Two Dead In Light Aircraft Crash

"A man has died and a second body has reportedly been found after a light plane crashed in Monmouthshire. Gwent Police said the aircraft which is believed to have flown from Cornwall had crashed near Undy at 1550 BST. Part of the plane's wing ended up on a road and debris was...

New Orleans neighborhood rescues itself

"NEW ORLEANS - Paul Pablovich was the very picture of a good neighbor as he shoveled debris off the curb and mowed other people's lawns in Lakeview, a middle-class section of town that was swamped with 15 feet of water during Hurricane Katrina and is now a patchwork of gutted...

8-story building collapses in Istanbul

"ANKARA, Turkey - An eight-story apartment building collapsed in Istanbul on Thursday, and some people were reportedly buried under the debris, media reports said. Authorities dispatched ambulances and rescue teams to the site in the residential Sirinevler district, private...

8-story Building Collapses in Turkey- Survivors Found

UPDATE: Rescue workers and volunteers are searching for survivors:"Crowds of rescuers descended upon the debris of a multistory apartment building that collapsed Thursday in Istanbul, frantically trying to remove the crumbled concrete to find any survivors. A CNN Turk...

Weapons depot explosion kills 76 and injures hundreds more

More coming soon."MAPUTO , 23 March 2007 (IRIN) - A series of explosions at a military weapons depot in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, late on Thursday afternoon showered rockets and other ballistic debris into densely populated poor neighbourhoods, killing at least 76...

Kansas City Chemical Plant Explodes

The most remarkable aspect of this story so far is the lack of injuries or fatalities."Several explosions engulfed a chemical plant in flames Wednesday, forcing a broad evacuation as the fire spread to nearby houses and spewed a toxic, sticky substance that residents were...

Orbiting Junk Threatens Satellites and Spacecraft

We all think of outer space as limitless, but the bit of outer space that lies within Earth's gravitational pull is getting rather crowded. Much like the phenomenon of overflowing landfills, this seems to be an inevitability that nobody in control of policy spent much time...

U.S. Embassy in Athens Is Attacked

"ATHENS, Jan. 12 — Shortly before sunrise today, a missile ripped through the United States embassy here, causing minor damage to the building but no injuries. The missile was fired from the street over a 10-foot high security wall, smashing the glass in front of the...

WTC remains search expands after debris from towers is found

NEW YORK (AP) — The search for the lost remains of World Trade Center victims is expanding again, after the unexpected discovery of debris from the towers in some underground landfill that was paved over long ago. And hours after city officials said they were widening...