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Bus flips in California killing 1 woman, injuring 21

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:39:41 +0000

LUDLOW, Calif. - A charter bus travelling on a Mojave Desert freeway flipped on its side Saturday morning, killing a woman and injuring 21 other people, authorities said. The bus was the only vehic...

Thousands flee Chinese village near epicentre over flood worries

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:39:42 +0000

DONGHEKOU, China - Two rivers blocked by landslides threatened to flood towns shattered by China's massive earthquake, sending thousands of survivors fleeing Saturday in a region still staggering from...

Another Canadian tourist killed in Mexico: police

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:39:48 +0000

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - Police say a Canadian tourist was shot and killed late Thursday inside his hotel room in the Mexican resort city of Cabo San Lucas. State police commander Enrique Wuilar sa...

Senator Edward Kennedy hospitalized after suffering seizure

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:39:52 +0000

BOSTON - Senator Edward Kennedy, the lone surviving son in a famed political family who helped define national Democratic Party politics, suffered a seizure at his Cape Cod home on Saturday and was re...

Girl Scout mom says she shouldn't have to pay for stolen cookies

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:39:39 +0000

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. - A Michigan mother of four says she feels snubbed by the Girl Scout organization after being told she's on the hook for $192.50. That is the retail cost of the 55 boxes of cooki...

2 girls remain hospitalized following carnival ride crash

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:39:41 +0000

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. - A mechanical failure caused the collapse of a spinning-chair ride at a county fair that injured all 23 aboard, mostly children, according to an initial investigation by state ins...

Train derailment, acid leak force evacuation in Louisiana town

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:39:44 +0000

LAFAYETTE, La. - Six cars of a freight train derailed Saturday, causing a hydrochloric acid leak that forced thousands of people to leave homes, businesses and a nursing home within 1.5 kilometres of ...

Venezuela says Colombian troops crossed border illegally

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:39:50 +0000

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela on Saturday accused 60 Colombian soldiers of illegally entering its territory, as tensions over Venezuela's alleged effort to aid Colombian guerrillas swirl. Foreign ...

Bus flips in California killing 1, injuring 21

Sat, 17 May 2008 23:23:25 +0000

LUDLOW, Calif. - Authorities say a charter bus crash in the Southern California desert has killed one person and injured 21 others. Tracey Martinez of the San Bernardino County Fire Department says...

Israeli, Egyptian leaders to seek cease-fire in Gaza

Sat, 17 May 2008 23:23:34 +0000

JERUSALEM - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak will meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday to discuss efforts to work out a cease-fire between the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip and Israel,...

Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai postpones return after assassination threat

Sat, 17 May 2008 22:06:40 +0000

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Assassination threats have derailed plans by Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to return home to campaign for the presidential run-off, a party official said ...

Man with rifle wounds 3 outside church in Southern California

Sat, 17 May 2008 22:07:02 +0000

LOS ANGELES - A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities...

Cuba holds large gay rights rally attended by president's daughter

Sat, 17 May 2008 22:07:01 +0000

HAVANA - Cuba's gay community celebrated unprecedented openness - and high-ranking political alliances - with a government-backed campaign against homophobia on Saturday. The meeting at a conventio...

World faces limits to getting aid into cyclone-ravaged Myanmar

Sat, 17 May 2008 22:07:06 +0000

BANGKOK, Thailand - It is a life-or-death question: If millions of people are at risk, is it acceptable to sit on the sidelines and watch an undemocratic and unprepared regime mismanage a crisis? W...

More aid arrives for Myanmar cyclone victims, but government keeps it out

Sat, 17 May 2008 19:59:54 +0000

YANGON, Myanmar - In one town, tired and hungry refugees stood in the baking sun beside flooded rice paddies, demolished monasteries and thatched huts. With the arrival of each vehicle carrying precio...