Rome diocese asks gay priests to come out

Rome, July 24 (IANS/AKI) The Catholic diocese of Rome has asked homosexual priests to “come out” because their behaviour “slings mud on others”.

Amit Shah is innocent, says Narendra Modi

NEW DELHI - Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah is “completely innocent” and all allegations against him have been “fabricated”, Chief Minister Narendra Modi said here Saturday while accepting his resignation.

3 earthquakes hit southern Philippines, but too deep to cause any damage or tsunami

Earthquakes hit southern Philippines; no damage

Coast Guard releases radio transmissions from fatal duck boat crash in Philadelphia

Coast Guard releases audio from Philly duck crash

China floods call into question claims Three Gorges Dam could withstand a 10,000-year deluge

China floods put pressure on Three Gorges Dam

Two killed in train-car collision in US

CHICAGO - Two people were killed and as many injured when a Chicago-bound passenger train struck a car in the US, police said.

Quake rocks Indonesia

JAKARTA - A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted eastern parts of Indonesia Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.

Earthquake hits southern Philippines, but too deep to cause any damage

Earthquake hits southern Philippines; no damage

7.3-magnitude quake hits Philippines

NEW YORK - A strong earthquake of 7.3 magnitude struck Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines Saturday morning, the US Geological Survey reported on its website.

Earthquake shakes southern Philippines; Iran, injuring 15

Earthquake shakes southern Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 jarred the southern Philippines on Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said. No damages or casualties were immediately reported.

Volunteer medical flight crashes into Lake Michigan; boaters rescue pilot, 4 others missing

Flight crashes in Lake Mich.; 4 missing, 1 rescued

Firefighters get upper hand on brush fires that had threatened homes north of Los Angeles

Firefighters get upper hand on LA-area brush fires

Coast Guard identifies rescued pilot flying 4 to Mayo Clinic after crash in Lake Mich.

Pilot rescued from Lake Mich. crash identified

Woman charged with murder, assault in fatal Mich. crash linked to Facebook feud over man

Woman, 23, charged in Facebook-feud fatal crash

Brush fires threaten structures, shut down freeway in Santa Clarita area north of LA

Brush fires threaten structures north of LA

Head of Texas panel reviewing deadly arson that led to execution says investigators didn’t err

Texas panel: Arson investigators didn’t err

Autopsy on teen inconclusive in probe of NY apartment fire where family of 5 was found dead

Teen’s autopsy inconclusive in NY fire probe

2 workers killed in oil tank explosion near Pittsburgh-area gas well that burns for hours

2 killed in explosion near Pittsburgh-area well

3 children hurt, roller coaster closed for inspection after Maryland accident

3 kids hurt in Maryland roller coaster accident

House panel seeks documents on safety practices, equipment condition aboard doomed oil rig

House panel seeks documents on doomed Gulf oil rig

One killed in Swiss train crash

BERLIN - A popular tourist train through the Swiss Alps derailed Friday, leaving at least one person dead and dozens more injured.

BP offering Gulf-area scientists lucrative contracts barring release of research for 3 years

BP tries to limit release of oil spill research

Brush fire erupts in Santa Clarita area north of Los Angeles

Brush fire threatens structures north of LA

Suspect in Colo. sheepskin fire arrested; man allegedly confessed to starting 2 fires in Utah

Utah man arrested in sheepskin store fire

DENVER — A man who has been arrested on suspicion of starting a fire that destroyed a sheepskin store near Denver has been linked to two other fires in Utah which destroyed business he allegedly deemed were cruel to animals, police said.

BP poised to abandon vigil over leaky oil well as tropical storm’s leftovers target spill site

Storm could take away sights and sounds of BP well

Bonnie weakens to tropical depression with winds near 35 mph after crossing Florida

Bonnie weakens to tropical depression over Gulf

Tiny Ala. town cleaned up like no other with $8.5M from BP, but payday sowed seeds of distrust

Seeds of distrust in Ala. town’s big cleanup haul

Police find charred note in NY apartment where family of 5 was found dead after fire

NYC police: Charred note found at fatal fire scene

Flights resume at Milwaukee airport after powerful storms bring flooding, tornadoes to Wis.

Flights resume at Milwaukee airport after storms

Federal investigators visit site of Okla. medical helicopter crash that killed 2, injured 1

Investigators probe deadly Okla. helicopter crash

Chevron says detecting leaks in Salt Lake City pipeline is difficult, it’s improving methods

Chevron says it can monitor pipeline leaks better

Rig worker: Alarm system partly disabled on night of Deepwater Horizon blast

Rig alarm system partly disabled at time of blast

Over 33,800 Chinese died in workplace accidents in six months

BEIJING - Workplace accidents have left 33,876 people dead in China in the first half of this year, Xinhua reported Friday quoting the country’s work safety watchdog.

Scientists say they have first proof oil plumes beneath Gulf’s surface came from BP spill

Scientists: Oil plumes definitely from BP’s well

Police: 2 killed in natural gas well explosion near Pittsburgh, fire burns for hours

2 killed in gas well explosion near Pittsburgh

NSUI anti-drug campaigner attacked

PANAJI - Unidentified people Friday assaulted a National Students Union of India (NSUI) leader who had complained to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi about the failure of the police to probe the police-politician-drug mafia nexus in Goa.

Coast Guard: Medical plane carrying 5 crashes into Lake Michigan; 1 passenger rescued

Plane carrying 5 crashes in Lake Mich.; 1 rescued

Coast Guard: Medical plane carrying 5 en route to Minnesota down in Lake Michigan; 1 rescued

Coast Guard rescues 1 from downed plane carrying 5

Four members of family drugged, robbed in Delhi

NEW DELHI - Four members of a family were drugged and robbed by their domestic help in their house in north Delhi, police said Friday.

Tropical storm comes ashore near Miami, but no damage reported; headed for Gulf oil spill area

Bonnie lands near Miami, headed for Gulf oil spill

Al-Qaida claims responsibility for twin suicide bombings against pro-government Sunnis in Iraq

Al-Qaida claims it was behind twin Iraq bombings

BP prepares to abandon vigil over broken oil well as Tropical Storm Bonnie races toward Gulf

Ships evacuate spill site as tropical storm nears

Rape accused school director sent to jail

HYDERABAD - A city court Friday sent the director an international school to judicial custody for 14 days on charges of raping a Class 11 student as another girl student filed a police complaint accusing him of sexually exploiting her.

Three dozen injured in Kashmir clashes

SRINAGAR - More than three dozen people were injured across the Kashmir Valley as stone pelting protestors clashed with the security forces after the Friday prayers.

Gulf oil spill affects seafood restaurants nationwide; diners ask if their meal is safe

Diners grilling restaurants over seafood sourcing

1 dead, 42 injured as Switzerland’s popular Glacier Express tourist train derails in the Alps

1 dead, 42 injured as Swiss tourist train derails

President makes rare angry outburst after elderly Malawian wounded by white foreigner’s dogs

Malawi dog attack ignites presidential anger

Tropical storm warning issued for Gulf coast as Bonnie begins moving across Florida

Bonnie hitting Fla., warning issued for Gulf coast

Dozens injured as Switzerland’s popular Glacier Express tourist train derails in the Alps

Swiss Glacier Express train derails, dozens hurt

Former police chief gets death for corruption

BEIJING - A court in southern China Friday sentenced a former provincial police chief to death for taking bribes, a media report said.