Man kills six because of pact with ‘Saint Death’Buenos Aires, Sep 1 (IANS/EFE) A 22-year-old Argentine man said he killed six people because he made a pact with “Saint Death” in exchange for “protection and prosperity”, police said. Male sex slave ring busted in SpainMadrid, Sep 1 (IANS/EFE) Police in Spain have busted a ring engaged in sexually exploiting men recruited from Brazil and forced to work round the clock under death threats. Parish official: BP owes back rent, oil spill command center kicked out of La. building
Official: La. oil command center to shut over rent Police say 1 person killed, 1 injured in crane accident in Oklahoma City
1 person dead, 1 injured in Okla. crane accident NYPD officer accused of refusing to help 11-year-old girl dying of asthma attack is suspended
NY cop accused of not aiding dying girl, suspended US Sen. Lisa Murkowski concedes Alaska primary race to Joe Millermore images 6 more US troops killed in roadside bomb explosion, insurgent fighting in Afghanistan
6 more American troops die in Afghan fighting Mother bear, cubs killed after entering Colorado Springs home
Mother bear, cubs killed after entering house Desperate flood refugee gives birth in vast Muslim graveyard in southern Pakistan
Flood refugee gives birth in graveyard in Pakistan AP Interview: Maine detainee says NYC car bomber went from partying student to terrorist
AP Interview: Maine man says NY bomber was partyer Eight killed in fire-bombing in MexicoCancun (Mexico), Sep 1 (IANS/EFE) Eight people including six women died Tuesday after assailants hurled molotov cocktails at a bar here, an official said. NC officials to order evacuation of Ocracoke Island as Hurricane Earl heads toward East Coast
NC orders barrier island evacuation ahead of Earl Plane makes emergency landing after engine failureSAN FRANCISCO - A Qantas flight bound for Sydney, Australia was forced to make an emergency landing at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) early Tuesday after a malfunction in one of its engines. Adm. Allen: High seas could delay work to remove blowout preventer longer than expected
Waves hamper raising key equipment in oil spill 6000 Villagers Returns to Sumatra’s Volcanic SlopePakistani man from Maine says Times Square car bomber went from sociable student to terrorist
Maine detainee says NYC car bomber was sociable 3 killed as helicopter crashes, breaks apart on downtown street in Idaho town
3 killed when copter crashes in Idaho downtown Hurricane Earl threatens US East CoastWASHINGTON - US officials Tuesday warned residents across much of the US East Coast to prepare for strong surf and potential evacuations ahead of Hurricane Earl, which has already left a trail of damage across the north-eastern Caribbean. Fun in the sun may be shelved as Hurricane Earl heads toward East Coast vacation spots
Earl could force US evacuations ahead of Labor Day Forecasters issue hurricane watch for most of North Carolina’s coast ahead of Earl
Forecasters issue hurricane watch for NC coast 4 Israelis killed in West Bank attackJERUSALEM - Four Israelis were killed in a shooting attack near the West Bank town of Hebron Tuesday, an Israeli army spokeswoman said. 2 killed, 1 injured as helicopter crashes, breaks apart in downtown of Idaho town
2 killed when copter crashes in Idaho downtown Turks and Caicos residents hunker down as US braces for arrival of powerful Hurricane Earl
Hurricane Earl pounds Turks and Caicos; US braces US man charged with hate crime for stabbing Muslim cabbieNEW YORK - A 21-year-old American suspected of knifing a Muslim taxi driver in New York has been charged with attempted murder and assault, which could put him in jail for 25 years if convicted, news reports said Tuesday. Dalit woman gangraped in Greater NoidaGREATER NOIDA - A 20-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gangraped at gunpoint in the Jewar area of Greater Noida, police said Tuesday. NASA experts arrive in Chile to help in miners’ rescueSANTIAGO - Experts of the US space agency NASA arrived in Chile Tuesday to contribute to the rescue of 33 miners trapped 700 metres under the Atacama desert in northern Chile. Three held for plotting to kill legislatorRAIPUR - Three people were arrested in Chhattisgarh Tuesday for plotting to kill a legislator of the state’s opposition Congress party, police said. 6 women, 2 men die in fire at locals’ bar in Mexican resort of Cancun, firebombs suspected
8 dead in fire at bar in Mexican resort of Cancun Obama administration: New rules should put distance between drilling inspectors, oil industryChilean mine rescue ‘unprecedented,’ but US survivor says freed men will feel ‘born again’
‘Unprecedented’ challenge to save Chilean miners Maharashtra spares cop for Gujarat riots probeNEW DELHI - The Supreme Court was told by the Maharashtra government Tuesday that it was making its senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer K. Venkateshan available to the Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing the 2002 post-Godhra riot cases. Chhattisgarh cops donate blood to save MaoistRAIPUR - In a noble gesture, Chhattisgarh policemen donated blood to save the life of a Maoist who sustained a bullet injury in the state’s restive Bastar region, officials said Tuesday. 5 more US troops killed in roadside bomb explosion, insurgent attack in Afghanistan
5 more American troops die in Afghan fighting Pakistani prisoner disappears from Punjab jailAMRITSAR - A Pakistani prisoner Tuesday disappeared from a high-security jail in this Punjab city under mysterious circumstances, police said. Amit Shah hospitalisedGANDHINAGAR - Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, a key accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout, was admitted to a government hospital in Ahmedabad Tuesday evening following medical complications. Desperate flood victim gives birth in Muslim graveyard in southern Pakistan
Flood victim gives birth in graveyard in Pakistan National Hurricane Center Monitoring Fiona ContinuouslyFEMA says US evacuations may be required if Category 4 Hurricane Earl tracks toward coast
FEMA: US evacuations may be required for Earl Qantas flight to Sydney makes emergency landing in San Francisco airport with engine trouble
Qantas flight returns to SF with engine trouble Turks and Caicos Islands prepare for brush with Hurricane Earl as storm churns toward US coast
Earl to brush Turks and Caicos on path toward US Roadside bomb in Somalia kills 8, wounds 14 amid uptick in violence
Roadside bomb in Somalia kills 8, wounds 14 Disease, hunger kill 17 flood survivors in PakistanISLAMABAD - At least 17 flood victims, including nine children, have died from disease and hunger in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, officials and media reports said Tuesday. Apex court issues notices to Bhopal tragedy convicts (Second Lead)NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notices to the seven convicts in the Bhopal gas tragedy case on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea that seeks recall of the court’s 1996 judgment which diluted offences against them. Gujarat High Court quashes FIR against police officialGANDHINAGAR - A single judge bench of the Gujarat High Court Tuesday quashed the First Information Report (FIR) filed against senior IPS officer Kuldeep Sharma charging him with murder in a 26-year-old shootout case. 11 workers electrocuted in Uttar Pradesh (Second Lead)LUCKNOW - Three women and eight men, engaged in Uttar Pradesh government-sponsored construction work, were electrocuted and two others injured in the state’s Lakhimpur Kheri district Tuesday. Two officials overseeing the project have been suspended, an official said. Man attempts to kill for ‘honour’ in GhaziabadGHAZIABAD - In a case of attempted honour killing, a man shot at his niece who was riding on a motorcycle with her lover near Hindon Air Force station here Tuesday, police said. Andhra gets new police chiefHYDERABAD - Senior police officer K. Aravind Rao, considered an expert in tackling Maoists, Tuesday assumed office as the Andhra Pradesh police chief. 3 die in medical helicopter crash in central Arkansas
3 die in medical helicopter crash in Arkansas Court asks CBI to trace PIL mover in Koda scamRANCHI - The Jharkhand High Court Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to trace and bring before it Durga Oraon on whose public interest litigation (PIL) a probe was ordered in the multi-crore-rupee scam allegedly involving former chief minister Madhu Koda. NATO says 5 American troops killed in roadside bomb explosion, insurgent attack in Afghanistan |