WASHINGTON - US prosecutors have revived an investigation into dozens of gold burglaries in nearby Northern Virginia last year targeted at Indian and South Asian families who kept gold and other valuables in their houses.

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Rangers in Grand Teton National Park are using helicopters to rescue 13 people injured in a high-altitude lightning storm.

Passengers thrown from seats, drinks fly through cabin when flight hits severe turbulence

A storm in the forecast shuts down BP effort to kill Gulf oil well; a 2-week delay is possible

Statue of Liberty evacuated after fire scare

NEW YORK - Visitors were evacuated from the Statue of Liberty here Wednesday after a fire scare.

Boat captains say BP telling them to clear out of Gulf as tropical storm system threatens

BP plugs relief tunnel as tropical rainstorms threaten to delay permanent fix of leaky well

Major oil companies pool $1 billion for new rapid response system for spills; BP excluded

Security video shows Ohio zoo elephant charging at trainer, pinning him in corner of cage

Tropical rainstorms threaten to shut down BP’s work to permanently plug leaky Gulf oil well

Alaska couple accused of domestic terrorism to plead guilty to lying about hit list

House committee approves bill mine safety bill prompted by deadly W.Va. explosion

Feds investigating how United flight hit heavy turbulence, causing more than 20 injuries

House approves bills to improve oil spill clean up, promote new offshore drilling technology

Car bomb kills 15 people north of Baghdad; US soldier killed in roadside bombing

Officials rule out foul play after rubberized dam collapses on man-made lake near Phoenix

Woman doctor held for chopping off new-born’s hands

RAIPUR - A woman doctor was arrested Wednesday on charges of chopping off the hands of a new-born boy at a private hospital, police said. She was later released on bail.

Raids on Chhattisgarh Police officer unearth Rs.30 mn

RAIPUR - Raids on a Chhattisgarh Police officer have unearthed assets worth Rs.30 million, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said Wednesday.

Newly-wedded woman sedates in-laws, decamps with Rs.4 lakh

GHAZIABAD - A 20-year-old newly-married woman allegedly sedated her in-laws and ran away with jewellery and cash worth Rs.4 lakh in Ghaziabad, police said. The girl’s parents say that she could have been murdered by her in-laws.

Aarushi murder: Father seeks legal curbs on media

NEW DELHI - Rajesh Talwar, father of teenager Aarushi who was murdered along with the family’s domestic help in 2008, Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the media from indulging in reckless and irresponsible reporting on the case.

Guard, drivers of ill-fated trains quizzed

SAINTHIA - Beginning his probe into the West Bengal train tragedy, a senior railway official Wednesday interrogated the guard of the Uttar Banga Express and the two drivers of the ill-fated Vananchal Express at Sainthia station in Birbhum district.

Weather threatens to shut down BP’s work to permanently plug leaky Gulf of Mexico well

Gulf oil spill chief says he’s working only for victims but tough decisions must be made

Storms threaten to shut down BP’s work to permanently plug leaky Gulf of Mexico well

China’s largest reported oil spill is ’severe threat’ to sea life, water on Yellow Sea coast

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Reports says Turkey ill-prepared for the next big earthquake _ Istanbul at great risk

Reports says Turkey ill-prepared for earthquake

Japanese families meet former NKorean spy, hope she can solve mystery over abductions

Arms suppliers gang busted in Delhi

NEW DELHI - A gang of arms suppliers was busted Wednesday with the arrest of two people in the national capital, police said.

Gang promising army job busted

HOSHIARPUR - The Punjab Police Wednesday said it had busted a gang that promised young men recruitment in the Indian Army.

BP reduces number of boats skimming oil in Gulf; captains concerned oil giant pulling out

BP reduces number of boats skimming oil in Gulf

APNewsBreak: African Union troops in Somalia not protecting civilians, internal AU reports say

APNewsBreak: AU troops harming Somali civilians

Meerut jail-break: Prisons across Uttar Pradesh raided

LUCKNOW - Following Tuesday’s sensational Meerut jail-break, the Uttar Pradesh Police went into damage control mode Wednesday by simultaneously carrying out raids in several prisons across the state.

6.3-magnitude quake rocks Indonesia

JAKARTA - An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck off North Maluku islands in Indonesia Wednesday, but there is no potential for tsunami, officials said.

2 bodies found in Nevada home that burned during sheriff’s standoff

Officials: 2 bodies in Reno home destroyed by fire

Anti-Sikh riots: Phoolka offers to quit legal battle (Second Lead)

NEW DELHI - Advocate H.S. Phoolka Wednesday offered to quit the 26-year-long battle for justice to victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots after he was “hurt” by allegations of having received crores of rupees for personal benefit.

10 dead as boat capsizes on Ugandan side of Lake Victoria, police say

10 dead as boat capsizes in Uganda’s Lake Victoria

Gulshan Kumar murder accused acquitted

MUMBAI - Nearly 13 years after music baron Gulshan Kumar was gunned down in Mumbai, a city court Wednesday acquitted Abdul Qayyum Shaikh, considered one of the key conspirators in the case, for lack of evidence, his lawyer said.

Russian Police search for flying donkey, owner

Krasnodar (Russia), July 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Police have launched a search for a donkey that was forced to parasail high above a beach to promote paragliding, a police spokesman said Wednesday.

Paris okays questioning of labour minister in Bettencourt case

PARIS - The French government Wednesday officially approved permitting investigators to question Labour Minister Eric Woerth in the scandal involving alleged illegal contributions by L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.

Court helps 18-year-old girl get passport back from parents

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Wednesday came to the rescue of an America-returned 18-year-old girl who moved the court saying that her parents wanted her to marry against her wishes and had seized her passport.

Woman delivers stillborn baby in hospital lab

CHANDIGARH - Amid high drama, a woman gave birth to a stillborn baby in a government hospital’s laboratory here Wednesday and her husband said the doctors failed to attend to her due to non-completion of formalities for a medical card.