Mexico City, July 21 (IANS/EFE) A man carrying 18 monkeys in a belt under his shirt was arrested at the Mexico City airport, authorities said.

Earthquake shakes southern Iran, injuring 15

TEHRAN, Iran — State TV says a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 has shaken southern Iran, injuring 15 people.

United Airlines flight diverts to Denver after hitting turbulence; 30 injured, 1 critically

38 percent of Mexican women suffer gender violence

Mexico City, July 21 (IANS/EFE) Thirtyeight percent of Mexican women suffer physical, sexual or psychological aggression, and nearly 75 percent of victims don’t report the abuse, according to a report from industrial-safety consultants GMSI.

Fire on staging boat for Gulf oil spill in Venice, La.; 2 treated for smoke inhalation

Inventor of the ‘black box’ flight data recorder, David Warren, dies in Australia at age 85

Malaysian girl tortured in exorcism ritual

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian girl escaped from being tortured for a month in an exorcism rite, a news report said Wednesday.

Official: Flooding in China kills 701 with 347 missing this year in the worst toll in a decade

United Airlines flight diverts to Denver after hitting turbulence; 30 injured, 1 seriously

41 killed in China floods

BEIJING - Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in northwest China have left at least 41 people dead and 107 missing, an official said Wednesday.

Mexico offers compensation, scholarships to survivors of day-care fire that killed 49 children

Five dead in Venezuela accident

Caracas, July 21 (IANS/EFE) Five people were burned to death and two injured Tuesday in a collision between two trucks here, authorities said.

Authorities: 12-year-old girl dies after being swept away by floodwaters in Flagstaff, Ariz.

EPA takes new look at natural gas drilling, water issues key to nation’s energy future

BP gets another 24 hours

WASHINGTON - BP Plc Tuesday was given another 24 hours to maintain its cap on the ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as engineers continued monitoring for signs of extra leaks along the ocean floor.

Authorities search for girl after floodwaters rush through communities near Flagstaff, Ariz.

Spill chief says capped well is holding up under pressure; drilling of relief well is on track

Authorities search for young girl after floodwaters rush through Flagstaff, Ariz., communities

Girl missing after flooding in Flagstaff, Ariz.

Thunderstorms send floodwaters rushing through Arizona communities; residents flee homes

Floodwaters send Arizona residents scrambling

BP: No ill intent in use of altered photo exaggerating activity at oil spill command center

BP’s altered photo distorts spill center activity

Florida House quickly adjourns special session without voting on offshore drilling ban

Fla. House adjourns oil drilling session, no vote

Tenn. pit bull attacks leave elderly man dead; woman, 2 emergency workers also hurt

Tenn. pit bull attacks leave elderly man dead

Feds tamp down fears leaky well cap, nearby seepage mean BP’s blown out well is unstable

Feds tamp down fears leaks mean BP well unstable

BP may pump mud, cement through cap into leaking well, would help ultimate fix of plugging oil

Mud may be pumped in well cap to help contain oil

Vice President Biden to visit Theodore, Ala., on Thursday for oil spill update, meet residents

Biden to visit Gulf Coast region on Thursday

Summary Box: Corn, wheat prices drop on weather forecast; soybeans see support on tight supply

Summary Box: Corn, wheat drop as weather improves

Promising weather forecasts weigh on wheat, corn prices; Soybeans rise on supply concerns

Promising weather weighs on wheat, corn prices

Obama spill chief says seepage detected 2 miles from BP’s oil cap coming from another well.

Feds: Seepage near BP cap coming from another well

Kempthorne, Norton tell Congress major oil spill in Gulf beyond what anyone expected

Bush Interior chiefs: No one expected major spill

Officials: Investigators detonated replica of Times Square car bomb, found deadly potential

Officials: Replica shows NY bomb could have killed

Massey foremen plead guilty to charges stemming from W.Va. coal mine fire that killed 2

4 Massey foremen plead guilty in deadly mine fire

Key advertising forecaster sees global ad spending up by 3.5 percent in 2010, third upgrade

Global advertising spending revised, up 3.5 pct

Lindsay Lohan handcuffed and sent to jail

LOS ANGELES - Lindsay Lohan’s repeated parole violations finally caught up with her Tuesday when the troubled young actress was handcuffed and sent to jail to serve a 90-day sentence.

Networks prepare to shift oil spill coverage into new phase

Oil spill coverage shifting into new phase

Deaths linked to cold winter weather in South America; losses mount at cattle ranches

Harsh winter weather kills dozens in South America

Survivors of oil rig explosion suffer in shadows of Gulf oil spill’s environmental damage

Emotional toll for some survivors of oil rig blast

RTI activist shot dead in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD - Leading Right to Information (RTI) activist Amit Jethwa was shot dead opposite the high court building here Tuesday night, police said.

BP employee says he reported problem with blowout preventer, doesn’t know if feds notified

BP employee says he reported well safety problem

Officials: Investigators detonated replica of car bomb used in failed Times Square attack

Officials: Replica of Times Square car bomb tested

Man commits suicide, five financiers booked

YAMUNANAGAR - A 40-year-old man killed himself due to harassment by five financiers, who have been booked for abetment to suicide in this Haryana town, police said Tuesday.

Fla. Panhandle hopes progress in stopping oil flow will bring back tourists

Will tourists return to Panhandle when oil stops?

Labourer searches for wife, daughter at train accident site

SAINTHIA - Dhina Mirdha is illiterate, and cannot speak the local lingo. The 50-year-old seasonal labourer from Jharkhand is now running from pillar to post to know whether his wife and minor daughter - who were on the ill-fated Vananchal Express - are dead or fighting for their life in a hospital following Monday’s train accident that claimed 63 lives.

Scientists weigh whether multiple leaks mean BP’s experimental plug is making disaster worse

Is experimental well cap making disaster worse?

China rushes to keep oil spill from international waters after weekend pipeline explosion

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Kempthorne tells Congress that major oil spill in Gulf was beyond what anyone expected

Kempthorne: No one anticipated large oil spill

40 bodies identified, severed limbs found at accident site (Roundup)

SAINTHIA - Bodies of 40 of the 63 passengers who died in Monday’s ghastly train accident in West Bengal’s Birbhum district have been identified while rescue workers continued to stumble upon severed limbs and body parts of victims Tuesday at the accident site.

Six dead as boat capsizes in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW - Six people drowned while a few went missing after a boat capsized Tuesday in the fast flowing waters of the Ramganga River in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district, police said.

Spy case: Chargesheet filed against Madhuri Gupta

NEW DELHI - Delhi Police Tuesday filed a 700-page chargesheet against Madhuri Gupta, a junior Indian diplomat arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and accused her of breach of trust.

A minor concern: Feds say oil, gas leaking from BP’s well cap, focus stays on big fix

BP cap stays on, feds call new leaks insignificant

Drop in deaths, accidents on Delhi roads, claims police

NEW DELHI - Delhi’s busy roads have claimed 149 less lives in the first six-and-a-half months of the year as compared to 2009, police claimed Tuesday.