Guatemala City, June 3 (IANS/EFE) The death toll from tropical storm Agatha’s passage over Central America has reached 184, with all but 28 of the deaths registered in Guatemala.

MUMBAI - Actress Sonali Bendre is looking trimmer than ever and says she works out regularly — not to look glamorous but to keep herself fit.

US Trade Representative Ron Kirk cancels trip to APEC meeting after traffic accident in Texas

Admiral: Coast Guard beefs up staff, resources in eastern Gulf Coast as oil spill spreads

Searchers: 2 Vancouver, Wash., climbers missing on Mount St. Helens found safe

More Gulf of Mexico fishing areas declared off limits because of massive oil spill

UN envoy warns that Haiti’s democracy ‘in jeopardy’ if reconstruction effort fails

Pathologist: Slain Mich. imam was bitten by dog, bites don’t show what happened during raid

Expert: Slain Mich. imam had dog bites on face

Crews resume exploration of W.Va. coal mine where 29 men died in explosion; cause sought

Exploration of West Virginia coal mine resumes

UN expert says drone strikes may be war crimes, but CIA unlikely to stop or alter program

UN criticism not likely to stop CIA drone strikes

Crews resume exploration of W.Va. coal mine where 29 men died in explosion

Exploration of W.Va. coal mine resumes

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two teams of Massey Energy and government employees have resumed exploring a West Virginia mine where 29 men died in an explosion last month.

Deadly storm leaves 3 Central American countries with multimillion-dollar cleanup bill

Central America faces huge bill after storm damage

Toxicology report shows 2 off-duty NYPD officers killed in car crash were drunk

2 off-duty NYPD officers in fatal crash were drunk

Federal cleanup cost for Gulf spill tops $123M million and rising; now nation’s most costly

Federal Gulf cleanup costs nation’s most expensive

Kindergartner killed when Ohio school bus goes off highway, hits utility pole, flips onto roof

Kindergartner killed in Ohio school bus accident

2 men plead no contest for 2007 Calif. fire that destroyed 53 homes, injured 6 firefighters

2 men plead no contest to 2007 Calif. fire charges

Pa. congressional candidate hurt in car crash; woman arrested on suspicion of drunk driving

Pa. congressional candidate hurt in car crash

Alabama governor criticizes Coast Guard boom plan, decisions in Gulf oil spill crisis

Ala. governor faults Coast Guard boom plan

Toxicology report shows off-duty NYPD officer was driving drunk in fatal crash

Off-duty NYPD officer was drunk in fatal crash

Scaffolding collapse causes injuries at college construction site in Binghamton, NY

Scaffolding collapse causes injuries at NY college

Lightning strike in Yellowstone National Park injures 9 people waiting to see Old Faithful

9 injured when lightning hits Old Faithful viewers

Britain shooting leaves 13 dead, 25 injured (Second Lead)

LONDON - Twelve people were killed and 25 wounded by a lone gunman in Britain Wednesday in a shooting spree described by the police as a “terrifying and horrific incident.”

Obama calls for end to dependence on fossil fuels, roll back tax breaks for oil companies

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

APNewsBreak: Feds approve new Gulf oil well off Louisiana coast as shallow-water ban lifts

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Searchers looking for 2 Vancouver, Wash., climbers overdue on Mount St. Helens

2 Washington climbers missing on Mount St. Helens

Dangerous gases force investigators to abort first trip inside W.Va. mine

First visit to W.Va. mine aborted because of gas

20 killed in Bangladesh building collapse

DHAKA - The death toll from a building collapse in the Bangladesh capital rose to 20 as rescuers pulled more bodies from the rubble Wednesday, officials said.

12 killed, 25 injured in Britain shooting

LONDON - A lone gunman killed 12 people and injured 25 in a shooting spree in Britain before he took his own life, police said Wednesday.

Obama contends GOP ’sat on the sidelines’ while he tried to fix the economy

Goa minister’s ‘partner’ death case given to Crime Branch

PANAJI - Goa Police Wednesday transferred to the Crime Branch the investigation into the mysterious death of Tourism Minister Mickky Pacheco’s alleged paramour in Chennai.

Baby falls in borewell in Punjab, army tries rescue

BATALA - A one-and-half-year old girl fell into a 200 feet deep, two feet wide borewell near Batala town in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district Wednesday. Rescue operations by Indian Army officials to save the child were on in full swing, police said.

Shillong jailbreak probe won’t be delayed, assures Sangma

SHILLONG - Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Wednesday assured the assembly that the government would not waste time in completing the probe into infamous Shillong jailbreak after Justice (retd) D.Biswas left the inquiry midway.

Obama: ‘Roll back billions in tax breaks’ to oil companies, target money to clean energy

Twitter spoof on BP public relations yields $10,000 donation for Gulf environmental nonprofit

BP Twitter spoof generates $10K for Gulf helpers

Four cops suspended after sting operation

LUCKNOW - Four policemen in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district were suspended Wednesday after they were caught in a sting operation accepting money from family members of a man arrested in a robbery case, an official said.

Badal wants women officers in paramilitary forces

CHANDIGARH - Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal Wednesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to withdraw an official notification barring the recruitment of women officers in paramilitary forces.

BSF trooper gets bail

NEW DELHI - Coming to the rescue of a Border Security Force (BSF) trooper, the Delhi High Court Wednesday granted bail to him for shooting a woman smuggler on the Bangladesh border in self defence.

15-year-old arrested for killing two-year-old

CHENNAI - A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Tamil Nadu for murdering a two-year-old boy whose father allegedly had illicit relations with his mother, police said Wednesday.

German Catholic priest to be probed over sex abuse

BERLIN - The head of the German Catholic church, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, is to be investigated over claims that he aided and abetted the sexual abuse of children, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Wife of Sen. Lugar pleads guilty to DWI in Va.; no jail time for 2009 crash with parked car

Wife of Sen. Lugar pleads guilty to DWI in Va.

Woman commits suicide in Delhi

NEW DELHI - A 32-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide Wednesday in her house in east Delhi, police said.

CBI probe ordered into West Bengal train crash

NEW DELHI - The central government Wednesday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the derailment of the Gyaneshwari Express near Jhargram in West Bengal’s Midnapore district that killed around 150 people May 28.

Man held in Delhi for bootlegging

NEW DELHI - A man was arrested for bootlegging and 32 cartons of illicit liquor was seized from him, police said Wednesday.

Ohio elementary school student killed as bus flips over onto roof, lands in ditch

Ohio elementary school student killed in bus crash

Apex court tells Haryana to protect Dalit victims

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Wednesday said courts cannot solve problems linked to social prejudices and conflicts, and directed Haryana to provide protection to the victims of caste violence in Mirchpur village in Hisar district.

Chartered bus carrying about 35 people flips on side after running off NJ parkway; 6 hurt

Bus flips after running off NJ parkway; 6 injured

Mirchpur caste riot victims want justice, not new houses

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court directive to provide protection and new houses to the victims of caste violence in Haryana’s Mirchpur village gave no solace to the refugees camping at the Valmiki temple here. They unleashed their anger on a government official, saying they “do not want new houses, but justice”.

Indian Navy chopper crashes Vizag, one dead (Third Lead)

HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI - A crew member was killed and three others, including the pilot and co-pilot, were injured when an Indian Navy helicopter crashed Wednesday near the coastal city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, an officer said.