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  • Food crisis of 2007 and 2008 may be upon us again

    Food crisis of 2007 and 2008 may be upon us again

    Indianapolis News.Net

    As natural disaster batter the world's agricultural industry, fears are growing that we may be heading into the dark food crisis days of 2007 and 2008.

  • Women and children of the Congo raped by rebels

    Women and children of the Congo raped by rebels

    Indianapolis News.Net

    Over 200 women and children have been raped by rebels in the Congo in recent weeks, according to UN reports.

  • US cartoonist crossed the line, according to some Mexicans

    US cartoonist crossed the line, according to some Mexicans

    Indianapolis News.Net

    A US cartoonist's attempt to make a statement about the violence in Mexico backfired with his use of the Mexican flag and its national symbol, the Mexican eagle.

  • Prime Minister arrives to survey damage in Christchurch

    Prime Minister arrives to survey damage in Christchurch

    Indianapolis News.Net

    Christchurch residents are taking stock of the damage to their city following the major earthquake that struck in the early hours of Saturday morning with local officials calling the lack of fatalities a miracle.

  • Amazon suffers major dry spell with water levels dropping

    Amazon suffers major dry spell with water levels dropping

    Indianapolis News.Net

    The Peruvian Amazon has suffered a major dry spell with the Amazon River's water levels dropping significantly.

  • Osteoporosis meds increase risk of cancer

    Osteoporosis meds increase risk of cancer

    Indianapolis News.Net

    A popular medication for the prevention of osteoporosis doubles the chances of developing cancer, according to a recent UK study.

  • Traffic snarled on Tibet Biejing highway once more

    Traffic snarled on Tibet Biejing highway once more

    Indianapolis News.Net

    A massive traffic jam has developed in China's Inner Mongolia on the Beijing Tibet Highway just days after another major snarl was cleared.

  • Sides of Mount Sinabung evacuated once more following new activity from volcano

    Sides of Mount Sinabung evacuated once more following new activity from volcano

    Indianapolis News.Net

    Mount Sinabung in Indonesia has sent more ash billowing into the air, prompting the evacuation of villagers who'd begun to return to their homes.

  • Dubai cargo plane crashes into military base

    Dubai cargo plane crashes into military base

    Indianapolis News.Net

    A plane has crashed in the United Arab Emirates in the city of Dubai, killing both pilots of the 747.

  • No survivors of Fox Glacier plane crash

    No survivors of Fox Glacier plane crash

    Indianapolis News.Net

    A plane has crashed in New Zealand's South Island killing all nine passengers onboard.

  • Man arrested after package found in luggage in Miami

    Man arrested after package found in luggage in Miami

    Indianapolis News.Net

    Miami police swooped on the main airport on Friday when screeners detected a suspicious article in a checked bag.

  • Robert Gates meets troops in Afghanistan

    Robert Gates meets troops in Afghanistan

    Indianapolis News.Net

    US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in the south of Afghanistan after touching down on Friday.

  • Mexican shootout kills dozens of people

    Mexican shootout kills dozens of people

    Indianapolis News.Net

    25 or more people have died in a gunfight between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug gang members near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey.

  • Nine killed in plane crash in New Zealand

    Indianapolis News.Net

    Nine people were killed when a skydive plane crashed at Fox Glacier airport in New Zealand.

  • Mexican congressmen killed in plane crash

    World Bulletin

    Two members of Mexico's Congress were among six people killed when their private plane crashed near a popular Mexican Pacific beach resort, officials said.

  • Nine killed in minor plane crash in New Zealand island

    World Bulletin

    Nine people have died after a light aircraft used for skydiving crashed in New Zealand's South Island, police said on Saturday. Greymouth police Allyson Ealam said the pilot and four men from Fox ...

  • Dubai plane crash: pilot's body still missing

    The National

    DUBAI // Investigators have so far only found the body of one of two pilots who were on board a cargo plane that crashed inside a military camp in Dubai last night.The General Civil Aviation Authority...

  • Daghestan Car Bomb Wounds Official, Kills Driver

    RadioFreeEurope

    A senior official in Russia's North Caucasus has been injured and his driver killed in a bomb explosion. The Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor-General's Office said that Bekmurza Bekmurzayev, ...

  • Crafting A Special Status For Northern Kosovo

    RadioFreeEurope

    The International Court of Justice's (ICJ) long-awaited advisory opinion on Kosovo left unanswered core political questions raised by the 2008 declaration of independence. The court did not address Ko...

  • Moldovan Referendum Set, But No End In Sight To Political Standoff

    RadioFreeEurope

    It has been almost exactly one year since Moldova's Communist president, Vladimir Voronin, stepped down, and the country's deadlocked legislature has been unable to muster the 61 votes needed to elect...

  • Hamas spokesman: We will continue to attack settlers

    Jerusalem Post

    Report: Spokesman calls settlers a "legitimate target" and an army with thousands of weapons at their disposal; says the direct talks are a "media circus."

  • UPS confirms no survivors from Dubai plane crash

    Courier-Journal

    Smoke rises from the site of a cargo plane crash in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday Sept. 3, 2010. Officials say a UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board has crashed shortly after takeoff ...

  • Suicide bomber kills five Afghan police and one civilian

    The Independent

    A suicide bomber perched on the back of a motorcycle killed five Afghan policemen and one civilian in the increasingly violent northern province of Kunduz today. Five other people were injure...

  • Adult services censored on Craigslist

    CNN

    (CNN) -- Embattled online classified service Craigslist apparently made a change to its website early Saturday, censoring its adult services section.

  • U.N. envoy in Pakistan flood aid plea

    CNN

    (CNN) -- A United Nations representative on Saturday pleaded for more international aid to help the millions of Pakistanis displaced from flooding that has ravaged the country for more than a month.

  • Capello hails hat-trick man Defoe

    BBC

    England manager Fabio Capello hailed Jermain Defoe after the Tottenham striker scored a hat-trick in the 4-0 Euro 2012 qualifying win over Bulgaria.Manchester City's Adam Johnson also scored his first...

  • NI display superb - Worthington

    BBC

    Northern Ireland boss Nigel Worthington described as "superb" his team's performance in the 1-0 Euro 2012 qualifier win over Slovenia in Maribor.He said: "I thought we played fantastic ...

  • Girl hurt in barbecue explosion

    BBC

    A 13-year-old girl suffered serious burns when a gas cylinder exploded during her birthday barbecue in Wiltshire. A man in his 40s, thought to be her uncle, was also seriously injured in Melksham on ...

  • Trapped horse cut free from cab

    BBC

    Firefighters had to rescue a horse and its groom after it kicked its way out of a horse box and into the front cab of the vehicle. The two-year-old colt was trapped in the cab after the incident on t...

  • Father and son die in bike crash

    BBC

    A father and his 15-year-old son have been killed in a motorbike crash near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Colin Rafferty, 51, and his son Keir, who was riding as a pillion passenger, were trave...

  • Irish tourist dies in plane crash

    BBC

    An Irish tourist has died in a plane crash in New Zealand. The light aircraft, owned by a skydiving company, crashed soon after taking off from Fox Glacier on the country's South Island at 1330 ...

  • Chile miners advised to exercise

    BBC

    Scientists from the US space agency Nasa have advised the trapped Chilean miners to regulate their day and night sleep patterns. A team of four visiting experts said the men should boost their Vitami...

  • Imran Khan on corruption in cricket

    BBC

    The former Pakistan captain, Imran Khan, has said that the International Cricket Council (ICC) was right to suspend the players accused of taking part in a betting scam while an investigation into the...

  • Singer Morrissey Brands Chinese 'Sub-Species'

    Sky News

    The former Smiths star, a passionate animal rights campaigner, said recent reports exposing the country's treatment to circus animals showed it to be "absolutely horrific". A year-long investigation ...

  • Aussie teen among plane crash dead

    News.com.au

    An 18-year-old Victorian man is among nine dead in a plane crash on Fox Glacier, on New Zealand's South Island, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed.

  • Aussie teen among plane crash dead

    The Daily Telegraph

    An 18-year-old Victorian man is among nine dead in a plane crash on Fox Glacier, on New Zealand's South Island, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed.

  • Threefold effort to reach trapped miners

    IOL

    By Moises Avila Roldan Copiapo, Chile - A faster drilling machine was being assembled on Saturday to enlarge an existing supply shaft to 33 Chilean trapped miners, as work on the main shaft continu...

  • Sea lion mauls 11-year-old at zoo

    IOL

    Sydney - An 11-year-old boy was recovering on Saturday after a sea lion mauled him at a popular Sydney zoo's aquarium show as horrified visitors looked on. The boy, identified by his stepmother as ...

  • New Zealand plane crash kills nine

    The Guardian

    New Zealand .The aircraft, carrying a party of skydivers and tourists, crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff from Fox Glacier airport on the west coast of the South Island, police said t...

  • 9 killed in New Zealand skydiving plane crash

    Boston Herald

    W ELLINGTON, New Zealand — A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, killing nine people including four for...

  • Antiques Row in transition

    Philadelphia Daily News

    Ted Kirk draws deeply on his cigarette, rests his elbows on his splayed knees, and takes a long, sad look around. He is sitting in the once cluttered, now scavenged, showroom of his brother Jack's ant...

  • Teen play explores the creative force of flash mobs

    Philadelphia Daily News

    Teen actors with the Shadow Company rehearse "Flash!," a Philly Fringe production, on the concourse at Dilworth Plaza. They are (clockwise from left) Thomas Jackson, Emma Harris, Demitre Rod...

  • Online support for significant others of military personnel overseas

    Philadelphia Daily News

    The first thing Tatiana Simpson did after her boyfriend proposed to her in a phone call from Iraq was to log on to Facebook. "Right after it happened, I posted. I had to tell them," Simpson...

  • 9 killed in New Zealand skydiving plane crash

    Denver Post

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing nine people including four foreign tour...

  • Nine killed in New Zealand tourist spot plane crash

    Yahoo! News

    WELLINGTON (AFP) – Nine people, including four foreigners, were killed when a skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames at a popular New Zealand tourist spot Saturday, officials said. The...

  • [09/04] 9 killed in New Zealand skydiving plane crash

    Find Law

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing nine people including four foreign tou...

  • 9 killed in New Zealand skydiving plane crash

    SINA

    A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing nine people including four foreign tourists, police said. The plane ...

  • 5 New Zealanders, 4 foreigners killed in plane crash in NZ's South Island

    People's Daily

    Police confirmed that nine people were killed in a plane crash at Fox Glacier in New Zealand' s South Island on Saturday.The accident happened at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday when the plane, carrying a party...

  • Briton among plane crash victims

    IC Wales

    Sep 4 2010 A Briton is among nine people who died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed and burst into flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps. The...

  • Nagorno-Karabakh Says One Azeri Soldier Killed In Clash

    RadioFreeEurope

    The breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh says one Azerbaijani soldier was killed today in fighting on the front line of the Armenian-backed region. It says on its army website that soldiers repelled a...