Myanmar’s ruling junta lashed out at foreign aid donors Friday, saying cyclone victims did not need supplies of “chocolate bars” and could instead survive by eating frogs and fish. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a government mouthpiece, also warned that foreign relief workers could snoop inside homes, and condemned donors for linking aid money to full access to the hardest-hit... 

A video that purportedly shows a living, breathing space alien will be shown to the news media Friday in Denver. Jeff Peckman, who is pushing a ballot initiative to create an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission in Denver to prepare the city for close encounters of the alien kind, said the video is authentic and convinced him that aliens exist. ‘‘As impressive as it is, it’s still one tiny portion... 

A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 has hit southern Iceland, 50km (30 miles) from the capital, Reykjavik. In the town of Selfoss, near the epicentre, buildings were damaged and up to 20 people needed treatment for minor injuries, reports say. Residents in the capital felt buildings shake and aftershocks were felt in the south-west of the country. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake struck... 

CHENGDU, China: Rain grounded helicopters and hampered attempts Thursday to drain an earthquake-created lake in central China threatening to flood disaster victims. The new Tangjiashan lake above the city of Beichuan was formed by a landslide triggered by the magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck May 12, blocking a river. The lake has been rising by several yards (meters) a day. With roads to the area... 

MANILA - Indonesia’s foreign minister chided Myanmar on Wednesday for extending the detention of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, the first criticism of the junta’s move by a fellow Southeast Asian nation. Hassan Wirajuda told reporters in Manila that the action by Myanmar’s generals was even more regrettable since it came while the world was busy helping Myanmar recover from a killer... 

Microsoft Corp. said its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top executives reaffirmed interest in joining forces with Yahoo Inc. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer on Tuesday unveiled the iPhone-like touch-screen feature at The Wall Street Journal’s “D: All Things Digital” conference, calling... 

Nepal, the world’s last Hindu kingdom, was poised to be reborn as a republic Wednesday, as a newly elected assembly led by former Maoist guerillas prepared to meet to fulfill the leftists’ principal campaign promise. Exactly when and how the monarch, King Gyanendra, would leave Narayanhity, the main palace in the capital, Katmandu, was not clear. He has made no public statements in recent weeks... 

LOS ANGELES, May 28 - Actress Kirsten Dunst, who starred in the “Spider-Man” movies, says she checked into rehab earlier this year because she was suffering from depression, not battling drugs or alcohol. In an interview with E! Online, the 26-year-old actress said she went to the Cirque Lodge Treatment Center in Utah — which has also hosted Lindsay Lohan and Eva Mendes — after... 

BANGKOK - Donor nations, meeting yesterday in Burma, pressed the government to make good on its promise to allow foreign aid workers free access to millions of isolated cyclone survivors. Leading the one-day meeting of 52 countries, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki Moon, said that the government was “moving fast in the right direction” and that he was confident Burma would... 

The death toll from the May 12 earthquake in southwest China’s Sichuan Province has claimed 62,664 lives and left 358,816 injured and 23,775 missing as of 00:00 a.m. Sunday, according to the State Council Information Office. Guo Weimin, director of the State Council Information Office, announced the latest official statistics concerning the Wenchuan quake on behalf of the State Council General...