Time running out for China quake survivors Cries for help echoed from under the rubble of shattered communities Friday as China warned time was running out to save survivors of an earthquake that has claimed an estimated 50,000 lives. Official: UN plane lands in Myanmar with aid after cyclone Myanmar's isolationist regime allowed the first plane of a major international airlift to land Thursday with aid for cyclone survivors, a U.N. official said, amid fears that lack of safe food and drinking water could push the death toll above 100,000.
Singapore Leader Doubts Economic Union SINGAPORE - East Asia is so diverse that it would take a long time for the region to craft an economic community similar to that of the European Union, Singapore's founding father said.