Bibliography for World Events: 9-May-08 - 9-Jun-08      
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Date Published Date Published Date Posted Venue Country Author Article/URL* Media Listed Sources Contributors
9-May-08 9-May-08         Hezbollah 'seizes west Beirut' Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  9-May-08         Anger over Myanmar aid block Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  9-May-08     U.N. Andy Newman U.N. Pressures Myanmar to Allow Aid NYT   Denise Grady; Stephanie Strom; Seth Mydans 
  9-May-08       Steve Goldstein Oil futures break through $125, approach $126 MarketWatch    
  9-May-08       Pablo Gorondi Oil surpasses $125 per barrel ahead of US driving season AP   Thomas Hogue
  9-May-08   London U.K.   Oil price vaults to record 125.98 dollars AFP    
  9-May-08   New York, NY U.S.   New York Mercantile Exchange NYMEX    
  9-May-08   Beirut Lebanon Borzou Daragahi Four killed as Hezbollah, Sunni gunmen fight in Beirut Los Angeles Times   Raed Rafei
  9-May-08         Financial Supplement: First Quarter 2008 American International Group    
10-May-08 10-May-08       Vikas Bajaj Mortgage Holders Find It Hard to Walk Away From Their Homes NYT    
  10-May-08       Michael A. Hiltzik In mortgage market, ‘walkaway’ homeowners may be urban myth Los Angeles Times    
11-May-08 11-May-08   Beirut Lebanon   Death toll rises as Lebanon simmers CNN International AP  
  11-May-08         18 Killed by Missouri, Oklahoma Tornadoes VOA News AP-Reuters  
  11-May-08   Shanghai China Irene Shen China Sets Up Planemaker to Challenge Airbus, Boeing (Update1) Bloomberg    
  11-May-08         Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Wikipedia    
  11-May-08   Shanghai China   China's jumbo passenger aircraft company established in Shanghai China View Xinhua An Lu (ed.)
  11-May-08         20 Dead in Haitian Ferry Accident VOA News AFP  
12-May-08 12-May-08   Tokyo; Beijing Japan; China Aaron Sheldrick; Eugene Tang China Is Hit by 7.8-Magnitude Earthquake Near Chengdu (Update7) Bloomberg    
  12-May-08         Magnitude 7.9 - EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA U.S. Geologic Survey    
  12-May-08   Beijing China Stephanie Ho Huge Earthquake Hits Central China VOA News    
  12-May-08   Beijing China   Earthquake measuring 7.8 Richter scale hits SW China, 5 dead China View Xinhua Sun Yunlong (ed.)
  12-May-08   Dujiangyan, Sichuan China   Sichuan quake death toll rises to 7,651 China View Xinhua Mu Xuequan (ed.)
  12-May-08   Beijing China   Backgrounder: Chronology of major earthquakes in China since 2003 China View Xinhua Mu Xuequan (ed.)
  12-May-08   San Francisco, CA U.S. Alistair Barr MBIA loses $2.4 billion on write-downs; shares gain MarketWatch    
  12-May-08   Armonk, NY U.S.   MBIA Inc. Issues Correction to First Quarter Revenue MBIA Business Wire  
  12-May-08   Armonk, NY U.S.   MBIA Inc. Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results MBIA Business Wire  
  12-May-08   New York, NY U.S. Christine Richard MBIA Rises After Loss Is Narrower Than Some Estimates (Update1) Bloomberg    
  12-May-08         More credit woe for bond insurer  BBC News    
  12-May-08       Chi-Chu Tschang Can China Take on Boeing and Airbus? BusinessWeek    
  12-May-08   Vienna Austria Joby Warrick Spread of Nuclear Capability Is Feared: Global Interest in Energy May Presage A New Arms Race Washington Post    
  12-May-08       William Kristol The Jewish State at 60 NYT Op-Ed  
13-May-08 13-May-08   Washington, DC U.S. Adam Nagourney After Big Loss, Obama Woos Blue-Collar Voters NYT   Dalia Sussman
  13-May-08   Washington, DC U.S. Cindy Saine Clinton Wins Big in West Virginia, Obama Still Frontrunner VOA News    
  13-May-08   Palo Alto, CA; Plano, TX U.S.   HP to Acquire EDS for $13.9 Billion Hewlett-Packard News Release  
  13-May-08   Palo Alto, CA; Plano, TX U.S.   HP to Acquire EDS for $13.9 Billion Electronic Data Systems Corporation News Release  
  13-May-08       N.C. Aizenman A Higher Law for Lending: Business is up at Islamic finance firms, which don't charge interest and weren't part of the mortgage debacle Washington Post    
  13-May-08     Australia   St.George and Westpac agree key merger terms Westpac News Release  
  13-May-08       Stuart Kelly Westpac, St. George Agree to A$18.5 Billion Takeover (Update4) Bloomberg    
  13-May-08         Australian bank accepts takeover BBC News    
  13-May-08         Einstein: Religion 'childish,' Jews not 'chosen' Jewish Telegraphic Agency    
  13-May-08       Bradley Burston Einstein: Nothing 'chosen' about the Jews, Bible 'childish' legends Haaretz    
14-May-08 14-May-08   New Delhi India Steve Herman Jaipur Blasts Demonstrate Continuing Indian Vulnerability to Terrorist Attacks VOA News    
  14-May-08         Curfew imposed after India blasts BBC News    
  14-May-08         China quake toll close to 15,000 BBC News    
  14-May-08   New Delhi India   Curfew crackdown after deadly Indian bomb blasts CNN International    
  14-May-08         Missile Kills 12 in Northwestern Pakistan VOA News AFP-Reuters  
  14-May-08   Islamabad Pakistan   Dozen militants killed in suspected US strike in Pakistan: security official AFP    
  14-May-08   San Francisco, CA U.S. Dan Levy Foreclosures Climb 65% as Loan Workouts Fall Short (Update3) Bloomberg    
  14-May-08   Irvine, CA U.S.   Foreclosure Activity Increases 4 Percent in April RealtyTrac News Release  
  14-May-08   Mianzhu China Nico Hines; Jane Macartney More than 40,000 dead or missing in Chinese earthquake Times Online    
  14-May-08   Chengdu China   30,000 missing or out of reach in one single Chinese city after earthquake China View Xinhua Mu Xuequan (ed.)
  14-May-08   Beijing China   Chinese Politburo stresses saving lives first in quake relief China View Xinhua Wang Hongjiang (ed.)
  14-May-08         Bomber strikes Iraq funeral Al Jazeera Agencies  
  14-May-08   McLean, VA U.S.   Freddie Mac Releases First Quarter 2008 Financial Results Freddie Mac News Release  
  14-May-08   San Francisco, CA U.S. Michelle Quinn Hewlett-Packard says it will buy Electronic Data Systems Los Angeles Times    
  14-May-08         Einstein: ‘god is human weakness’ - May 14, 2008 Nature The Great Beyond  
15-May-08 15-May-08   Jaipur; New Delhi India   Blasts meant to derail tourism' The Times of India    
  15-May-08   Chengdu China Edward Wong Dams Reported Damaged as Soldiers Reach Quake’s Center NYT   Andrew Jacobs
  15-May-08   Beijing; Paris China; France   China quake risk to dams, nuclear sites The Australian Reuter-AFP  
  15-May-08         China quake deaths estimated over 50,000 in Sichuan alone, 19,509 deaths confirmed China View Xinhua Wang Hongjiang (ed.)
  15-May-08         Obama attacks Bush over Iran barb BBC News    
  15-May-08   Jerusalem   Ed Henry Dems fire back at Bush on 'appeasement' CNN Politics   Ted Barrett
  15-May-08         Obama accuses Bush on Israel speech Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  15-May-08         Scores die in Lagos pipeline fire Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  15-May-08       Larry Jagan Why Myanmar's generals shun aid Al Jazeera    
  15-May-08   Jerusalem     President Bush Addresses Members of the Knesset The White House    
  15-May-08       Stephanie Armour Foreclosures take an emotional toll on homeowners USA Today    
16-May-08 16-May-08 15-May-08 Jerusalem   Ilene R. Prusher In Israel, Bush outlines a blunt vision for the Middle East Christian Science Monitor    
  16-May-08   Colombo Sri Lanka Iqbal Athas 10 dead in Sri Lankan suicide blast CNN International    
  16-May-08         Suicide bomb in Sri Lanka capital BBC News    
  16-May-08         Bin Laden Lectures on Sixtieth Anniversary of Israel SITE Intelligence Group    
  16-May-08         Burma Says 78,000 Dead, 56,000 Missing After Cyclone Nargis VOA News AFP-AP-Reuters  
  16-May-08   Jerusalem   Jim Teeple Bin Laden: Al-Qaida Will Continue War Against Israel VOA News    
  16-May-08   Washington, DC U.S. Ruth Mantell Consumer sentiment falls in May, lowest since 1980 MarketWatch Reuters-University of Michigan  
  16-May-08   Washington, DC U.S. Shobhana Chandra U.S. Consumer Sentiment Decreases to 28-Year Low, (Update1) Bloomberg Reuters-University of Michigan