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For losing horses in Puerto Rico, it's win or die -

Jockeys leave the starting gate as they ride their thoroughbreds at the Camarero racetrack in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, Friday, March 14, 2008. About 450 retired thoroughbreds, many in perfect health, are killed each year by lethal injection at a clinic tucked behind Puerto Rico's only racetrack, shortening their options of becoming jumping or riding horses, as happens in the U.S. mainland. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)For thoroughbreds in this U.S. Caribbean territory, being fast enough to win, place or show is a matter of life and death. Losers often don't even make it off the racetrack grounds alive.


Sat, 17 May 2008 01:15:02 GMT
China aftershock triggers landslides -

Rescuers carry out a survivor from the rubble of a collapsed building in Yinghua town of southwest China's Sichuan province on Friday, May 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)A strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake Friday, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China.


Fri, 16 May 2008 23:48:30 GMT
Cyclone toll rises to almost 78,000 -

Children displaced by the cyclone Nargis take care of a flooded area at a relief camp in Hlayang Thyar township on the outskirts of Yangon on May 16, 2008. Children in cyclone-hit Myanmar who are sleeping on the streets without adult protection are at risk of not only diseases but also sexual abuse, a UNICEF spokeswoman warned on May 16,2008. AFP PHOTO/Khin Maung Win (Photo credit should read KHIN MAUNG WIN/AFP/Getty Images)The official death toll nearly doubled to 78,000 from Myanmar’s killer cyclone as heavy rains on Friday lashed much of the area stricken two weeks ago, further hampering relief efforts.


Fri, 16 May 2008 22:15:03 GMT