SANTIAGO - The 33 miners who were trapped for more than two months in northern Chile Monday played, and lost, a football match against the rescue teams who lifted them from the depths of the earth, including Chilean President Sebastian Pinera.

NEW YORK - A tornado injured many people, damaged several homes and derailed a few trains in the US state of Texas, officials said.

SANTIAGO - A presidential medal ceremony Monday for the 33 miners who were trapped for more than two months in northern Chile provided a chance for a meeting between the freed men and the rescue teams who lifted them from the depths of the earth.

BERLIN - Pirates, probably Somalis, who seized a German freighter abandoned the vessel without any ransom after the crew went into hiding, the shipping company said Monday.

JAKARTA - A strong quake struck off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island late Monday but there were no immediate reports of damage.