GUATEMALA CITY - At least 73 people were killed after a tropical storm hit the Pacific coast of Guatemala, Officials said.

Tropical Storm Agatha’s torrential rains, landslides kill 90 in 3 Central American countries

Tropical storm Agatha kills 40 in Guatemala

Guatemala City, May 31 (IANS/EFE) At least 40 people were killed and 30 missing as tropical storm Agatha battered the Pacific coast of Guatemala, officials said Sunday.

Tropical Storm Agatha’s torrential rains, landslides kill 83 in 3 Central American countries

Tropical Storm Agatha’s torrential rains, landslides kill 44 in Central America

Mike Conway injures left leg in frightening, airborne crash at end of Indy 500

INDIANAPOLIS — IndyCar driver Mike Conway was flown to an Indianapolis hospital for evaluation following a horrific crash at the end of the Indy 500.

Mike Conway injures leg in frightening, airborne crash at end of Indy 500

INDIANAPOLIS — IndyCar driver Mike Conway was flown to an Indianapolis hospital for evaluation following a horrific crash at the end of the Indy 500.

White House official: BP’s next try to contain oil could increase flow 20 percent

Mass grave found in Mexico

Mexico City, June 7 (IANS/EFE) At least 39 bodies have been found in a mass grave in Mexico, officials said.

Tropical storm Agatha kills 12 in Guatemala

Guatemala City, May 31 (IANS/EFE) At least 12 people have been killed as tropical storm Agatha swept through the Pacific coast of Guatemala, officials said Sunday.

Sleeper trailers being set up in Louisiana to house temporary Gulf oil cleanup crews

BP chief executive refutes scientists’ claims of large underwater oil plumes from Gulf spill

BP spokesman says company doesn’t know how much oil contained in reservoir in Gulf spill

After failed fix, dead ahead for nation and ocean: A dispiriting summer of oil and anger

Bad news: Radioactive fish found near Vt. nuclear plant; Worse news: Fish said to be ordinary

Ryan Briscoe out of Indy 500 following crash coming out of Turn 4

Churchgoers in Louisiana somber, turn to their faith after BP fails to plug Gulf oil leak

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar unhurt as gunman opens fire (Second Lead)

BANGALORE - Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar escaped an apparent attempt on his life as an unidentified gunman opened fire at his convoy in his ashram here Sunday evening. The spiritual guru was unhurt and later addressed another discourse.

Raphael Matos out of Indy 500 following crash

Investigators rule out technical failure, terrorism as causes of Libyan plane crash

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar escapes unhurt as gunman opens fire

BANGALORE - Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar escaped an apparent attempt on his life as an unidentified gunman opened fire at his convoy in his Kanakpura ashram here Sunday evening. A devotee was injured in the incident.

Gunman fires at Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s convoy, one injured

BANGALORE - An unidentified gunman fired at the Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s convoy here Sunday evening, injuring one of the devotees.

Man killed for demanding Rs.20

NEW DELHI - A 21-year-old man was arrested Sunday for allegedly killing a person who demanded Rs.20 from him following an act of sodomy, police said.

Veteran Davey Hamilton out of Indy 500 after opening lap crash

INDIANAPOLIS — Raphael Matos’ promising run at Sunday’s Indy 500 ended with a crash, the fourth accident in the first half of IndyCar’s biggest event.

Like blast from the past, high-tech nation throws brute mass, old tools at spewing oil leak

Bad news: radioactive fish found near nuclear plant; Worse news: fish said to be ordinary

Radioactive fish near nuclear plant said ordinary

15 security men killed in Manipur accidents

IMPHAL - At least 15 security personnel, including 12 troopers of the Territorial Army, were killed and three injured Sunday in two separate road accidents in northeastern state of Manipur, officials said.

NJ sailor’s death during training exercise raises questions of government’s liability

NJ sailor’s death gives rise to legal battle

Presidential energy aide Browner says oil leak is nation’s biggest environmental disaster

Death in the Valley: An American battalion fights and bleeds in a key Taliban stronghold

Battalion among hardest hit in Afghan war

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan — It was Aug. 10, 2009 in the Arghandab River Valley, a hot and dusty day full of unknowns.

Four of a family murdered in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW - A liquor trader, his wife and two minor sons were found murdered in their home in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut city Sunday, police said.

Court official’s house burgled, furniture burnt

NEW DELHI - The house of a senior court official in north Delhi was burgled and some furniture set on fire, police said Sunday.

Experts on hurricane season eve: Oil could compound storms’ damage, further expose the coast

Oil complicates forecasts on hurricane season eve

Woman held for stealing jewellery from mother-in-law

NEW DELHI - A 28-year-old woman and her five relatives have been arrested for allegedly stealing jewellery worth over Rs.25 lakh from her mother-in-law’s house here, police said Sunday.

500 fall ill in Nigeria after inhaling poisonous gas

LAGOS - At least 500 people, including women and children, have been hospitalised after inhaling poisonous welding gases in Nigeria’s Kaduna state, media reports said Sunday.

Over 1,100 credit card frauds detected in Panama

PANAMA - Over 1,100 cases of credit card fraud have been detected in Panama in the last five years, officials said Sunday.

Third arrest made for cheating diamond trader

NEW DELHI - The third member of a gang that allegedly cheated a trader of diamonds worth Rs.40 lakh was arrested, police said here Sunday. His two other accomplices were arrested earlier this month.

Man shot at wedding, dies in hospital

NEW DELHI - A man died in hospital after he was shot while attending a marriage in west Delhi, police said Sunday.

30 killed as bus falls in culvert, catches fire

BANGALORE - Thirty people, including 10 children and 15 women, were burnt to death early Sunday when a state-run bus they were travelling in fell off a bridge into a dry culvert and caught fire in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district, police said.

NATO commander in Afghanistan says Taliban train in Iran, warns of slow progress in war

U.S. President Barack Obama joins Martha Coakley

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Congressman says drilling 2 relief wells may be key to plugging Gulf oil leak in August

Markey: 2 relief wells may be key to plugging leak

BP says end point for stopping Gulf oil leak is relief well due in August

BP exec says end point for leak is relief well

2 rescued in lifeboat after US-flagged charter sailboat sinks off Puerto Rico

Coast Guard rescues 2 from sinking boat in PR

20 bodies found in Mexico ravine

MEXICO CITY - The bodies of 20 murder victims have been found in a ravine in southern Mexico, the Universal newspaper reported Sunday, citing officials in the state of Guerrero.

Tropical Storm Agatha’s torrential rains unleash floods, slides in Central America; 16 dead

Tropical Storm Agatha kills 16 in Central America

Khalistan terrorist held in Amritsar

AMRITSAR - A terrorist of the banned Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), Bakshish Singh alias Baba, wanted to stand trial in over 25 criminal cases, has been arrested and 2.3 kg RDX seized from him in this Punjab city, police said Sunday.

Tropical Storm Agatha’s torrential rains kill at least 15 in Guatemala, El Salvador

Tropical Storm kills 15 in Guatemala, El Salvador

Presidential energy aide Browner says oil may leak until relief wells drilled in August

Presidential aide says oil may leak until August