Hungarian town of Kolontar being evacuated on fears of new sludge flood from reservoir

Hungary town evacuated, fears of new sludge flood

Report: Sochaux striker Charlie Davies caught speeding nearly 1 year after accident

Report: Striker Charlie Davies caught speeding

Tests show big drop in toxicity of red sludge reaching Danube in Hungary; Death toll up to 7

Toxicity of Hungary’s red sludge flow drops

Danube weathers red sludge but some lab tests show high heavy metals; 2 more bodies found

2 more bodies found in Hungary’s red sludge

Danube weathers sludge torrent; lab tests show high toxic levels in red slurry

Hungary’s red sludge nearly equals Gulf oil spill

Hurricane Otto forms in the Atlantic; on track that will take it farther out to sea

Hurricane Otto forms in the Atlantic

MIAMI — Otto has reached hurricane strength over the Atlantic on a path that’s expected to take it farther out to sea.

Toxic red sludge spill in Hungary almost as big as Gulf Oil leak; tests carried out in Danube

Toxic sludge almost the size of Gulf Oil spill

Greenpeace warns of arsenic, mercury levels in sludge that seeped out of Hungarian reservoir

Greenpeace: high arsenic, mercury levels in sludge

Hungarian officials recalculate volume of red sludge flood _ almost as much as Gulf oil spill

Hungary: Toxic sludge nearly as big as Gulf spill

Otto expected to become hurricane after drenching Caribbean islands as it whirls toward Azores

Otto gaining strength, could become a hurricane

Toxic red sludge reaches the Danube, countries downstream test for damaging pollutants

Mighty Danube neutralizes toxic red sludge

Tropical Storm Otto drenches Caribbean islands as it whirls toward Azores

Otto becomes tropical storm on mid-Atlantic track

Hungarian Science Academy says heavy metal content of sludge well below danger levels

Scientists say heavy metal in sludge not dangerous

Hungary says toxic red sludge has reached the Danube but no immediate damage seen yet

Hungary: Toxic red sludge has reached the Danube

US aluminum mining plants employ different methods, sludge flood like Hungary’s unlikely

Sludge flood like Hungary’s unlikely in US

Furious townspeople demand compensation for sludge-hit “dead villages” in Hungary

Sludge-hit Hungarian villagers demand compensation

EU urges Hungary to prevent toxic sludge from contaminating Danube, affecting other nations

EU to Hungary: Don’t let toxic sludge hit Danube

Swiss rocker Steve Lee, frontman of Gotthard, killed in crash on rainy Nevada highway

Swiss rocker killed in crash on Nevada interstate

Steve Lee, frontman of Swiss rock band Gotthard, dies in US highway accident

Swiss rocker Steve Lee dies in US highway accident

Hungary’s national investigators take over probe into toxic sludge disaster, EU offers to help

Hungary opens criminal probe into sludge disaster

Fireworks for Hanoi’s birthday bash explode, 4 killed and 3 injured

Fireworks explode in Vietnam, killing 4

HANOI, Vietnam — Fireworks intended for Hanoi’s upcoming 1000th birthday celebration exploded prematurely Wednesday, killing four people and injuring three others, police said.

Emergency crews struggle to clear toxic red sludge from towns in Hungary

Crews struggle to clear toxic Hungary sludge flood

Toxic red sludge from plant floods towns in western Hungary called an ‘ecological disaster’

Hungary sludge flood called ‘ecological disaster’

Japanese, Chinese leaders bury argument over maritime clash; dispute over islands remains

China, Japan end spat over maritime collision

IRA dissidents’ car bomb in N.Ireland city of Londonderry damages businesses, injures nobody

IRA dissident car bomb hits Londonderry businesses

3 dead, 6 missing after red sludge from alumina plant floods towns in western Hungary

Death toll rises to 3 in Hungary sludge flood

Car bomb blast damages businesses in Londonderry, Northern Ireland; no injuries

Car bomb damages businesses in Northern Ireland

2 dead, 7 missing as alumina plant reservoir bursts, red sludge floods Hungarian towns

Red sludge floods towns in western Hungary, 2 dead

School bus carrying high schoolers rolls over in Ga., killing 1; 12 sent to hospitals

School bus rolls over in Ga., killing 1 person

1 dead, 3 missing as alumina plant reservoir bursts, red sludge floods Hungarian towns

Red sludge floods towns in western Hungary, 1 dead

Japan joins U.S, Britain with warning to travelers to Europe; tourists keep calm but alert

Japan warns about Europe terror; tourists are calm

Official: 400 police killed over 5 years in a single Russian southern province

400 police killed in 5 years in Russian province

Flood-hit Pakistan says it needs West’s trade, not just aid, to recover and to stop militants

Pakistanis push trade, not just aid, after floods

Train derails on Norway-Sweden border, injuring 40, 2 seriously

Train derails on Norway-Sweden border, injuring 40

Russians arrest Polish journalists at plane crash site where president died

Russia arrests Polish reporters at plane wreckage

British govt grants Chevron first new deepwater drilling permit since Gulf of Mexico spill

Chevron gets permission to drill off UK coast

NATO says it captures more Afghan insurgent leaders; 438 militants detained in September

NATO claims insurgent captures; 2 Romanians killed

BP says oil spill costs rise to $11.2 billion; Gulf of Mexico assets pledged as collateral

BP says oil spill costs rise to $11.2 billion

Duck boat captain sues tugboat firm, city over July crash in Philly that killed 2 Hungarians

Duck boat captain sues tug, Philly in deadly crash

Duck boat captain sues towboat firm, city over July crash in Philly that killed 2 Hungarians

Duck boat captain sues tow, Philly in deadly crash

Italian search for American balloonists missing over Adriatic expanded on second day

Search for missing US balloon pilots intensifies

Suspected terror plot on Europe prompted drone strikes in Pakistan, officials say

Terror plot in Europe prompted drone strikes

Prosecutors investigating driver of German car involved in deadly crash with Polish bus

Prosecutors investigating Polish bus crash

Tricky balancing act: Authorities seek to ensure air safety while weeding out hoaxes

Air threats create tricky balancing act

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — An anonymous call from a Canadian phone booth forces a Pakistan-bound airliner to make a nine-hour stop in Stockholm.

Relatives of Polish tourists in German bus crash don’t yet know the fate of their loved-ones

Relatives of bus crash victims head to Germany

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard cross into Iraq to go after bombing suspects, killing 30

Iran crosses into Iraq to hit bombing suspects

Bus carrying Polish tourists crashes in eastern Germany; at least 12 killed

German police: 12 dead in crash of Polish bus

British raise terror risk posed by IRA dissidents, say attack in England a strong possibility

UK says IRA dissident attack in England likely

Britain raises terror threat from Irish militants, says attack is a strong possibility

UK raises terror alert due to Irish dissidents

Gennady Yanayev, who declared himself president of the Soviet Union, dead at 73

Soviet coup plotter Yanayev dies at 73

MOSCOW — Gennady Yanayev, a leader of the abortive 1991 Soviet coup who briefly declared himself president replacing Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at age 73, Russia’s Communist Party announced Friday.