US announces probe into mine blast; toll reaches 29

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama vowed the government would conduct a thorough investigation of the country’s worst mining accident in decades after the bodies of four missing US miners were found early Saturday.

Tibetans grieve over Polish president’s death

DHARAMSALA - The Tibetan government-in-exile based here Saturday expressed deep sorrow and grief over the death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski in an air crash in Russia.