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Ex-student donates kidney
09/05/2008 16:17
Twenty-two years after graduating from high school, a former student has become her English teacher's favourite student, after donating a kidney to her.
Docs perform 6-way transplants
Gift of life journey on YouTube
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Corpses dot Myanmar waterways
09/05/2008 14:27
Bloated bodies spreadeagled on the riverbanks dot the Irrawaddy delta, as many search for the corpses of their loved ones.
A miracle amid the destruction
'I knew I'd lost my family'
Cyclone victims left to rot
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'A hellish night' in Beirut
09/05/2008 12:53
"Everyone is running away," says a Beirut resident, as Hezbollah gunmen roamed the streets in the grip of deadly gun battles between feuding Sunni and Shi'ite factions.
Lebanon on edge of civil war
Lebanon delays vote... again
Hezbollah chief vows revenge
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Hunger, disease haunt survivors
09/05/2008 12:54
Survivors of the Myanmar cyclone are facing serious health worries, with everything from disease to snake bites putting some 1.5 million people at risk.
Rice price hampers cyclone aid
A miracle amid the destruction
UN releases Myanmar aid
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Marine jailed, but cleared of rape
09/05/2008 11:01
A US Marine accused in an alleged gang rape of a Japanese woman has been sentenced to two years in prison for "wrongful sexual contact" but cleared of rape.
US serviceman held in Japan
Tighter watch for US troops
US army tries to quell rape fury
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I never took bribes, says Olmert
09/05/2008 09:05
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has responded to fresh accusations that he illegally accepted money from a US citizen, on Thursday said he will step down if he is indicted.
Israeli PM's future in doubt
Big development in Olmert probe
Israeli police question PM
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Nuclear missiles and tanks have been paraded across Red Square for the first time since the Soviet era in a World War II victory celebration. 
A 41-year-old US woman is pregnant - for the 18th time. She has been pregnant for more than 11 years of her life.
Passengers riding the Beijing subway and major bus routes will undergo strict security checks starting at the end of June ahead of the Olympics, say Beijing police.
The Australian Capital Territory's government has passed an amended version of a same-sex union law, after government threatened to quash it in its original form.
John McCain's wife Cindy - heiress to a $100m fortune - she will never make her tax returns public, even if she becomes the first lady.
Aid agencies are facing an unexpected problem keeping survivors of the Myanmar cyclone alive - the cost of rice has soared 150% in the last year.
Myanmar has urged voters to approve a new military-backed constitution this weekend, ignoring calls to delay the referendum following the deadly cyclone.
