YINGXIU, China — Rescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's' earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said Saturday, as the government shar...
PENGZHOU, China — Earthquake survivors living downstream from lakes formed by blocked rivers were being evacuated today for fears that aftershocks could unleash flooding...
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on a mission to open Myanmar to international disaster assistance, said the ruling junta agreed today to allow "...
China updates dead, missing
BEICHUAN, China — China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the governmen...
YANGON, Myanmar — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew into Myanmar's disaster zone today as he pressed the country's leaders to open the doors to critical internatio...
Oil prices rose above $130 a barrel today for the first time, as supply concerns mounted and the dollar weakened.
Light, sweet crude for July delivery hit a record $130....
Woman trapped 9 days in debris
CHENGDU, China — A woman trapped in a tunnel at a power plant was rescued nine days after an earthquake struck central China — the only per...
Ma Yuanjiang, a hydropower plant director in China, receives treatment after being rescued from the collapsed plant in Yingxiu near the quake epicenter today. The surviv...
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar began three days of mourning for some 78,000 cyclone victims today, after its ruling junta appeared to relent to foreign pressure to allow more...
Nation seeks shelter for quake refugees
CHENGDU, China — China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last ...
