911 recordings describe chaos, frantic moments after plane crash into IRS building in Texas

911 calls tell of chaos after plane hit IRS office

EU ministers agree to ease air restrictions Tuesday

BRUSSELS - Flight restrictions in Europe are expected to ease starting at 1130 IST Tuesday, the European Union’s Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas said in Brussels, signalling that an end is in sight for the travel misery gripping the continent.

Scientists say Icelandic eruption producing more lava, less ash, but volcano still alive

Volcano spewing less ash as lava boils up

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — The dramatic volcanic eruption that belched out the ash plume responsible for grounding much of Europe entered a new phase Monday — producing less smoke but bubbling with lava and throwing up chunks of molten rock.

China quake toll rises to 2,039

BEIJING - The toll in China’s 7.1-magnitude earthquake has reached 2,039 Monday, with 195 people still missing, rescue officials said.

Volcano’s destruction in Kenya: 10 million roses thrown away, 5,000 workers laid off

10 million roses ruined, 5K Kenya workers laid off

Europe to gradually resume air traffic in designated ‘caution zones’

EU to resume limited air traffic Tuesday

BRUSSELS — European officials carved up the sky Monday, creating three zones to more quickly break the flight deadlock caused by volcanic ash flowing from Iceland over Europe. Many more flights will be able to take off on Tuesday, the bloc said.

Nine arrested for attack on Christian prayer meet

BHOPAL - Nine people were arrested Monday in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district for attacking a Christian prayer meeting Saturday night, police said.

CBI nabs another Mumbai IT officer in Rs.15 mn bribe case

THANE/MUMBAI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday nabbed a senior Income Tax official in connection with the ongoing probe into the Rs.15 million bribery case against Additional Commissioner of Income Tax Sumitra Banerjee, an official said.

France says European countries can gradually resume air traffic in designated ‘caution zones’

France: EU poised to resume limited air traffic

3 injured in crash involving car and horse-drawn carriages in Philadelphia historic district

Car, horse-drawn carriages crash in Philly; 3 hurt

Germany breaks flight deadlock, lets Lufthansa fly 15,000 home under the volcanic ash cloud

Germany OKs 50 flights under volcanic ash cloud

Germany lets Lufthansa fly 15,000 back home, restrictions to be lifted Tuesday over Scotland

Germany lets Lufthansa fly 15,000 back home

UN postal agency hit by air traffic disruption in Europe

GENEVA - An official with the Universal Postal Union (UPU) said Monday that operators across Europe were trying to cope with the closed skies that have seen planes needed to deliver letters and packages grounded.

Iron rods injure 2 Nigerians in freak accident

NEW DELHI - In a freak incident, two Nigerians travelling in a car were critically injured early Monday morning when iron rods jutting out of a truck pierced their bodies after a collision near Savitri cinema in south Delhi, police said.

2 bombs rock northwestern Pakistani city, killing 23, including young boy

2 bombs hit northwestern Pakistani city; 23 dead

International luge federation blames death of Nodar Kumaritashvili on ‘driving errors’

Luge federation blames death on ‘driving errors’

Man who sent sms threats to Tharoor jailed

NEW DELHI - A city court Monday sent to judicial custody till April 30 a 27-year-old businessman arrested for sending threatening and lewd sms messages to several politicians, including former Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor.

I don’t know if there will be justice: Fiona Mackeown

PANAJI - Fiona Mackeown, mother of British teenager Scarlett Keeling who was raped and murdered in Goa, has said that she does not know if her dead daughter will get justice.

PGI doctor dies after fall from fourth floor

CHANDIGARH - A junior doctor at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) died Monday after falling from the fourth floor of the institute’s building.

2 bombs rock northwestern Pakistani city, killing 22, including young boy

2 bombs hit northwestern Pakistani city; 22 dead

Four injured in crude bomb explosion in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW - At least four people were injured, one of them critically, when a crude bomb exploded in a garbage dump in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district Monday, police said.

Iranian cleric blames women’s revealing dress, promiscuity for earthquakes, urges repentance

Iranian cleric: Promiscuous women cause quakes

Police say new blast near police station in Pakistan’s Peshawar city kills 21

Police: Blast kills 21 in Pakistan’s Peshawar city

BA test flight shows no impact of ash cloud on engine

LONDON - A British Airways (BA) test flight through prohibited airspace has revealed “no variations in the aircraft’s normal operational performance”, the airline said Monday.

suicide bomb kills thirty people in Peshawar, Pakistan

PAKISTAN, PESHAWAR: Thirty people were killed and dozens critically injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a religious party’s rally in Peshawar, police said.
A Deputy Superintendent of police, vice president of Jamat-I-Islami Peshawar district were among the dead. When contacted, District Police Officer Peshawar confirmed that suicide bomber targeted a rally of religious party and that death toll may rise to great extant.

Survivors, victims’ relatives commemorate 15th anniversary of Oklahoma City bombing

Oklahoma City marks 15 years since bombing

Air authority: Lufthansa granted permission to fly planes back to Germany with passengers

Lufthansa gets permission to fly passengers home

Police say new blast near police station in Pakistan’s Peshawar city kills 2

Police: Blast kills 2 in Pakistan’s Peshawar city

Fresno police say mother drowned infant son in motel bathtub, left 2 other children alone

Mom arrested in Fresno drowning of infant son

Bull Terrier Attacks Toddler