
Summary: A White House race between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama could shake up the political map in November putting new states in play and shifting the odds in some traditional battlegrounds like Florida and Ohio
Summary: Tropical Storm Alma the first cyclone of the Americas hurricane season slammed into Nicaraguas Pacific coast on Thursday killing one person as winds toppled trees and ripped roofs off flimsy homes
Summary: AP - Now, the waiting begins. A Texas Supreme Court ruling paves the way for members of a polygamist sect to get their children out of foster care, but it remains unclear when that might happen or what kind of restrictions might be imposed.
