Murder rate among youths soars in Brazil
2011-02-25 06:36:47
The murder rate among Brazil's youths has soared to epidemic levels, almost doubling between 1998 and 2008, the Justice Ministry said Thursday.
Over 2,000 Thai workers evacuated from Libya
2011-02-24 17:30:05
Thai Labor Ministry spokesman Sutham Nathithong said on Thursday that over 2,000 Thai workers have already left Libya and another 4,000 people would be vacated within one to two days.
49 Somali refugees drowned off Yemen
2011-02-24 18:51:41
As many as 49 Somali refugees were drowned when their boat capsized four miles off the coast of Yemen's southeast province of Shabwa, Yemeni Interior Ministry said late on Wednesday.
New Zealand quake toll rises to 113
2011-02-25 07:34:31
Rescuers toiled for a fourth day among the ruins of quake-ravaged city of Christchurch on Friday,as the death toll reached 113 with more than 200 missing.
Blast hits railway in southwest Pakistan
2011-02-24 14:30:20
A cargo train was derailed Thursday when an explosion went off on a railway in Chagai, a remote district in southwest Pakistan, local sources said.
NZ quake toll 92, hopes of survivors fade
2011-02-24 13:27:36
New Zealand police confirmed that 98 people are now known to have died in Christchurch on Tuesday while 226 people remain missing.
NZ earthquake toll at 76 dead, 238 missing
2011-02-24 09:45:13
Rescuers broadened their search of collapsed buildings in New Zealand's quake-shattered city of Christchurch on Thursday, after searches through the rubble of major downtown high-rises failed to find any more survivors.
NZ quake sends 30m tonnes of ice loose from glacier
2011-02-24 10:39:56
The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck New Zealand on Tuesday, killing at least 76 people in Christchurch as of Thursday, also shook loose 30 million tonnes of ice from the nation's longest glacier, sending boulders of ice into a nearby lake.
UN Security Council regrets deaths in Libya
2011-02-23 08:38:29
The UN Security Council on Tuesday said it regrets the deaths of people in the mass protests in Libya, and called on the Libyan authorities to take its responsibility to protect the Libyan people.
NZ earthquake death toll at 75
2011-02-23 07:51:19
Officials raised the death toll to at least 75, with 300 others listed as missing, as rescuers dug through the crumbled concrete.
New Zealand PM says quake kills at least 65
2011-02-22 08:58:49
A strong earthquake killed 65 people in New Zealand's second-biggest city of Christchurch with more casualties expected as desperate rescuers picked through rubble to find people trapped in toppled buildings.
Two Iranian naval ships passing Suez Canal
2011-02-22 13:21:18
Two Iranian naval ships were passing the Suez Canal on Tuesday, reports said.
