NAVI MUMBAI - Two people were killed and four injured when an under-construction building crashed in Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra’s Thane district early Wednesday, an official said.

Someone threw me out, says boy who survived China crash

BEIJING - “Someone dragged me to the emergency exit door and threw me out,” said an eight-year-old survivor of the horrific crash in China’s Heilongjiang Province that killed 42 people.

BEIJING - A Chinese vice minister was amongst the 54 seriously injured in the plane crash in Heilongjiang province that left 42 people dead.

Black box of ill-fated Chinese plane found

BEIJING - The black box of a passenger plane, which crashed in northeast China killing 42 people, was found Wednesday morning.

Australian teacher assigns students to plan a terrorist attack to kill as many as possible

Captain of crashed Chinese plane alive

BEIJING - The captain of the passenger plane that crashed in northeast China killing 42 people late Tuesday is alive, but unable to talk, doctors said.

42 die in China plane crash (Second Lead)

BEIJING - At least 42 people were killed and 54 injured Tuesday night when a passenger aircraft overshot the runway and burst into flame while landing at an airport in northeast China, authorities said Wednesday.

Evacuations lifted in Southern California mountains as wildfire’s spread slows

Fire marshal: Blaze destroys 11 homes, damages 2 more in southern Oregon city; no injuries

Danielle regains hurricane strength far from land in Atlantic and could get stronger

Lightning kills 17 in Bihar

PATNA - Seventeen people, including women and children, have been killed by lightning across Bihar since Tuesday, an official said Wednesday.

Tropical storm Mindulle leaves 4 dead, 10 missing in Vietnam

Investigators say fireworks from nearby building caused Boston’s huge warehouse blaze

Colombian teens get death threats on Facebook

Bogota, Aug 25 (IANS/EFE) Around 90 teenagers in Puerto Asis town in Colombia have received death threats on social networking website Facebook, which has prompted several families to flee, officials said.

Navy blames pilots in ‘preventable’ midair crash that killed 9; Coast Guard faults controllers

Storm open postseason as favorites to win title; Liberty, Mystics likely to vie in the East

Uranium seized in Moldova

LONDON - Police in the eastern European country of Moldova have seized around two kilograms of uranium-238, the radioactive substance used to produce atom bombs, and detained three people who were trying to sell it, media reports said.

Authorities: Runaway truck crashes into house, killing man, woman, child near Santa Barbara

Country music’s Faith Hill in New Orleans concert to back those still rebuilding from Katrina

Gulf oil spill investigators hear about Halliburton warning to BP on severe gas flow potential

Obamas break cabin fever on rainy Martha’s Vineyard at dinner with DC powerbroker Jordan, wife

5 in intensive care after ammonia leak at Alabama plant prompts 130 to seek medical attention

5 in intensive care after Ala. plant ammonia leak

Antigua police say lifeguard dies trying to rescue body he thought was drowning victim

Antigua lifeguard dies while trying to rescue body

Official: Wrong fuse caused fire that killed 6 children in upstate New York village in June

Official: Fuse caused fire that killed 6 NY kids

Wildfire threatens structures, forces evacuations in Southern California mountains

Wildfire forces evacuations in Southern California

7 in intensive care after ammonia leak at Alabama plant prompts 130 to seek medical attention

7 in intensive care after Ala. plant ammonia leak

Van crashes into Tenn. beauty salon; 6 people airlifted to hospital, 4 others hurt

10 hurt when van crashes into Tenn. beauty salon

Danielle weakens to tropical storm far over Atlantic; forecasters say it could regain strength

Danielle weakens to tropical storm in the Atlantic

Determined to stay alive, trapped Chilean miners made 2 days of food last more than 2 weeks

2 days of food stretched more than 2 weeks in mine

Chinese jet misses runway and bursts into flames; state media says 43 killed and 53 rescued

Jet misses runway and crashes in China, killing 43

Horror stories about pets in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina prompted new evacuation rules

Evacuation of pets a priority after Katrina

Report faults air traffic control for Coast Guard plane, Marine helicopter crash that killed 9

Report faults air controllers for CA midair crash

Driver loses control, crashes into people near San Francisco bus stop; 5 injured, 4 critically

5 injured after SUV crashes near San Fran bus stop

Trapped Miners in Chile Stiill Alive Even After 18 Days

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Minn. court refuses to block state claim against design firm over Minneapolis bridge collapse

Minn. court: Design firm not free of bridge claim

43 killed in China plane crash

BEIJING - At least 43 people were killed and 53 injured when a passanger plane overshot the runway while landing at an airport in northeast China Tuesday night, authorities said Wednesday.

Officials: Thousands of fish likely died from seasonal lack of oxygen, not oil spill

Officials: Oil probably didn’t cause fish kill

US safety agency to investigate 3 million Jeep Grand Cherokees over reports of gas tank fires

US investigates gas tank fires in Grand Cherokees

Driver loses control, crashes into people at San Francisco bus stop; 5 injured

5 hurt when in San Francisco bus stop crash

China Plane Crash Claims 42 Lives

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Australian priest sacked over child pornography

MELBOURNE - A former school church priest has been sacked from a girls’ college in Sydney after being charged with possessing child pornography.

Absconding Stephen Court director arrested

KOLKATA - Sanjay Bagaria, one of the directors of the city’s landmark building Stephen Court where a major fire killed 43 people earlier this year, was Tuesday arrested from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Chinese jet misses runway and bursts into flames; state TV says 42 killed and 49 rescued

Jet misses runway, crashes in China; 42 killed

Chinese state TV says 42 people killed and 49 rescued after plane crashes in northeast China

Chinese state TV says 42 killed in plane crash

Demon Truck Runs Down Santa Barbara House: 3 Dead, 1 Missing

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Crews working to get southern Idaho wildfire larger than city of Los Angeles under control

Crews working to battle southern Idaho wildfire

40 injured in China plane crash

BEIJING - More than 40 people were injured after a plane with 91 people on board overshot the runway while landing at an airport in northeast China late Tuesday, civil aviation authorities said.

Chinese jet misses runway and bursts into flames; state TV says 49 people rescued

Jet misses runway, crashes in China; 49 rescued

Chinese state TV says 49 people rescued after plane carrying 91 crashes in northeastern China

Chinese state TV says 49 rescued after plane crash

Researchers say previously unknown microbe thriving by eating spilled oil in Gulf of Mexico

New microbe discovered eating oil spill in Gulf