Nepal police seize 10 stolen Indian vehicles

BAHRAICH - Nepal police have seized 10 stolen Indian vehicles near the Indo-Nepal border, about 30 km from Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district.

Cargo plane crashes at Elmendorf Air Force Base in AK with 4 on board; no word on casualties

Cargo plane crashes at AK base; 4 people on board

Child killed, six injured in Mumbai house collapse

MUMBAI - A six-year-old boy was killed and six injured when a four-storied building here collapsed early Thursday, an official said.

Chinese mining company Zijin says police detain VP after toxic spill at copper mine

Chinese miner says VP detained after toxic spill

Family of victims sues over deadly Marine jet crash in San Diego

Family of victims sues over Marine jet crash in SD

Military cargo plane crashes at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska; no word on casualties

Cargo plane crashes at AK base; no word on deaths

Military cargo plane crashes at Elmendorf Air Force Base; no word on casualties

Military cargo plane crashes at Anchorage base

Firefighters gain on worst of destructive wildfires burning in Calif.; homes still threatened

Calif. firefighters gain on the worst of wildfires

‘Night before death Scarlett was singing, talking about stars’

PANAJI - Hours before Scarlett Keeling was sexually assaulted and murdered at Anjuna beach two years ago, the 15-year-old was singing, talking about the stars and wanted to hear music, a key witness told a court in Goa.

Family of victims sues over deadly Marine jet crash in California

Family of victims sues over CA Marine jet crash

Floodwaters sweep chemical containers into river in northeastern China

Floods wash chemicals into northeast China river

SW Idaho fires destroy 3 homes, threaten others as wind fans flames

Idaho fires threaten homes as wind fans flames

Alyeska cites power failure, lack of situational awareness as factors in contained oil spill

AK pipeline operator lists causes of May oil spill

Arkansas Medical Board chairman testifies he lost eye, hearing, part of intestine in bombing

Ark. Medical Board head testifies at bombing trial

3 dead after medical chopper crashes, burns on Tucson street; pilot steered away from house

3 dead in crash of medical helicopter in Tucson

SW Idaho fires damage at least 3 homes, threaten others as wind fan flames

SW Idaho fires threaten homes as wind fan flames

20 killed in Haiti road accident

Port-au-Prince, July 29 (IANS/EFE) At least 20 people were killed and a dozen injured when two buses collided on Haiti’s National Highway near Leogane, 35 km from Port-au-Prince.

Squall sweeps over Haiti tent camp, toppling brick wall that kills 2 boys asleep in tarp home

Parents mourn 2 boys killed by storm in Haiti camp

Michigan governor: Resources brought by pipeline company, EPA to fight oil spill ‘inadequate’

Barack Obama (Waxwork)

Government, oil company officials vow not to let Gulf spill overshadow large Mich. river spill

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama
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Crews remove plug used to protect relief well during storm, another step toward killing gusher

Crews take step toward readying permanent well fix

Calif. firefighters gain on worst of destructive wildfires, homes still threatened

Calif. firefighters gain on worst wildfire

1 dead, 2 injured after medical helicopter crashes on a Tucson street

1 dead, 2 injured in Tucson helicopter crash

Structure losses revised downward to 25 in wildfire in California’s Tehachapi Mountains

Structure losses lowered in Calif. wildfire

Eight baby corpses found in France

PARIS - Investigators in northern France dug up the remains of eight infants in a garden, after a tip from the new owner of a house, justice sources said Wednesday.

California jury finds Yamaha not at fault for injuries in crash of Rhino off-road vehicle

Calif. jury: Yamaha not at fault in off-road crash

NASCAR team owner Roush remains hospitalized after walking away from Wisconsin plane crash

Roush still hospitalized, stable after plane crash

Injured passengers involved in deadly Central California bus crash sue Greyhound

Passengers in Calif. bus crash sue Greyhound

Massey plans to build new entrance, resume mining at W.Va. mine

Massey: Mining to resume at W.Va. mine

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Massey Energy plans to resume extracting coal by constructing a new entrance to its Upper Big Branch mine within months, despite continuing investigations of the explosion that killed 29 men there in April, the company’s chief executive said Wednesday.

Obama condoles families of Pakistan air crash victims

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama offered his “deepest condolences” to the families of the 152 people who were killed in a Pakistani airline crash Wednesday.

Central China city braces for flood

BEIJING - Thousands of people were evacuated Wednesday as central China’s Wuhan city braced for flood waters from two swollen rivers.

Japanese oil tanker damaged at mouth of Persian Gulf; cause unclear, shipper suspects attack

Supertanker damage raises alarm in Persian Gulf

Man held with animal hides, antlers in Kanpur

LUCKNOW - A man was arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district Wednesday for possessing several animal hides, antlers and other animal parts, officials said.

Bear attack kills 1 person, injures 2 others at campground near Yellowstone National Park

1 dead, 2 injured in bear attack at MT campground

Calif. wildfire that burned dozens of homes is 25 percent contained

Calif. fire that burned homes is partly contained

Ex-cop ‘Radha’ told to pay Rs.15,000 maintenance to wife

LUCKNOW - Former Uttar Pradesh inspector general of police D.K. Panda, who abandoned his wife after proclaiming himself to be a reincarnation of Lord Krishna’s childhood companion Radha, was told by a court Wednesday to pay a monthly maintenance of Rs.15,000 to his wife.

Congress set to act on tougher aviation safety measures in response to 2009 commuter crash

Barack Obama (Waxwork)

Pune gets first woman police chief

MUMBAI - The Maharashtra government late Wednesday appointed Meera Borwankar as the Pune’s first woman police commissioner, transferring the current police chief Satya Pal Singh to the state police headquarters.

CBI summons ex-Gujarat police chief P.C. Pande

GANDHINAGAR - Former Gujarat director general of police P.C. Pande was Wednesday summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a staged shootout.

Official: Bomb blast in Ukrainian church kills 1, wounds 8

Official: Ukraine church blast kills 1, wounds 8

Official: Bomb blast in Ukrainian church wounds 9

Official: Bomb blast in Ukrainian church wounds 9

Plane that may have strayed off course in monsoon rains crashes in Pakistan, killing 152

152 die as plane crashes in rainy Pakistan hills

American woman found dead in Ghaziabad

GHAZIABAD - A 74-year-old American woman was Wednesday found dead in the Ghaziabad house of a 25-year-old man, who claimed to be her friend since 2007, police said.

Plea to release Rajiv Gandhi’s assassin dismissed

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit seeking the release of Nalini Sriharan, her husband Murugan and five others awarded death or life sentences in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

Floods kill 40 in Afghanistan

KABUL - Floods triggered by heavy rains claimed lives of 40 people and rendered hundreds homeless in Afghanistan Wednesday.

Calif. firefighters brace for wind as wildfires burn about 40 homes, threaten dozens of others

Calif. wildfires burn about 40 homes, threaten 150

Moscow shrouded in polluting smog as city swelters in record heat wave

Sizzling Moscow shrouded in polluting smog

Gang involved in trafficking fake currency notes busted

NEW DELHI - Delhi police Wednesday claimed to have busted a gang involved in trafficking of fake currency notes with the arrest of three people in the capital.

Pakistani jailed in UAE

Abu Dhabi, July 28 (IANS/WAM) A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced a Pakistani man to three months in jail for helping a Yemeni national get a visa by fraudulent means.

Oil causes more than 2,200 Gulf beach closings or warnings, 10 times more than last year

Oil causes 2,200 Gulf beach closings, warnings