LUCKNOW - There was panic in a market area of Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh district early Wednesday when a major fire broke out in a commercial building, gutting over 20 shops. There were no casualties, police said.

Strong earthquake hits eastern Indonesia; no initial damage reported

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Officials say an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 has hit eastern Indonesia.

Eight killed as wall collapses in Mumbai

THANE - Eight people were crushed to death in sleep when a wall collapsed in Mumbai’s Thane area early Wednesday, police said.

Obama accuses BP of recklessness, declares in TV address oil giant will pay for Gulf damage

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13 die in Mexico train collision

Mexico City, June 16 (IANS/EFE) Thirteen people have been killed and five injured when two freight trains collided in Mexico’s western Sinaloa state, an official said.

US will use everything to stop oil epidemic: Obama

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Tuesday the US government would do everything needed to revive the Gulf Coast from the worst oil disaster in US history.

FACT CHECK: Obama raises hopes of complete oil spill recovery that have been dashed in past

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama

Text of Obama’s Oval Office address on the Gulf oil spill

GOP chairman accuses Obama of exploiting Gulf spill, says president unable to lead in crisis

In response to Obama’s address, BP says it shares the president’s goal of stopping the spill

Obama says Gulf spill a reminder that ‘days of cheap oil’ numbered, calls for action on energy

Obama says Americans are praying for people of Gulf

Obama says US will offer additional resources to coastal states for spill

Obama: Gulf oil well blowout is the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced

Obama says 6-month moratorium necessary to ensure safety for future oil drilling

Obama says Gulf oil rig blowout is so vast it has tested the limits of technology

Obama says fight against oil spill will continue ‘as long it takes’ but BP will pay the bill

Haiti’s prime minister visits Florida seeking investors for post-quake reconstruction projects

Obama accuses BP of recklessness, says it will pay for Gulf damage in Oval Office address

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Obama signs bill to free up money for oil spill clean; feds to require repayment from BP

2 Cowboys workers injured by collapsed facility settle with builder, still suing team owner

Cowboys workers settle with builder over collapse

Alitalia flight makes emergency landing in Boston after fire is spotted coming out of engine

Alitalia flight makes emergency landing in Boston

Utah boy drags 3 children up embankment after accident that killed driver, then went for help

Utah boy saves 3 children from crash that killed 1

Senator says oil companies should dig pre-emptive relief wells at all new drilling sites

Senator: Oil companies must dig relief wells

Scientists: California-Mexico border can expect aftershocks for years after major quake

Border jolt biggest aftershock from Easter quake

Guatemala lowers death toll from Tropical Storm Agatha from 174 to 165

Guatemala lowers Tropical Storm Agatha death toll

Scientists now say ruptured Gulf well is leaking between 1.47M and 2.52M gallons of oil a day

Scientists: Oil leaking up to 2.52M gallons daily

Obama picks official to head oversight of oil industry, reorganize troubled agency

Obama announces official to head oil oversight

BP resumes siphoning oil from gushing well after fire on ship halted containment efforts

Report blames British soldiers fully for Bloody Sunday; victims’ families cry tears of joy

Bloody Sunday report blames British soldiers fully

Senate Democrats plan bill to create $20B escrow fund for BP oil cleanup, compensation

Massey says teams find crack that could have allowed methane through doomed W.Va. mine’s floor

Massey says teams find crack in W.Va. mine’s floor

Alaska pharmacist riding bicycle to work survives attack by grizzly bear with cub

Alaska man attacked by bear while biking to work

North Korea warns that military forces will respond if UN condemns it for ship sinking

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Obama defends Gulf effort in big speech; Congress raps oil executives for lax preparation

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AP-GfK Poll: Most dissatisfied with Obama on oil spill, mirrors dismay with Bush on Katrina

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APNewsBreak: BP says oil containment operations resume after a fire on ship shuts down efforts

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New EPA analysis says Senate climate bill would cost households 22 to 40 cents a day

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Democratic official: White House to announce new head of agency that regulates oil industry

AP source: White House to name new oil agency head

Lightning strike sets 6-story-tall Jesus statue in Ohio on fire, destroys it; no one hurt

6-story Jesus statue in Ohio struck by lightning

5 NATO troops die, Afghan official assassinated as violence rises in Afghanistan

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

BP says lightning strike and fire on ship halts containment of oil leaking from Gulf

Cuban military official says Gulf oil spill’s possible arrival to Cuba threatens ‘disaster’

Cuba preparing for possible arrival of oil spill

Mock anti-terror drill creates panic in Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD - A mock anti-terror drill caused considerable panic here Tuesday after staccato bursts of firing were heard from the Sardar Patel stadium, a popular venue for cricket matches, police said.

13 held in West Bengal for alleged Maoist links

KOLKATA - Thirteen people, including two Kolkata-based professors, were Tuesday arrested for their alleged links with Maoists in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, police said.

Tension in Haryana’s Hisar after Dalit-Jat spat

HISAR - Tension prevailed in the Surya Nagar area of this Haryana district Tuesday after stray incidents of violence following a dispute between the members of the Dalit and Jat communities, police said.

Delta mechanic dies of head injury while working on plane at Minneapolis airport

Head injury kills Delta mechanic at Minn. airport

CBI seizes Rs 130.5 mn cash from house of scam accused’s relative

GUWAHATI - Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths Tuesday seized a whopping Rs. 130.5 million in cash stacked in sacks and boxes from the house of a relative of a scam-accused official here.

Industrialist’s domestic help burnt in mysterious circumstances

NEW DELHI - Mystery surrounds the serious burn injuries suffered by a prominent real estate developer’s 45-year-old domestic help who is battling for life in a city hospital.