PANAJI - In police custody in connection with the suspicious death of his 28-year-old lover, former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco will attend the monsoon session of the Goa legislative assembly with armed police escorts, authorities said Wednesday.

Police: Man struck by lightning on driving range at Arizona golf course dies in hospital

TUCSON, Ariz. — A man who was struck by lightning last weekend at an Arizona golf course has died.

Mexico City, July 14 (IANS/EFE) Bodies of 11 people, including a woman, with bullet wounds at the back of the head, were found near a highway in Mexico, officials said.

Workers racing to drain reservoirs following China storms, 37 dead after multiple landslides

3 killed, 19 fishermen missing as typhoon lashes Philippines, causes outages, cancels flights

NKorea, US-led UN Command to meet Thursday to discuss deadly sinking of SKorean warship

Feds say more analysis needed before testing on Gulf gusher cap can begin; Crude keeps flowing

50 fall ill after gas leaks in Mumbai

MUMBAI - At least 50 people, most of them students, were rushed to a hospital after they fell ill here early Wednesday following leakage of suspected chlorine gas in a scrap yard in Mumbai, an official said.

Moscow, July 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Anna Chapman, one of the 10 people arrested in the US on the charges of spying for Russia, has been rated as the most popular among Russians on the online social networking website Facebook.

BP testing of latest effort to stop flow of oil into Gulf is delayed, operation leader says

NEW ORLEANS — A pivotal moment in the Gulf oil crisis hit an unexpected snag Tuesday evening when officials announced they needed more time before they could begin choking off the geyser of crude at the bottom of the sea.

Voluntary evacuations urged as firefighters battle blaze threatening homes in Calif.

Four dead as Typhoon Conson batters Philippines

MANILA - At least four people were killed and 19 others went missing as a powerful typhoon battered the northern and eastern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.

California crews battle brush fire northwest of Los Angeles as flames inch toward neighborhood

Firefighters battling blaze in California’s Ventura County, flames inching toward neighborhood

Del. Samaritan killed in NC crash was flying brother of Uganda bombing victim home

Teen dubbed ‘Barefoot Bandit’ arrives in Miami to face charges in 2-year crime spree

Driver pleads guilty to charges related to Arizona news chopper collision that killed 4

4 police officers indicted in deadly post-Katrina New Orleans shootings; 2 charged in cover-up

Beginning of the end? BP to begin slowly choking off oil flow; Gulf residents wait anxiously

Britain strips Russian ’spy’ of citizenship

LONDON - Anna Chapman, the accused Russian agent who was at the centre of a major spy swap between Moscow and Washington last week, has been stripped of her British citizenship, it was reported Tuesday.

Report: Government finds throttles open, brakes not engaged in Toyota crash investigations

Emergency crews rescue man from flooded creek in Philadelphia after flash floods hit city

Unexploded suicide vest found at disco in Uganda, 4 ‘foreigners’ arrested, officials say

Indian student from Hyderabad shot dead in US

WASHINGTON - An Indian student of software engineering in Stratford University in Connecticut was gunned down by unidentified assailants in a grocery store in a suspected robbery case.

White House: Obama will visit Gulf region again soon to review oil spill recovery efforts

BP remains cautious on new Gulf of Mexico oil leak cap, prepares for testing

BP: Still waiting to begin tests on leak cap

Wife of Ark. medical board chairman says husband was ‘absolutely charred’ after blast

Ark. bomb victim’s wife testifies in doctor trial

In videotaped test, defense counters NYC crane collapse theory at rigger’s manslaughter trial

Defense test counters NYC crane collapse theory

Obama administrations sends fourth bill, for $99.7 million, to BP, other parties for oil spill

Obama administration bills BP for $99.7 million

Teen dubbed ‘Barefoot Bandit’ pleads guilty to minor charge in Bahamas; will be deported to US

Quick guilty plea in ‘Barefoot’ case in Bahamas

Youth Akali Dal leader shot dead in Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH - A Youth Akali Dal leader was shot dead at an upscale market here Tuesday evening, police said.

Journalist injured in Uttar Pradesh blast brought to Delhi

LUCKNOW - Indian Express correspondent Vijay Pratap Singh, who sustained serious injuries in Monday’s bomb blast in Uttar Pradesh’ Allahabad city which left one dead and four including a minister injured, was airlifted to New Delhi Tuesday evening, officials said.

Test results confirm 2 Texas beaches have tar balls from BP Gulf oil spill

Crude from Gulf oil spill found on 2nd Texas beach

Man admits arson in fire that destroyed offices of Philadelphia International Records

Man admits arson in Philly record studio fire

Feds: Continental Airlines captain had 4 seconds to use rudder to prevent Denver accident

Feds: Captain had 4 seconds to prevent accident

Who is al-Shabab? Terror group extends reach beyond lawless Somalia in 1st East Africa attack

Who is al-Shabab? Somali terror army extends reach

Suspected Maoist sent to Gujarat Police custody

AHMEDABAD - Kura Amar, a suspected Maoist picked up by Gujarat Police from Hyderabad, was presented in a court in Gujarat’s Surat city Tuesday and was remanded to police custody till July 20.

New, tighter BP cap set for gradual tests of how well it can hold gushing Gulf oil at well

New BP cap set for slow tests of how it holds oil

Several villages cut off in Punjab’s Mansa district

CHANDIGARH - Several villages were marooned in Punjab’s Mansa district Tuesday as the Ghaggar river overflowed its banks, officials said.

Woman dies in stampede during Jagannath Rath Yatra

PURI - A woman devotee was killed and two people were injured in a stampede Tuesday during the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra (chariot festival), for which eight lakh people turned up in this Orissa temple town, police said.

Dubai Customs foils bid to smuggle heroin

Dubai, July 13 (IANS/WAM) The Dubai Customs Tuesday seized eight kilograms of heroin hidden inside an auto spare-parts consignment from an Asian country.

Amidst flood fury, Haryana woman gets help for delivery

CHANDIGARH - A tractor ride during labour pains is the last thing that a pregnant woman would want but in flood-hit Haryana’s Kaithal district a bumpy ride on one such farm vehicle helped a woman reach a health centre for a safe delivery.

13 convicted for terror plot get bail

GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat High Court Tuesday released on conditional bail Idrishkhan Pathan and 12 others convicted for hatching a terror plot and illegal possession of arms in a case dating to 2003.

Central team to assess flood losses in Haryana: Hooda

CHANDIGARH - Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday said that a central government team would visit the flood-affected districts of the state within the next few days to assess the losses incurred.

Two held with heroin worth Rs.1 crore

KOLKATA - Two people were arrested Tuesday from a railway station in West Bengal for smuggling drugs and heroin worth Rs.1 crore was seized from them, police said.

Feds: Captain of Continental plane could have prevented Denver accident if he’d used rudder

Feds: Captain could have prevented Denver accident

NTSB: Pilot could have prevented Denver air crash, wasn’t prepared for strong crosswind gusts

NTSB: Pilot could have prevented Denver air crash

George Cross medal theft: British police send Himachal evidence

SHIMLA - British police have sent to Himachal Pradesh Police a DVD purporting to show that the George Cross awarded to a pre-independence Indian soldier was “gifted” by his widow to a man who is accused of stealing it, an official said here Tuesday.

Ohio executes man who killed 5 children in 1992 fire he set to destroy evidence of burglary

Ohio man executed for fire deaths of 5 children

Graft complaint in court against Nitish Kumar

PATNA - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi and 45 others have been accused of financial irregularities involving Rs.11,412 crore by a social activist, who filed a complaint in a court Tuesday.