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AP - More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar ? but so is the heavy rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the isolated country. Myanmar gave the green light after confiscating other shipments, prompting the U.N. to order a temporary freeze in shipments.
AP - Unchallenged by Lebanon's army, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah routed Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-allied government and seized control of large swaths of Beirut's Muslim sector Friday in a telling demonstration of its military prowess.
AP - Gaza attackers sent mortar shells crashing into a border community late Friday, killing an Israeli in his garden and wounding three others, officials said. Israel retaliated with missile strikes that left five Hamas militants dead.
AP - The 68-year-old fisherman tried to explain how a cyclone swept away his entire family, but could utter only a few words before he was overcome by tears.
AP - For 13 years, he has eluded capture for atrocities a U.N. judge described as "scenes from hell ... written on the darkest pages of human history."
Reuters - The Dalai Lama says he understands why
Tibetan exiles were angry that the Olympic torch reached the
top of Mount Everest but had advised them against protesting.
B39 Antrim - One lane closed on Shankill Road into town between the B502 Agnes Street junction and the Dover Street junction in Belfast, because of sewer works.
B95 Antrim - Hightown Road closed both ways between the Derry Road junction and the B95 Hightown Road junction in Newtonabbey, because of roadworks. Diversion in operation.
A3 Down - Temporary traffic lights both ways between the A3 Belfast Road junction and the A3 Queens Street junction in Dollingstown, because of water main work.
Antrim - One lane closed on Collinbridge Road both ways between the Glengormley Park junction and the Collinbridge Park junction in Glengormley, because of roadworks.
A926 Perth And Kinross - High Street closed both ways between the Hatton Road junction and the A93 Balmoral Road junction in Rattray, because of emergency repairs. Diversion in operation.
A8 City Of Edinburgh - West Maitland Street closed both ways between the Manor Place junction and the A700 Lothian Road junction, because of major roadworks.
AP - A judge in Florida says the 17-year-old son of wrestler Hulk Hogan should serve eight months in jail for reckless driving. Nick Bollea was led off to begin his sentence immediately after Friday's ruling. He will be on five years' probation and lose his driving privileges for three years.
Reuters - Director Oliver Stone has landed a
distribution deal with independent studio Lionsgate to get an
upcoming film about President George W. Bush into U.S. theaters
in October, shortly before the presidential election.
