Tuesday, October 5, 2010

4 dead in Hungary toxic mud floods

4 dead in Hungary toxic mud floods

4 dead in Hungary toxic mud floods

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:02 AM PDT

Four people, including two children, were killed after a reservoir broke and flooded some villages in western Hungary with toxic red mud, officials said Tuesday.

U.S. pressing to reopen key supply route into Pakistan

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:51 PM PDT

U.S. military operations in Afghanistan could continue to be fully supplied even if Pakistan refuses to open a major border post blocking hundreds of fuel tankers, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Gates could meet Chinese counterpart next week

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:03 PM PDT

The U.S. secretary of defense could meet with his Chinese counterpart during meetings in Vietnam next week, the Pentagon's spokesman said Tuesday.

Alleged leader of Congo militia linked to rapes is arrested

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:24 PM PDT

The suspected leader of an armed rebel group accused of committing mass rapes this summer in Congo was arrested Tuesday morning, a spokesman for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo told CNN.

Aid groups: Lead poisoning has killed 400 kids in Nigeria

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 01:51 PM PDT

As many as 400 children have died of lead poisoning-related illnesses in Nigeria since March, two international aid groups say, and as many as 30,000 people could be affected by lead contamination.

12 arrested in France for terrorist links, police say

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 11:36 AM PDT

Police arrested 12 people in the south of France Tuesday for having links to terrorist networks, French national police said.

Blasts in Kandahar kill 9 children

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:18 AM PDT

Nine children died Tuesday when two explosions rocked a residential area of the city of Kandahar, an Afghan government official said.

Vatican rips test tube baby Nobel

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:29 AM PDT

An official with the Vatican criticized the decision to award the Nobel prize for Medicine to British doctor Robert G. Edwards for his work on in vitro fertilization, Italy's official news agency ANSA reported Tuesday.

Pakistan: Germans killed in drone strike

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:19 AM PDT

Pakistani intelligence officials confirmed Tuesday that five German nationals were killed in a drone strike in northwest Pakistan a day earlier.

Suspected arms dealer to try to stall extradition to U.S.

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 08:50 AM PDT

An accused international arms dealer who has been called "The Merchant of Death" will learn Tuesday whether the United States can move ahead with its attempts to extradite him on alleged terrorism offenses.
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