Hungarian town of Kolontar being evacuated on fears of new sludge flood from reservoir

Hungary town evacuated, fears of new sludge flood

Tests show big drop in toxicity of red sludge reaching Danube in Hungary; Death toll up to 7

Toxicity of Hungary’s red sludge flow drops

Danube weathers red sludge but some lab tests show high heavy metals; 2 more bodies found

2 more bodies found in Hungary’s red sludge

Danube weathers sludge torrent; lab tests show high toxic levels in red slurry

Hungary’s red sludge nearly equals Gulf oil spill

Toxic red sludge spill in Hungary almost as big as Gulf Oil leak; tests carried out in Danube

Toxic sludge almost the size of Gulf Oil spill

Greenpeace warns of arsenic, mercury levels in sludge that seeped out of Hungarian reservoir

Greenpeace: high arsenic, mercury levels in sludge

Hungarian officials recalculate volume of red sludge flood _ almost as much as Gulf oil spill

Hungary: Toxic sludge nearly as big as Gulf spill

Toxic red sludge reaches the Danube, countries downstream test for damaging pollutants

Mighty Danube neutralizes toxic red sludge

Hungarian Science Academy says heavy metal content of sludge well below danger levels

Scientists say heavy metal in sludge not dangerous

Hungary says toxic red sludge has reached the Danube but no immediate damage seen yet

Hungary: Toxic red sludge has reached the Danube

US aluminum mining plants employ different methods, sludge flood like Hungary’s unlikely

Sludge flood like Hungary’s unlikely in US

Furious townspeople demand compensation for sludge-hit “dead villages” in Hungary

Sludge-hit Hungarian villagers demand compensation

EU urges Hungary to prevent toxic sludge from contaminating Danube, affecting other nations

EU to Hungary: Don’t let toxic sludge hit Danube

Hungary’s national investigators take over probe into toxic sludge disaster, EU offers to help

Hungary opens criminal probe into sludge disaster

Emergency crews struggle to clear toxic red sludge from towns in Hungary

Crews struggle to clear toxic Hungary sludge flood

Toxic red sludge from plant floods towns in western Hungary called an ‘ecological disaster’

Hungary sludge flood called ‘ecological disaster’

3 dead, 6 missing after red sludge from alumina plant floods towns in western Hungary

Death toll rises to 3 in Hungary sludge flood

2 dead, 7 missing as alumina plant reservoir bursts, red sludge floods Hungarian towns

Red sludge floods towns in western Hungary, 2 dead

1 dead, 3 missing as alumina plant reservoir bursts, red sludge floods Hungarian towns

Red sludge floods towns in western Hungary, 1 dead

Official: 400 police killed over 5 years in a single Russian southern province

400 police killed in 5 years in Russian province

Russians arrest Polish journalists at plane crash site where president died

Russia arrests Polish reporters at plane wreckage

NATO says it captures more Afghan insurgent leaders; 438 militants detained in September

NATO claims insurgent captures; 2 Romanians killed

Duck boat captain sues tugboat firm, city over July crash in Philly that killed 2 Hungarians

Duck boat captain sues tug, Philly in deadly crash

Duck boat captain sues towboat firm, city over July crash in Philly that killed 2 Hungarians

Duck boat captain sues tow, Philly in deadly crash

Italian search for American balloonists missing over Adriatic expanded on second day

Search for missing US balloon pilots intensifies

Prosecutors investigating driver of German car involved in deadly crash with Polish bus

Prosecutors investigating Polish bus crash

Relatives of Polish tourists in German bus crash don’t yet know the fate of their loved-ones

Relatives of bus crash victims head to Germany

Bus carrying Polish tourists crashes in eastern Germany; at least 12 killed

German police: 12 dead in crash of Polish bus

Gennady Yanayev, who declared himself president of the Soviet Union, dead at 73

Soviet coup plotter Yanayev dies at 73

MOSCOW — Gennady Yanayev, a leader of the abortive 1991 Soviet coup who briefly declared himself president replacing Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at age 73, Russia’s Communist Party announced Friday.

Islamist group claims responsibility for suicide bombing in southern Russia

Islamists claim responsibility for Russian bombing

Divisive Polish cross removed from public view without disturbance

Divisive Polish cross quietly removed from square

War of words over France’s expulsions of Roma overshadows EU summit on foreign policy

France’s explusions of Gypsies dominates EU summit

Attacks in Russia’s North Caucasus leave 2 policemen dead, 5 wounded

Attacks in southern Russia kill 2 police, wound 5

Russians mourning 17 bombing victims in North Caucasus; 10 others reported killed in clashes

Russians mourning 17 bombing victims in North Caucasus; 6 others reported killed in clashes

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Russian republic observes day of mourning after suicide bomber kills 17

Suicide car bombing kills 17, wounds nearly 140 in Russia’s volatile Caucasus region

Obama condemns Russia suicide bombing that kills 17 at market in Russia’s volatile Caucasus

Suicide bombing kills 17, wounds more than 130 outside market in Russia’s volatile Caucasus

Suicide bombing kills 15, wounds more than 130 outside market in Russia’s volatile Caucasus

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Suicide bombing kills 15, wounds more than 100 outside market in Russia’s volatile Caucasus

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Suicide bombing kills 9, wounds more than 100 outside market in Russia’s volatile Caucasus

Suicide attack in Russia kills 9, wounds over 100

Car explosion near market kills 5 in Russia’s volatile Caucasus

Car explodes near Russian market; 5 dead

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A car exploded Thursday near the central market of a major city in Russia’s restive North Caucasus region, killing at least five people and wounding 20, officials said.

Russian minister: Authorities were too slow to call firefighting planes to battle wildfires

Russian minister: Slow response let fires spread

3 soldiers killed, 32 wounded, in suicide car-bomb attack on Russian base in Dagestan

3 killed in suicide attack on Russian base

5 soldiers killed, 40 wounded, in suicide car-bomb attack on Russian base in Dagestan

5 killed in suicide attack on Russian base

8 killed in latest wave of forest fires in Russia following drought, record-high temperatures

8 killed in latest wave of Russian forest fires

Zebra-painted horses walk Moscow perilous intersections to improve pedestrian safety

Zebra-painted horses walk Moscow intersections

5 killed in latest wave of forest fires in Russia following drought, record-high temperatures

5 killed in latest wave of Russian forest fires

4 killed in latest wave of forest fires in Russia

4 killed in Russian forest fires

MOSCOW — Russia’s emergencies ministry says forest fires in the country’s south have killed four people.