China declares quake lake crisis over

The potential for the 'quake lake' - a lake in China whose dam was threatened by the earthquake there - to flood has been removed, according to the Chinese government."Evacuees headed down from temporary camps Wednesday after Chinese authorities declared the flood threat over...

Electricity Revives Bali Coral Reefs

"Electricity revives Bali coral reefs By JOSEPH COLEMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER photo A reporter inspects corals growing on a metal structures submerged by conservationists and fed by electrical cables linked to the shoreline, in Pemuteran bay, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday,...

Gunmen kidnap mother of Nigerian Governor

"PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen seized the mother of a newly elected state governor in oil-rich southern Nigeria, police said Tuesday. The navy, meanwhile, reported an attack off southern Bayelsa state by gunmen armed with dynamite and assault rifles on a vessel...

Morales Quiets Chants & Dynamite with Investment Promise

The streets of La Paz were filled with some 20,000 miners yesterday, tossing dynamite, and chanting in response to proposed tax hike on miming.  The hike would have effected independent mining cooperatives across Bolivia.  However, the miners were met with a promise...

Today in history - Dec. 10

"Today is Sunday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2006. There are 21 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: One hundred years ago, on Dec. 10, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for helping to mediate an...

FBI: Dynamite found in luggage - CNN International

" Pennsylvania student not involved in terrorism, U.S. officials say The dog who detected the suspected explosives is shown off by his handler for a local television reporter. YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Houston (Texas) Continental Airlines...

Security incidents disrupt U.S. flights

"AP - U.S. and Argentine authorities were investigating how a stick of dynamite in a college student's checked luggage ended up on a Houston-bound flight, one of seven security incidents that disrupted U.S. flights in a day."

Dynamite found in luggage aboard flight (AP)

" HOUSTON - A stick of dynamite was found in a college student's checked luggage on a Continental Airlines flight from Argentina, one of seven security incidents Friday that caused U.S. flights to be diverted, evacuated, searched or delayed. Howard McFarland Fish, 21, was...

Security incidents plague airlines (AP)

" HOUSTON - A college student's checked luggage on a Continental Airlines flight from Argentina contained dynamite, authorities said, in one of six security incidents Friday that caused U.S. flights to be diverted, evacuated or searched. Federal authorities were...

`Napoleon Dynamite' town cashes in on film

"AP - "Napoleon Dynamite," a low-budget, feel-good comedy starring Jon Heder, put this farm town near the Utah border on the map."