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(Vatican Radio) Landslides due to Tropical Storm Earl have killed 38 people in Mexico, with the death toll expected to rise.James Blears reports from Mexico: Prior to hitting Mexico, Tropical Storm Earl, killed nine people. Six died in the Dominican Republic when falling power lines hit their bus; three drowned in Haiti, when their boat capsized.But Mexico has suffered the brunt of Earl. Twenty eight are confirmed dead in the remote village of Huauchinango in Puebla State, while Authorities in Veracruz State confirm ten more deaths, due to landslides engulfing homes with tons of thick, cloying mud. Mexican troops in olive green fatigues, wearing white arm bands are working around the clock, digging, sifting and clearing a deluge of mud and debris, and uncovering buried buildings. Many roads and highways have been closed, due to flooding, which has led to severe structural damage. The true extent of the crisis is yet to be fully known, as many more remote and isolate settlements re...
(Vatican Radio) The government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has declared a state of emergency Sunday in parts of the capital Skopje hit by torrential rain and floods that authorities say left at least 21 people dead, with six others missing. Thousands more remain in need of aid and that the stormy weather has spread to other parts of the Balkans.Listen to Stefan Bos’ report: Security forces try to help desperate people. Their homes have been flooded in what the mayor of Macedonia's capital has called “the worst Skopje has ever seen.” The deadly deluge created hazardous rainfall accumulations within only 20 minutes. Mayor Koce Trajanovski called it a water bomb. Dozens are reportedly killed and many more injured.Some residents try to return to their flooded homes. "I have nothing now. Everything I has been flooded. Everything I have been building for sixty years has been destroyed," a crying woman said. POLICE SEARCHINGPolice and...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- "Go to bed," my grandmother implored. "It is late, and these Olympics are very far away."...
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's emperor expressed concern Monday about fulfilling his duties as he ages, in a public address that was remarkable for its rarity and its suggestion that he would like to abdicate....
LONDON (AP) -- Delta Air Lines has grounded flights and predicted widespread cancellations Monday after a power outage hit its computer systems globally, disrupting the travel plans of thousands of passengers....
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A suicide bombing that killed more than 60 people and wounded nearly 100 others on Monday at a gathering of lawyers on the grounds of a government-run hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta was the latest in a string of mass killings by militant groups around Pakistan....
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber killed at least 63 people and wounded dozens in an attack that struck a gathering of Pakistani lawyers on the grounds of a government-run hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta on Monday, police and doctors said....
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mountain communities in two Mexican states are recovering from weekend mudslides that killed 39 people during heavy rains brought by remnants of Hurricane Earl....
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's emperor expressed concern about fulfilling his duties as he ages in an address to the public Monday that was remarkable for its rarity and its hinted possibility that he may want to abdicate in a few years....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton basked in a diplomatic "Moscow Spring," seizing on Vladimir Putin's break from the presidency to help seal a nuclear arms-control treaty and secure Russia's acquiescence to a NATO-led military intervention in Libya. When Putin returned to the top job, things changed....
