• China allows foreign teams as quake toll rises (Los Angeles Times)--
• In China, one man's hunt for his missing wife (Los Angeles Times)--
• Myanmar declares new constitution ratified after partial vote (Los Angeles Times)--
• Interpol data analysis bolsters Colombia claim (Los Angeles Times)--
• Palestinians mark day of 'catastrophe' (Los Angeles Times)--

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• Myanmar declares new constitution ratified (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 11時30分 更新
  Officials say more than 90% of voters approved the document, which critics say is a sham meant to strengthen the military regime. Myanmar's ruling generals announced Thursday that a new constitution viewed by critics as a pro-junta sham had been overwhelming approved by voters.


• 4 Iranian Embassy workers hurt in Baghdad shooting (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 10時30分 更新
  Iraqi soldiers, who say they came under fire, shot at the Iranians' vehicles. Iranian officials downplay the possibility of diplomatic fallout. Four Iranian Embassy employees were shot and wounded, two of them seriously, as they drove in northwest Baghdad on Thursday night, Iranian and Iraqi officials said.


• Suicide bomber kills 15 in Afghanistan (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 8時30分 更新
  A suicide bomber wearing a burka killed 15 people and wounded 22 on Thursday in a crowded market in western Afghanistan, a provincial official said.


• Talks set on new government for Lebanon (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 6時30分 更新
  The deal, which follows a burst of street battles, is seen as a boost to Hezbollah. Lebanese factions took another major step toward calming a flare-up of sectarian and political violence Thursday by agreeing to immediately resume long-stalled talks over a new government.


• Pakistan says it has no knowledge of missile strike (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 6時30分 更新
  The U.S. military says it too has no information. The attack in the border region might have killed an Al Qaeda official. Pakistani leaders on Thursday disavowed any knowledge of a missile strike in a volatile border area where the United States has previously targeted Al Qaeda figures -- the first attack of its kind since the new government took power six weeks ago.


• Top Taliban leader vows revenge on America (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 5時30分 更新
  A top Taliban leader vowed today to target the U.S. after an alleged missile strike killed several people in northwest Pakistan, a threat that could undermine the new government's efforts to negotiate peace deals with militants.


• Myanmar: Referendum OKs new constitution (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 5時30分 更新
  Myanmar's junta announced today that its new, pro-military constitution has won overwhelming support in a referendum held while the country was reeling from a devastating cyclone that may have killed up to 128,000 people.


• Feuding Lebanese factions reach deal to elect president (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 5時30分 更新
  The Hezbollah-led opposition and U.S.-backed government agreed today to hold political talks that will lead to the election of Lebanon's army chief as president, an Arab mediator said.


• Myanmar cyclone death toll soars above 43,000 (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 4時30分 更新
  Myanmar's junta warned today that legal action would be taken against people who trade or hoard international aid as the cyclone's death toll soared above 43,000.


• Interpol says Colombia did not tamper with files on seized rebel computers (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 4時30分 更新
  Interpol said today it found no evidence of tampering in computers Colombia says it seized from a slain leftist rebel. The finding discredits Venezuelan assertions that the files are bogus and gives Colombia the international backing it sought.


• Palestinians mark 1948 uprooting with rallies (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 4時30分 更新
  Palestinians marked the 60th anniversary of their uprooting with rallies, sirens and black balloons today -- an annual ritual made even darker this year by crippling internal divisions and diminishing independence hopes.


• 'Appeasement' remark by Bush sets off political fray (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 2時30分 更新
  The president, speaking to Israeli lawmakers, takes apparent aim at Obama in saying that negotiating with some dictatorships amounts to 'appeasement.' Obama calls it a 'false political attack.' WASHINGTON -- Addressing the Israeli parliament, President Bush set off a political firestorm today with an apparent criticism of Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential hopeful, over his position on negotiating with some dictatorships.


• An 'absolutely excellent' flight high above Alps (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 1時30分 更新
  A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure-eights and soaring high above the Alps.


• McCain predicts troops will be out of Iraq by 2013 (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 1時30分 更新
  His victory outlook reverses his stance against suggesting a withdrawal timetable. He also pulls away from Bush in forecasting a presidency marked by better relations with Congress and Democrats. WASHINGTON -- Republican John McCain, in a speech forecasting what the country would look like after his first term in office, said today that he expects the war in Iraq to be won and most troops to be home by January 2013.


• Bush says he won't talk to terrorists, assails those who will (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月16日 1時30分 更新
  President George W. Bush, in a speech to Israel's parliament, said he won't negotiate with terrorists, and he criticized those who will.


• Official: Suicide bomber kills 15 in Afghanistan (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月15日 18時30分 更新
  A suicide bomber wearing a burqa killed 15 people and wounding 22 others when he blew himself up Thursday in a crowded market in western Afghanistan, a provincial official said.


• Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月15日 17時30分 更新
  A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane today for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps.


• Bush makes second visit to Israel (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月15日 17時30分 更新
  The president attends a gala at the start of a trip seen by many as symbolic and unlikely to yield real results. President Bush on Wednesday began his second visit to Israel as president against a backdrop of sober questions about the potential for the Israeli-Palestinian accord he seeks this year.


• Chinese citizens rally aid for quake victims (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月15日 16時30分 更新
  Offers of aid and money flood in, but with relief teams struggling to reach Sichuan areas cut off by damaged roads and bridges, officials resort to dangerous airdrops. Everywhere you turned Wednesday, there was more bad news: The official death toll from China's earthquake climbed to nearly 15,000, with thousands still missing; 391 dams were damaged; and in Mianyang county, 3,600 passengers were trapped in trains, and 120 coal miners lost underground.


• TV cameras swiftly reach China city but earthquake aid is slow (Los Angeles Times)-- 5月15日 16時30分 更新
  Despite an outpouring of aid, many victims have yet to receive food, water or shelter. Li Shirong huddled with his extended family under a plastic tarpaulin, taking inventory of the remaining food supply.