NICOSIA - Cyprus has detained a vessel loaded with unspecified military cargo reportedly meant for Sudan and Singapore.
Fire prompts Utah coal mine to shut down
WELLINGTON, Utah — The Utah Office of Coal Mine Safety says an underground fire has shut down Dugout Canyon mine 18 miles northeast of Price.
Salazar seeks to reimpose drilling moratorium
ACCRA - At least 30 people have died in floods caused by heavy rain in Ghana’s four regions, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has said.
Storms spew funnel clouds, flash floods in Midwest
MEXICO CITY - A group of Mexican football fans who were celebrating the national team’s entry to the second round of the FIFA World Cup 2010, clashed with the police Tuesday.
Contractor killed, 2 injured at NC Army post
Trial opens for rigger in NYC crane collapse
Gov.: Pipelines bigger threat than wells in Mont.
Scientist: Oxygen levels down in Gulf oil plumes
240-ton truck kills worker at Arizona copper mine
Massey Energy sues MSHA over mine ventilation
For sale: Fallen money manager’s prized items
Trial opens for crane rigger in NYC collapse
Moratorium ruling sparks reaction among lawmakers
Public fury over power outages poses test for Iraq
Crews try to keep Arizona wildfire from Flagstaff
At least 9 Iraqis killed in bombings
BAGHDAD — Bombs killed at least nine Iraqis on Tuesday, including two leaders of government-backed Sunni militias that have fought al-Qaida in Iraq, officials said.
Vt. nuke plant says flaw led to radioactive leak
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Oil spill puts the Gulf oyster industry on ice
Brazil: Flooding kills 41 in northeast
RIO DE JANEIRO — Officials scrambled Tuesday to get food and medical aid to two flood-hit Brazilian states where torrents of water ripped through towns, killing at least 41 people and driving 120,000 from their homes.
3 NATO troops killed; bomb explodes in clinic
Big Oil strikes back, slams Obama’s drilling ban
Judge block Gulf offshore drilling moratorium
AGRA - An illegal pickle factory’s owner was arrested Tuesday after the authorities found more than 3,000 kg of rotten pickles and 150 kg of spurious sauces stocked in the premises. The cache was immediately disposed of by the authorities, an official said.
Feds, oil firms exploring new idea to capture oil
BP gives proceeds from leaked Gulf oil to charity
Clinic bomb kills Afghan provincial health chief
LONDON - Hollywood stars like Cameron Diaz, Robert Redford and Justin Bieber have raised over $1.27 million in a telethon, to support the clean-up efforts along the US’ Gulf Coast in the wake of the oil disaster.
Republic of Congo train crash kills at least 48
NTSB points to driver inattention in AZ bus crash
CHANDIGARH - A group of Punjab-based lawyers Tuesday condemned the offers made by different organisations to pay blood money to save the lives of 17 Indians who are on death row in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a murder case.
Neb. N-plant declares low-level emergency state
Republic of Congo train crash kills at least 49
Storms pelt Midwest, cause flooding in Indiana
Central America called free of antipersonnel mines
LUCKNOW - One person drowned and 15 were missing Tuesday after a boat capsized in the Saryu river in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district, an official said.
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RAIPUR - At least 22 coalmine workers were injured Tuesday as the bus they were travelling in overturned in Chhattisgarh’s Koriya district, police said.
