News 1st Look: Hundreds killed in Pakistan flooding

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Hundreds killed in Pakistan flooding

Hundreds killed in Pakistan flooding
US to Iran: Stop shipping arms to Syria
Opposition: 2 killed at Venezuelan campaign event
Ecuador rescues kidnapped tourists
Kenya military reports success in fight for Somali port
Syrian rebels claim knowledge of chemical weapons sites
Typhoon Jelawat roars over Japan's island of Okinawa

Hundreds killed in Pakistan flooding

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 11:05 AM PDT

Floods resulting from monsoon rains have killed 422 people and left nearly 3,000 injured across Pakistan.

US to Iran: Stop shipping arms to Syria

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 12:47 AM PDT

The United States warned Iran to stop providing arms to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad even as it announced millions of dollars in non-lethal support for the opposition attempting to oust the government.

Opposition: 2 killed at Venezuelan campaign event

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 07:05 PM PDT

Two people were killed Saturday during an opposition campaign event in the western Venezuelan state of Barinas, according to Julio Borges, the national coordinator for the opposition First Justice party.

Ecuador rescues kidnapped tourists

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 05:58 PM PDT

Two tourists have been kidnapped in northeast Ecuador near the border with Colombia, officials said Saturday.

Kenya military reports success in fight for Somali port

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 07:23 AM PDT

Kenya's military said its troops killed two commanders of an al Qaeda-linked militant group in neighboring Somalia on Saturday as the troops continued their push into the port city of Kismayo, one of the group's last strongholds.

Syrian rebels claim knowledge of chemical weapons sites

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 04:31 PM PDT

A series of videos uploaded to YouTube by Syrian activists suggests rebels are beginning to focus on where Bashar al-Assad's regime stores its chemical weapons.