YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's military rulers held a referendum Saturday aimed at solidifying their hold on power while brazenly turning cyclone relief efforts into a propaganda campaign. In some cases, generals' names were scribbled onto boxes of foreign aid before being distributed.

Day 1 at Project Walk fell on their 13th wedding anniversary. In years past, John and Marci Pou might have gone to dinner.

CRAWFORD, Texas -- Jenna Bush couldn't see herself getting married at the White House surrounded by antique furniture and oil portraits of presidents. She and Henry Hager opted to say "I do" Saturday at President Bush's ranch in Crawford where the corn is thigh-high, roads are named Cattle Drive and the Texas flag is painted on the rooftops of barns.

Mike Fitzgerald

BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- Forget what they say about time healing all wounds.

BAGHDAD -- Shiite groups brokered a reported cease-fire Saturday with militants fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad's Sadr City as the country's army launched an offensive in Mosul against al-Qaida's main bastion in Iraq.

NEW YORK -- No constituency is more eager to see a woman win the presidency than America's feminists, yet -- despite Hillary Rodham Clinton's historic candidacy -- the women's movement finds itself wrenchingly divided over the Democratic race as it heads toward the finish.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Dozens of protesters blocked a road Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, claiming U.S.-led coalition forces killed three civilians, and a local official said police fatally shot one of the protesters and injured three of them.

GURGAON, India -- When Aashish Sharma graduated from law school two years ago, his father had visions of seeing him argue in an Indian court and eventually become an honorable judge.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Thunderstorms and tornadoes tore across the nation's heartland Saturday evening, killing at least 11 people, mangling buildings and trapping people in the rubble of their homes in areas still reeling from other recent bouts with severe weather.

YANGON, Myanmar -- More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar -- but so is heavy rain.

TORONTO -- Authorities quarantined a train in Ontario Friday after a woman died and several others reported being ill. But a doctor later ruled out a serious infectious disease and said the train would likely soon resume its journey.

NEW YORK -- Big corporations give him money. Presidential candidates seek his endorsement. He has influential friends in Congress and the governor's mansion.