LONDON - A member of German dictator Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party who escaped from a Holland prison after being convicted of mass murder in 1947 has been hiding in Germany, a report said.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A second man participating in a cross-country Harley-Davidson race has died — this time in a crash on an Alaska highway.

Wildlife regulators found potential Gulf oil spills posed low risk to endangered species

11 injured at borough fireworks accident in central Pa.; adult, child remain hospitalized

Chaos and crashes: Armstrong among dozens to tumble during slick 2nd stage at Tour de France

Texas official says first known tar balls from Gulf oil spill wash up on state beaches

Federal wildlife agency found oil spills posed low risk to endangered species

11 die in military plane crash in Romania

BUCHAREST - Eleven soldiers were killed in Romania Monday when a military plane crashed shortly after take-off, the country’s defence ministry said.

Cleanup effort in Gulf hinges on calm weather, but days of storms seem likely

Warm air mass in place over Eastern seaboard, bringing humidity and soaring temperatures

Bellevue Iowa 4th July Parade: 1 Killed, 4 critically hurt

San Francisco (GaeaTimes.com) The color of 4th July celebration faded away when a 60 year old man died in the Mississippi river town. On Sunday morning this mishap took place in Bellevue Iowa parade. Besides this death, four other people were also critically injured. Two runway horses attached to a wagon came towards the crowd and as a result total 24 people were injured. Out of them 13 were children. The crowd was standing along the river side to watch the heritage parade. At 11-15 AM a pair of horses attached to a wagon bolted into the crowd. Everything was going fine in that parade before the incident happened.

Komorowski’s presidential win strengthens governing party’s hold on Poland, offers challenges

Ill-equipped police lack funds, intel to combat rising militancy in Pakistan’s heartland

1 killed, 6 injured in deck collapse at Fourth of July party at Alabama apartment complex

July 4th partiers fall 3 stories in Ala.; 1 dead

Married woman, lover murdered in Delhi, six arrested

NEW DELHI - Police Monday claimed to have cracked the murder of a government employee and his lover, a married woman, with the arrest of six people in south Delhi.

Charges framed in 2009 Russian woman’s rape case

PANAJI - A court Monday framed charges against local politician John Fernandes for the rape of a 25-year-old Russian woman in December 2009.

Police search for Punjab minister’s missing secretary

AMBALA - The Haryana Police engaged divers to search a canal here for the body of Punjab Agriculture Minister Suchha Singh Langah’s personal secretary, who went missing Saturday and is suspected to have committed suicide.

Romanian military plane crashes near the Black Sea, 10 people killed

10 dead in military plane crash in Romania

Widows, grim and ubiquitous legacy of Iraqi wars, get little help from their government

Iraq’s widows: a grim legacy for postwar Iraq

Firework explodes into crowd at central Pa. Independence Day event, sending 11 to hospital

Firework explodes into crowd in Pa., injuring 11

BP says it has backup plan if relief well doesn’t kill gusher, but ideas don’t equal guarantee

Relief well is last best hope to contain gusher

Three Congress supporters injured in clash with CPI-M activists

KOLKATA - Three Congress supporters were injured when Communist Party of India-Marxists (CPI-M) activists allegedly hurled crude bombs and set their houses on fire following a dispute over agricultural land in West Bengal’s Burdwan district Monday, police said.

10 killed in Romania plane crash

BUCHAREST - Ten people were killed in Romania Monday when a military plane crashed shortly after take-off.

Minor girl rescued in Delhi

NEW DELHI - A five-year-old girl was rescued within two hours of her abduction here, police said Monday. Two people have been arrested for the kidnapping.

Two Nigerians held in Bangalore for selling cocaine

BANGALORE - Two Nigerian youth were arrested here Monday for possessing and selling cocaine to college students and customers in bars and restaurants in the city, police said.

Top US Republican senator says success in Kandahar will lead to success in war in Afghanistan

President Barack Obama hosts a press conference

Congo’s president pays a visit to the site of deadly tanker explosion; 242 dead

Congo president to visit explosion site; 242 dead

Bodies of missing couple found near railway track

AGRA - The bodies of a man and a woman, who went missing after a first information report (FIR) was lodged against them in a murder case, were found near the railway track in Agra district Monday, police said.

Tripura court sends ISI agent to police custody

AGARTALA - A Tripura court Monday sent a suspected Pakistani agent and six others, arrested for illegally entering India from Bangladesh, to 10 days police custody.

Komorowski officially declared winner in Polish presidential election

Komorowski declared winner in Polish election

Andy Schleck of Luxembourg crashes on wet Belgian road during 2nd stage of Tour de France

Andy Schleck crashes on wet road in Tour de France

Naina Sahni murder: Sushil Sharma seeks parole

NEW DELHI - Sushil Sharma, a former Youth Congress leader convicted in the Naina Sahni murder case, moved the Delhi High Court Monday seeking parole to attend to his ailing parents.

Rough seas foils giant skimmer ‘A Whale’ gets another chance to prove itself in Gulf

More testing needed for giant Gulf oil skimmer

Panchayat threat to lovers in Greater Noida

GREATER NOIDA - Some rural areas of Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida township were tense Monday after a village panchayat issued shoot-at-sight orders against two lovers belonging to different castes, police said, adding that security in the village had been beefed up.

AIIMS board to find cause of Nirupama Pathak’s death

RANCHI - The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has constituted a forensic board to ascertain the cause of Delhi scribe Nirupama Pathak’s death at her family home in Jharkhand, officials Monday said.

Courses launched for road safety auditors

NEW DELHI - The International Road Federation (IRF) will conduct two certificate courses in July for road safety auditors to curb road accidents in India, an official of the Geneva based non-profit organisation said Monday.

Congo’s president pays a visit to the site of deadly tanker explosion; 235 dead

Congo president to visit explosion site; 235 dead

Romanian authorities step up efforts to prevent flooding of major city on Danube

Rising Danube threatens Romanian city

BUCHAREST, Romania — Romanian authorities were stacking sand bags Monday along a 4.5-kilometer (2.8-mile) dike to prevent the river Danube overflowing its banks and flooding the city of Galati.

Six Russian soldiers killed

Moscow, July 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Six Russian soldiers were killed when an outdated explosive exploded in a Siberian firing range, police said Monday.

BJP leader kidnapped in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW - Unidentified armed men Monday kidnapped a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and businessman in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district, police said.

100 missing as boat capsizes in Bangladesh

DHAKA - Over 100 people were missing after a passenger boat, which was hit by a sand-laden barge, capsized in a river near this capital city.

JD-U, BJP activists clash over Modi posters

PATNA - Workers of the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and its ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday clashed in Bhagalpur and Patna over posters of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during a strike organised against the hike in fuel prices.

Andhra minister promises probe into slain man’s identity

HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy Monday said a probe would be ordered to find out if Hemchandra Pandey, killed along with Maoist leader Azad in a gunfight with police, was a leftwing rebel or a journalist as claimed by his family.

Hearing in fraud case against Rajapaksa begins

COLOMBO - A Sri Lankan court Monday opened a hearing on charges of fraud against incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa by a former army commander who ran against him in the last election.