Sunday, September 5, 2010

Rain, landslides kill 37 in Guatemala

Rain, landslides kill 37 in Guatemala


Rain, landslides kill 37 in Guatemala

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 07:31 PM PDT

The death toll in a mudslide that buried a bus and five cars on a Guatemalan highway rose to 37 today but could reach 100, the nation's emergency services agency said.

Plan C for Chile mine rescue: Use oil drill

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 08:48 PM PDT

Hedging their bets, officials in Chile said on Sunday they will set up an oil drill as a third option to rescue the 33 miners trapped underground since August 5.

'Don't give up,' plane crash survivors tell trapped miners

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 08:41 PM PDT

For months, the men waited in isolation, struggling to survive. They forced themselves to eat the flesh of dead friends to sustain themselves.

Unknown number of missing after boat capsizes in Congo

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 03:31 PM PDT

A cargo vessel caught fire and capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving an unknown number of people missing, a government spokesman said Sunday.

Iran continues back-and-forth barbs with Palestinians over peace talks

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 03:49 PM PDT

Iranian officials continued Sunday to trade barbs with the Palestinian Authority over its president's decision to renew direct peace talks with Israel.

Pope monitoring Iranian woman sentenced to stoning death

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:45 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI is monitoring the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning and has not ruled out getting involved through diplomatic channels, the Vatican said Sunday.

U.S. military helps repel Iraq bomb attack, official says

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:52 AM PDT

At least seven people were killed and 21 others were injured Sunday when suicide bombers struck an Iraqi military base, Iraq's interior ministry said.

Paper: Cricket player confirms corruption

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 07:28 PM PDT

A British newspaper said Sunday that a top Pakistani cricket player confirmed its allegations of corruption on the Pakistani national team. Yasir Hameed said he was offered a bribe but turned it down, the paper reported.

Suspected Taliban bomb maker among captured insurgents

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 12:17 PM PDT

A bomb maker was among several Taliban captured during a joint Afghan and coalition force operation in east-central Afghanistan Sunday, officials said.

Israel's Netanyahu offers regular talks with Abbas

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:45 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas one-on-one every two weeks to discuss "the agenda for a peace agreement," he said Sunday.

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