78 killed, 94 injured in Tunisia's violence
2011-01-18 10:07:29
Weeks of violent protests in Tunisia have killed 78 people, including members of the security forces, and injured 94 others, Interior Minister Ahmed Friaa said Monday on Tunisian state TV.
Rains, landslides ravage Brazil
2011-01-17 13:45:26
Brazil rains and floods have killed at least 611 people as forecasts of more storms and fears of disease outbreaks overshadowed rescue operations.
Brazil rains kill more than 600, epidemic feared
2011-01-17 06:19:43
Rains that devastated a mountainous region north of Rio de Janeiro have killed at least 626 people, Brazil's Civil Defense agency said on Sunday, as fears of more storms and disease outbreaks overshadowed rescue operations.
Brazil rains kill more than 600, epidemic feared
2011-01-17 06:19:43
Rains that devastated a mountainous region north of Rio de Janeiro have killed at least 626 people, Brazil's Civil Defense agency said on Sunday, as fears of more storms and disease outbreaks overshadowed rescue operations.
Mayor of town in south Mexico shot dead
2011-01-14 10:01:10
The mayor of Santiago Amoltepec in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, Luis Jimenez Mata, was shot to death at home by a gunman Thursday, police said.
Brazil flood deaths rise to 400
2011-01-14 07:20:59
Rescue workers dug desperately for survivors on Thursday and struggled to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides that have killed at least 400 people in one of Brazil's deadliest natural disasters in decades.
Australia's Brisbane avoids worst flood fears
2011-01-13 09:47:58
Flood water in Australia's third-biggest city peaked below feared catastrophic levels on Thursday.
At least 270 dead in Brazil floods, landslides
2011-01-13 09:26:32
Floods and landslides devastated several mountain towns near Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, killing at least 257 people as torrents of water and mud swept through the region, burying many families as they slept.
1,700 trapped in Australia's New South Wales flood
2011-01-11 09:56:04
The threat of further flooding is severe in Australia's northern New South Wales,where more than 1,700 people have been stranded in their homes by floodwaters, authorities said on Tuesday.
Suicide pact twin had no drugs in system
2011-01-11 09:47:51
An Australian woman who died in what police say was a suicide pact with her twin sister at a Colorado shooting range had no drugs or alcohol in her system.
Australia floods kill 8, toll to rise as 70 missing
2011-01-11 08:43:10
Australian police have launched a major search and rescue operation after devastating flash floods killed eight people, left more than 70 missing and threatened on Tuesday to swamp the country's third-largest city.
About 60 killed in Sudan's Abyei clashes: official
2011-01-10 21:16:44
More than 60 people have been killed in Sudan's disputed region of Abyei over the past three days in a series of clashes involving local Ngok Dinka police forces and militias allegedly associated with the nomadic tribe of Mesiria, a senior official of the Abyei Referendum Forum (ARF) told Xinhua on Monday.
