Tornadoes And Storms Rip Through South, At Least 284 Dead -- Yahoo News/Reuters
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (Reuters) – Tornadoes and violent storms ripped through seven southern states, killing at least 284 people in the country's deadliest series of twisters in nearly four decades.
The clusters of powerful tornadoes -- more than 160 reported in total -- combined with storms to cut a swath of destruction heading west to east over several days. In some areas, whole neighborhoods were flattened, cars flipped over and trees and power lines felled, leaving tangled wreckage.
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MIDDLE EAST
Syria army units clash as crackdown intensifies. Syrian ruling party members defect en masse. Crackdown in Syria continues amid reports of resignations.
Experts: Assad's ouster could prompt widespread chaos, violence.
Bahrain sentences four protestors to death.
Yemen opposition warns bloodshed may derail deal. At least 15 dead as Yemen's Saleh clings to power.
'Unity gov't won't take part in peace talks'. Newly empowered Egypt brokers Palestinian peace deal. Arab spring pushes Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah to reconcile. Palestinians give cautious welcome to Hamas-Fatah agreement. Surprise Palestinian unity deal challenges Israel. Some Palestinians skeptical about new reconciliation agreement.
Turkey plans to build waterway bigger than Suez and Panama canals.
ASIA
Cambodian, Thai military commanders promise ceasefire. Thai-Cambodian cease-fire reported.
N.Korea 'has far more prisons than previously believed'.
North Korea demands U.S. security pledge to give up nuclear program: Carter. DPRK leader says willing to negotiate with S. Korea, six-party members: Carter.
Pakistan asks Afghanistan to distance itself from United States, Afghan officials say.
China says population rises to 1.339 billion. Census report: China could grow old before it grows rich.
AFRICA
Fighting shows no signs of easing in Libyan city Misrata. Libya: Nato strike 'kills rebels' in Misrata. Libya: NATO strike kills 12 rebels; U.S. says death toll could reach 30,000.
Libyan rebels set sights on Misrata airport. U.S. helps Libyan rebels as Gaddafi open new fronts.
Bomb attack in Morocco tourist cafe kills 15.
Nigerian President considering state of emergency if elections not complete.
Ugandan police arrest opposition leader in teargas raid.
Ivory Coast renegade warlord Ibrahim Coulibaly killed.
As Sierra Leone celebrates its 50th birthday, a look back.
EUROPE
The Eurostar migrants: North African refugees mass at the Paris gateway to Britain as Sarkozy and Berlusconi row about open borders.
Fervor builds ahead of British royal wedding. List of guests attending the royal wedding. Britain withdraws Syria's royal wedding invite.
Belarus opposition leader Andrei Sannikov goes on trial.
Khodorkovsky appeal set for May 17: Russian court.
AMERICAS
Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 280
Argentina arrests 'man behind Colombia drug submarines'.
Tall walls separate rival gangs in Mexico prison.
Canada election: High turnout in early voting.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
University campuses are 'hotbeds of Islamic extremism'.
The Al Qaeda sex files.
WikiLeaks files on Guantanamo unlikely to help those jailed on flawed evidence.
Al-Qaeda parade French hostages seized in Niger.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Microsoft Windows misses estimates as consumers pick IPad.
Ben Bernanke pulls back curtain on Federal Reserve in first-ever briefing. First Fed press conference: Bernanke says... nothing?
US economic growth slows to 1.8%.
U.S. dollar loses more ground.
Exclusive: Facebook investors look for exits.
Exxon's profit soars 69 percent, tops Street.
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