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China is warning survivors of the earthquake to prepare for the potential collapse of damaged dams.

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Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden slammed Western leaders for taking part in Israel's 60th birthday celebrations and vowed that Muslims would fight and not give up "one inch of Palestine," in an audio message Friday.

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The European Union's aid chief leaves Myanmar on Friday after saying he has failed to persuade the ruling generals to open up to foreign assistance, two weeks after the cyclone tragedy. The Irrawaddy Delta region in the southwest, which bore the brunt of the massive storm that hit on May 3, is largely off limits to foreigners including international relief workers.

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The sixth-ever International Day Against Homophobia is held on May 17 -- but not many people in Poland will take notice. Here, homosexuality is often still seen as a disease for which one needs treatment. The Catholic Church has set up psychological support groups for gay people who want to "get back on the right track"

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The deaths of thousands of students in China's earthquake has sparked outrage among parents over the alleged shoddy construction of the country's schools.

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Hollywood stars Dustin Hoffman, Jack Black and Angelina Jolie attend the premier of feel-good movie 'Kung Fu Panda' at the Cannes Film Festival in the south of France on Thursday.

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A US army sergeant who has served in Germany, Japan, Afghanistan and the Philippines publicly refused on Thursday to return to active duty. Sgt. Matthis Chiroux is a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War.

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Addressing the Israeli Parliament, US President George W. Bush vowed on Thursday to support Israel in battling "terror" groups as the nation marks its 60th anniversary still struggling to find peace with Arab neighbours.

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The death toll in the China earthquake has risen over 50,000 people. As rescue workers arrive in towns like Beichuan, in one of the worst-hit areas, the devastation is clear.

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London's Museum in Docklands is returning to one of the British capital's most infamous crime scenes -- the East End that was once haunted by a notorious serial killer known as Jack the Ripper.

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Heavy rains forecast to hit Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta over the coming days represent a nightmare scenario for the cyclone-stricken country. Weather experts say 12 centimetres (4.7 inches) of rain are set to fall on the area worst affected by the cyclone over the next six days.

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It's the second day of the Cannes Film Festival and it's time for the premiere of one of the outsiders for the prestigious Palme d'or: "Leonera" from the Argentine director Pablo Trapero. The film tells the story of a young woman who struggles to raise her son in prison.

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UNESCO has travelled to Istanbul to find out whether the World Heritage site should be put on the "in danger" list. The organisation say that rampant urban development and degradation have compromised the city's historic sites.

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Visiting US President George W. Bush paid a 60th anniversary tribute to Israel as a democracy challenged by "terrorists", and underlined Washington's alliance with the Jewish state. He also condemned the "murder" of innocents on Wednesday following a Palestinian rocket attack that wounded 14 people in the Israeli city of Ashkelon.

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Monday's quake in southwestern China has blocked all vehicle access to the worst-hit areas, leaving survivors to scramble on foot in search of lost family members.

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The US government Wednesday listed polar bears as a threatened species owing to a drastic reduction in Arctic sea ice, but stood by its permission for oil and gas drilling in their frozen habitat.

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The Cannes film festival is officially open after unrolling its red carpet for a star-studded ceremony. Opening night red-carpet glory was for the Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' movie "Blindness". Stars hitting the red carpet included Cate Blanchett, Eva Longoria and Gael Garcia Bernal.

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China has mobilised 100,000 soldiers and police as the true scale of its devastating earthquake begins to emerge. This rescue force is backed by thousands of civilians volunteering for what is fast turning from a search for the living to the recovery of the dead.

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The 61st Cannes Film Festival kicks off with the film "Blindness", the latest offering from Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles. The movie, starring Julianne Moore, is one of 22 competing for Cannes' prestigious Palme d'Or.

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In a news conference to start the Cannes Film Festival, jury president Sean Penn played down the competitive nature of the event, while actress Natalie Portman spoke of the pressure she feels as a judge.

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Myanmar tightened access to its cyclone disaster zone despite the arrival of Europe's top humanitarian official on Wednesday, who warned that cyclone survivors were at risk of famine. The ruling junta, deeply suspicious of the outside world, have kept out essential aid workers, even as state television continues to show relief being distributed by soldiers.

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Jose Castelar began rolling cigars when he was five. Now, at 64, the Cuban expert has finished rolling a 45-meter stogie to garner his fourth world record from the Guinness Book.

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The Cannes Film Festival 2008 kicked off with a surprise appearance by actor Jack Black who hit the beach with giant pandas. The stunt was to promote his new film Kung Fu Panda, showing out of competition.

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It was Yasser Arafat's favourite head gear and it's now a must-have item for fashionistas around the world... But the genuine kaffiyeh "made in Palestine" is facing tough competition from China.

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China's biggest earthquake for a generation has left tens of thousands dead, missing or buried under the rubble of broken communities Tuesday, triggering a desperate nationwide relief effort.

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More than 1.5 million people are at risk of disease and starvation in southern Myanmar as only a trickle of aid is reaching cyclone survivors. The military junta are still preventing aid workers from entering the country -- a difficult situation for those who know what is at stake. AFPTV looks at how Oxfam International is preparing themselves in neighbouring Thailand.

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Sign language for babies -- the trend to communicate even with those at a pre-verbal stage has spread as far as Poland, where one school helps toddlers and their parents to talk to one another.

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Asian cinema barely features in the Cannes festival this year as the region shakes off its art-house image in exchange for box office millions.

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Speaking at a press conference in Bangkok, UN relief officials warned Myanmar's junta on Monday that more lives will be lost unless the aid effort to reach survivors of a devastating cyclone picks up speed immediately.

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With army soldiers deployed throughout and Shiite movement Hezbollah road blockades still in place, west Beirut is slowly getting back to business as usual. But the consequences of the recent unrest, in which at least 59 people were killed, are clearly visible here.

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The United States will send two more relief flights into cyclone-hit Myanmar on Tuesday, an aid official said, hours after the first US flight of emergency supplies landed in the country. Images and soundbites of press conference.

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The United States dispatched its first aid flight to Myanmar on Monday, where some 1.5 million survivors of a massive cyclone are still waiting for help as the relief effort flounders.

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Myanmar's ruling generals said Sunday there was "massive turnout" in their national referendum, held despite pleas to devote their resources to saving more than a million victims of a devastating cyclone.

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Gunmen killed six people and wounded 20 others during a funeral procession for a Sunni civilian in the Lebanese capital on Saturday. The attack ended a relative calm that had descended across parts of Beirut after days of clashes between pro-government and opposition forces.

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Some of the children from Rio's infamous favela slums are finally getting a chance to shine in the spotlight. One programme is training them in dramatic arts, putting them on the stage at home and sometimes abroad.

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Each year tens of thousands of pieces of luggage are separated from their owners at British airports. After attempts at finding owners fail, the items end up at the auction house. But one person's loss is another's gain.

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Myanmar's ruling junta are pressing ahead with a referendum on constitutional changes on Saturday despite the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis. The international community has urged the regime to postpone the ballot, the first in nearly two decades, as up to 100,000 people are feared dead in the worst-hit region of the southwest.

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The situation is "increasingly desperate" for victims of the cyclone in Myanmar's delta region, UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs John Holmes told AFPTV in an interview conducted at UN headquarters in New York on Thursday, May 8.

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Israel is throwing itself a huge birthday bash to celebrate 60 tumultous years during which the Jewish state has made great strides forward but failed to achieve peace with its neighbours. Military air shows are topping the programme with warplanes being put through their paces in sunny skies over Tel Aviv.