Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Death toll from Philippine typhoon nears 300

Death toll from Philippine typhoon nears 300

Death toll from Philippine typhoon nears 300

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 08:34 AM PST

Residents cross a river with the body of a child after retrieving it from the flash flood-hit village of Andap, in New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012, a day after the devastating Typhoon Bopha made landfall. Typhoon Bopha, one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year, barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing scores of people while triggering landslides, flooding and cutting off power in two entire provinces. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)Stunned parents searching for missing children examined a row of mud-stained bodies covered with banana leaves while survivors dried their soaked belongings on roadsides Wednesday, a day after a powerful typhoon killed nearly 300 people in the southern Philippines.

World's tallest woman dies in China at age 39

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 04:26 AM PST

FILE - In this May 12, 2006 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Yao Defen, right, who is 7 feet and 7 inches (233.3 centimeters) tall poses for a photo with her elder brother in a hospital affiliated to Anhui Medical University where she is having a physical examination, in Hefei, the capital of east China's Anhui Province. The world's tallest woman has died in eastern China. She was 39. Chinese state media say Yao died on Nov. 11, 2012, at her home in China's eastern province of Anhui. (AP Photo / Xinhua, Wang Shilong, File) NO SALESThe world's tallest woman has died in eastern China. She was 39.

Death toll from Philippine typhoon passes 280

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:52 AM PST

Relatives grieve as they view bodies recovered from floods in New Bataan, Compostela Valley province, southern Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. The death toll from Typhoon Bhopa climbed to more than 100 people Wednesday, while scores of others remain missing in the worst-hit areas of the southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Karlos Manlupig)Stunned parents searching for missing children examined a row of mud-stained bodies covered with banana leaves while survivors dried their soaked belongings on roadsides Wednesday, a day after a powerful typhoon killed more than 280 people in the southern Philippines.

Suicide bombers kill 3 soldiers in Pakistan

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:51 AM PST

A pair of suicide bombers rammed their truck filled with explosives into the gate of an army camp in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing three soldiers and wounding more than 20, intelligence officials said.

Philippine typhoon death toll tops 270

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 01:22 AM PST

Relatives grieve as they view bodies recovered from floods in New Bataan, Compostela Valley province, southern Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. The death toll from Typhoon Bhopa climbed to more than 100 people Wednesday, while scores of others remain missing in the worst-hit areas of the southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Karlos Manlupig)The death toll from a powerful typhoon in the southern Philippines climbed to more than 270 people Wednesday and officials feared many more bodies could be found as rescuers reach hard-hit areas that had been isolated by landslides, floods and downed communications.

Death toll from Philippine typhoon passes 270

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 01:34 AM PST

Relatives grieve as they view bodies recovered from floods in New Bataan, Compostela Valley province, southern Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. The death toll from Typhoon Bhopa climbed to more than 100 people Wednesday, while scores of others remain missing in the worst-hit areas of the southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Karlos Manlupig)Mud-stained bodies covered with banana leaves were laid out in a row and survivors dried their soiled belongings on the roadside under a bright sun Wednesday, a day after a typhoon killed more than 270 people in the southern Philippines.

More than 200 dead in Philippine typhoon

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:09 PM PST

Relatives grieve as they view bodies recovered from floods in New Bataan, Compostela Valley province, southern Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. The death toll from Typhoon Bhopa climbed to more than 100 people Wednesday, while scores of others remain missing in the worst-hit areas of the southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Karlos Manlupig)The death toll from a powerful typhoon in the southern Philippines climbed to more than 200 people Wednesday and officials feared many more bodies could be found as rescuers reach hard-hit areas that had been isolated by landslides, floods and downed communications.

Fat police officers told to exercise in Indonesia

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 12:10 AM PST

In this photo taken Dec. 4, 2012, plain-clothes Indonesian police officers do exercise during a new diet program for police in Tangerang, outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia. Anyone over 100 kilograms (220 pounds) must follow the weight-loss program started because of the growing number of overweight officers and the perception that they are unable to provide public protection, said a Jakarta police spokesman. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)Potbellied police in Indonesia's capital have been ordered to exercise, exchanging their uniforms twice a week for sweats and sneakers as they line up for aerobics and push-ups to try to drop a few pounds.

More than 100 dead in Philippine typhoon

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 09:01 PM PST

Residents repair their damaged homes after Typhoon Bopha made landfall in Compostela Valley in southeastern Philippines Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012. Typhoon Bopha (local name Pablo), one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year, barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people and forcing more than 50,000 to flee from inundated villages. (AP Photo/Karlos Manlupig)The death toll from Typhoon Bopha climbed to more than 100 people Wednesday, while scores of others remain missing in the worst-hit areas of the southern Philippines.
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