AP - More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar — but so is the heavy rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the isolated country. Myanmar gave the green light after confiscating other shipments, prompting the U.N. to order a temporary freeze in shipments.

AP - Unchallenged by Lebanon's army, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah routed Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-allied government and seized control of large swaths of Beirut's Muslim sector Friday in a telling demonstration of its military prowess.

AP - Gaza attackers sent mortar shells crashing into a border community late Friday, killing an Israeli in his garden and wounding three others, officials said. Israel retaliated with missile strikes that left five Hamas militants dead.

AP - Separatist rebels destroyed a navy cargo ship Saturday just hours after a bombing blamed on the group killed 11 people in eastern Sri Lanka — violence that casted a cloud over pivotal provincial elections scheduled for later in the day.

AP - The 68-year-old fisherman tried to explain how a cyclone swept away his entire family, but could utter only a few words before he was overcome by tears.

AFP - Wayne Rooney is set to hand Manchester United a massive boost by declaring himself fit to take part in this weekend's dramatic finale to an exhilarating Premier League title battle.