Race to rescue British woman injured in remote part of Russia

A 20 year old British woman has been injured in a remote part of Siberia. She was there studying the forest as a zoology student."An alert beamed 3,700 miles around the world has sent rescuers to the aid of a British woman injured in the remote forests of eastern Russia.The...

Nine killed in Karachi building collapse

This incident, which has happened in the the congested part of the Karachi, might open up the official's eye. "At least nine people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a three-storey building collapsed in Karachi on Sunday, police said. Police said several...

Major Quake Rocks Northwest Nevada - No Injuries Reported yet

"WELLS, Nev. -- A strong earthquake shook rural northeastern Nevada Thursday, causing at least one building to collapse, authorities said. The magnitude of the quake, initially estimated at 6.3, was later revised to 6.0 by the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake...

India struggles with bird flu

"Laboratory workers on Saturday analysed new samples from dead chickens amid fears that India's worst-ever bird flu outbreak may have spread in eastern India as locals resisted a massive cull. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called the outbreak of avian flu among...

Scientists fear Indonesian volcano eruption is imminent

"Mount Kelud volcano in Indonesia's densely populated East Java continued spewing white clouds of smoke Monday, worrying scientists that a major eruption is imminent. Rising underground magma movement has built up pressure on the blocked crater and damaged essential equipment...

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...

Mayan Priests to Purify Site After Bush Visit

I guess you have to use what voice you have, and make yourself heard. Not many other religions, though, seem to be quite as vocal in pointing out the "ungodliness" of the current White House's treatment of the rest of the world, and of its own citizens."Mayan priests will...