Monday, August 23, 2010

Bloody end to Philippine hostage siege

Bloody end to Philippine hostage siege


Bloody end to Philippine hostage siege

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 04:28 PM PDT

Seven people died and two suffered critical injuries in Monday's attack in the Philippines on a bus carrying tourists from Hong Kong. FULL STORY l BUS DRIVER ESCAPES l SIEGE COMES TO END

Supplies sent to trapped Chilean miners

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 04:53 PM PDT

Rescue workers in Chile are preparing tubes packed with flashlights, food and medicine after learning that 33 miners trapped for nearly three weeks are still alive in an underground shelter.

Mexican police find seven bodies dumped in mines

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 06:23 PM PDT

Authorities in the Mexican state of Hidalgo recovered seven bodies from two mines over the weekend, believed to be related to drug cartel activity, the Hidalgo state attorney general's office said Monday.

Nurse charged with murder in hospital fire deaths

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 03:13 PM PDT

A nurse at a Romanian hospital has been charged with murder in the deaths of five newborns killed in a fire in an intensive care unit, prosecutors said Monday.

26 dead in Pakistan suicide bombing

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 11:00 AM PDT

Twenty-six people were killed Monday afternoon when a teenage suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in northwest Pakistan, a government official told CNN.

Saudi official: Paralysis not considered as punishment

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 06:25 PM PDT

Saudi authorities backed away Monday from reports last week that a court was preparing to order a man paralyzed as punishment for paralyzing another man, allegedly in a fight.

1.5 million flood victims ill

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 02:04 AM PDT

The misery of Pakistan's flooding, which has already displaced millions, is showing up in the form of communicable illnesses, the United Nations said Monday.

Elephant tusks, rhino horns seized in Kenya

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 02:23 PM PDT

Two suspects were arrested after the seizure Sunday of two tons of raw elephant ivory and five rhino horns at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the Kenya Wildlife Services said Monday.

Van der Sloot's confession revisited

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 07:11 AM PDT

A panel of Peruvian judges is considering whether to uphold the confession of Joran van der Sloot, who is accused of killing a 21-year-old woman.

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