World News http://www.news-spider.com/World/index.html Latest World news from news-spider.com. News from more than 2,000 sources, updated continuously. en-us © 21:42:39 news-spider.com. All rights reserved. Fri, May 21:42:39 9 GMT Obama Closes Superdelegate Gap http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210374682.html Superdelegates' moves to back Obama gained steam with endorsements from a union president and two congressmen, including one who switched his backing from rival Clinton. In all, Obama picked up nine m ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210374682.html Fri, 9 May 2008 21:11:00 GMT Brown tells Myanmar to lift aid restrictions immediately http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210372777.html AFP - The government on Friday called on the military junta in Myanmar to remove restrictions on aid, amid estimates that the number of dead and missing in the deadly cyclone there could be as high as ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210372777.html Fri, 9 May 2008 20:53:01 GMT Quarantined train may soon roll on http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210374575.html A Canadian train quarantined after a passenger died Thursday will soon be on its way again, Ontario's top medical officer told reporters. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210374575.html Fri, 9 May 2008 20:52:48 GMT Aid pledged to Burma http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210373219.html Aid pledged to Burma in the aftermath of the Myanmar cyclone: http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210373219.html Fri, 9 May 2008 20:52:06 GMT Gitmo's grapevine urges trial boycotts http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210372797.html The message travels among Guantanamo detainees in whispers between recreation areas and shouts through slots in cell doors: Don't trust the Americans. Boycott. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210372797.html Fri, 9 May 2008 20:51:36 GMT Aid on the Way to Devastated Myanmar but So Is Heavy Rain http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210372803.html More aid is headed for isolated Myanmar after cyclone, but so is the heavy rain http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210372803.html Fri, 9 May 2008 20:43:25 GMT Cuban rolls cigar said to be world's longest http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210373026.html HAVANA (Reuters) - With music, dancing and rum, Cubans celebrated on Friday the likely return of a record they consider rightfully theirs -- the world's longest cigar. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210373026.html Fri, 9 May 2008 20:42:52 GMT China looks abroad to grow its own food http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210373220.html Chinese farming companies may be backed by the government to buy and lease tracts of land in Africa and Latin America to grow crops to feed its 1.3 billion people. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210373220.html Fri, 9 May 2008 20:39:37 GMT UN launches appeal as Burma refuses aid http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210373221.html The United Nations have launched a £96 million appeal to help the victims of the cyclone in Burma, despite there being no sign from the country's regime that it would allow foreign agencies to distrib ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210373221.html Fri, 9 May 2008 20:32:43 GMT Mediator Mbeki meets Mugabe on Zimbabwe crisis http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210372780.html Reuters - South African leader Thabo Mbeki and President Robert Mugabe held talks on Friday on Zimbabwe's election crisis ahead of a possible run-off that has raised fears that violence could escalate ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210372780.html Fri, 9 May 2008 20:31:36 GMT