Rooming House Fire Creates Search Hazards For North Hudson Firefighters

"New Jersey - A fire in the last known rooming house in North Bergen created a primary search nightmare for North Hudson Regional firefighters on the morning of November 14th. Larger apartments were divided into much smaller rooms in the two-story wood frame structure at...

Fifth Firefighter Dies Of Wildfire Burns

"California - A fifth U.S. Forest Service firefighter died Tuesday of burns suffered when an engine crew was overrun by a Southern California wildfire, while investigators searched for the arsonist who set the blaze that burned 63 square miles. Pablo Cerda, 23, of Fountain...

Australia Tells Pacific Neighbors to Do More to Fight Corruption - Voice of A...

" Australia will demand greater accountability from countries that receive its aid at this week's regional meeting of South Pacific leaders in Fiji. Canberra's demands could contribute to an already frosty atmosphere at the 3-day summit of the Pacific Islands Forum....

Would Defeat in Iraq Be So Bad?

"After Vietnam, the dominoes did not fall. What that tells us about this war. To me, the relentless mud slide of insurgency and civil war in Iraq is leading to unacceptable strategic disaster for the U.S. There appear to be no viable paths to follow in order to avoid it....

Ky. probe to look at runway, evacuation (AP)

" WASHINGTON — Accident investigators will be taking a meticulous look at the series of events that led to a regional jet apparently taking off the wrong runway and whether it might have been possible to evacuate passengers before it erupted in flames. The pilots...

2 Afghan aid workers, 7 others killed

"Violence killed nine people around Afghanistan, including a regional security director and two Afghan aid workers, officials said Friday."