Friday, August 27, 2010

Plan to rescue miners quicker in works

Plan to rescue miners quicker in works


Plan to rescue miners quicker in works

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:49 PM PDT

The 33 miners trapped in a Chilean mine have been told they could be stuck for months. But officials say they are working on a "Plan B," which could help speed up the rescue.

Would-be pirate pleads guilty to attacking warship

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:03 PM PDT

A Somali man Friday became the first person convicted in the United States of acts related to high-seas piracy in more than a century, although he wasn't convicted of piracy itself.

Lead investigator in Mexico massacre is missing

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:19 PM PDT

A lead investigator and another official looking into the massacre of 72 migrants whose bodies were found this week in northern Mexico are missing, President Felipe Calderon said Friday.

Chilean miners in hot, damp, cramped dungeon

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:04 AM PDT

The 33 men trapped in a mine 2,300 feet below the surface in northern Chile face a physical, social, psychological and sanitary ordeal as they await a rescue that could take four months.

Romanian hospital workers charged in maternity ward fire

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:16 AM PDT

A hospital official in Romania's capital has been arrested on charges of negligence with severe consequences in connection with a deadly maternity hospital fire.

Rwanda accused in Congo genocide

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:06 AM PDT

A leaked report commissioned by the United Nations says that the Rwandan military and an allied rebel group may have committed acts of genocide against ethnic Hutus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

1M more displaced in Pakistan

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:04 AM PDT

Flooding has displaced an additional 1 million people in Pakistan's Sindh province in the past two days, according to new UN estimates released Friday. FULL STORY l THREATS AGAINST AID WORKERS l DOCTORS HELPLESS

Cholera epidemic threatens all Nigeria, government warns

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:28 AM PDT

A cholera epidemic in northern Nigeria has killed more than 350 people since June and threatens to spread to the entire country, according to the west African nation's health ministry.

N. Korea frees American to Carter

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:10 PM PDT

Former President Jimmy Carter is leaving North Korea Friday with a U.S. citizen who was imprisoned in the communist country after entering it illegally in January, the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, said.

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