PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - May 10
WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - Washington Post included the following items on its front page on May 10. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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BEIRUT - Supporters of Lebanon's opposition Hezbollah movement seize control of most of Beirut, roaming shuttered streets with guns and grenade launchers and provoking broad domestic condemnation for deploying their weapons against fellow Lebanese.
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The U.S. military has, since 2001, cremated some of the remains of American service members killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in a Delaware facility that also cremates pets, a practice that ended on Friday when the Pentagon banned the arrangement.
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In the five years since the FBI and ATF were merged under the Justice Department to coordinate the fight against terrorism, the rival law enforcement agencies have fought each other for control, wasting time and money and causing duplication of effort, according to law enforcement sources and internal documents.
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BANGKOK -- Burma's military government cleared a U.S. military relief flight for cyclone victims, declaring itself ready to accept aid from "all quarters." But the junta reaffirmed that it alone will handle distribution, without foreign workers, a restriction that international agencies reject.
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CRAWFORD, Texas - So there's a wedding here Saturday night. Maybe you've heard? The bride is Jenna Welch Bush, 26, a schoolteacher, writer, graduate of the University of Texas and daughter of President George W. Bush.
