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  • Food crisis of 2007 and 2008 may be upon us again

    Food crisis of 2007 and 2008 may be upon us again

    The Tulsa News.Net

    As natural disaster batter the world's agricultural industry, fears are growing that we may be heading into the dark food crisis days of 2007 and 2008.

  • Women and children of the Congo raped by rebels

    Women and children of the Congo raped by rebels

    The Tulsa News.Net

    Over 200 women and children have been raped by rebels in the Congo in recent weeks, according to UN reports.

  • Prime Minister arrives to survey damage in Christchurch

    Prime Minister arrives to survey damage in Christchurch

    The Tulsa News.Net

    Christchurch residents are taking stock of the damage to their city following the major earthquake that struck in the early hours of Saturday morning with local officials calling the lack of fatalities a miracle.

  • Amazon suffers major dry spell with water levels dropping

    Amazon suffers major dry spell with water levels dropping

    The Tulsa News.Net

    The Peruvian Amazon has suffered a major dry spell with the Amazon River's water levels dropping significantly.

  • Osteoporosis meds increase risk of cancer

    Osteoporosis meds increase risk of cancer

    The Tulsa News.Net

    A popular medication for the prevention of osteoporosis doubles the chances of developing cancer, according to a recent UK study.

  • Traffic snarled on Tibet Biejing highway once more

    Traffic snarled on Tibet Biejing highway once more

    The Tulsa News.Net

    A massive traffic jam has developed in China's Inner Mongolia on the Beijing Tibet Highway just days after another major snarl was cleared.

  • Sides of Mount Sinabung evacuated once more following new activity from volcano

    Sides of Mount Sinabung evacuated once more following new activity from volcano

    The Tulsa News.Net

    Mount Sinabung in Indonesia has sent more ash billowing into the air, prompting the evacuation of villagers who'd begun to return to their homes.

  • Dubai cargo plane crashes into military base

    Dubai cargo plane crashes into military base

    The Tulsa News.Net

    A plane has crashed in the United Arab Emirates in the city of Dubai, killing both pilots of the 747.

  • No survivors of Fox Glacier plane crash

    No survivors of Fox Glacier plane crash

    The Tulsa News.Net

    A plane has crashed in New Zealand's South Island killing all nine passengers onboard.

  • Man arrested after package found in luggage in Miami

    Man arrested after package found in luggage in Miami

    The Tulsa News.Net

    Miami police swooped on the main airport on Friday when screeners detected a suspicious article in a checked bag.

  • Robert Gates meets troops in Afghanistan

    Robert Gates meets troops in Afghanistan

    The Tulsa News.Net

    US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in the south of Afghanistan after touching down on Friday.

  • Mexican shootout kills dozens of people

    Mexican shootout kills dozens of people

    The Tulsa News.Net

    25 or more people have died in a gunfight between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug gang members near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey.

  • Nine killed in plane crash in New Zealand

    The Tulsa News.Net

    Nine people were killed when a skydive plane crashed at Fox Glacier airport in New Zealand.

  • Muslims asked to commit money to Pakistan

    Muslims asked to commit money to Pakistan

    The Tulsa News.Net

    The relief effort in the area hit by floods in Pakistan may be helped by a new request for Muslims to tithe for the aid effort.

  • Nine killed in New Zealand tourist spot plane crash

    West Australian

    WELLINGTON, Sept 4, 2010 (AFP) - - Nine people, including four foreigners, were killed when a skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames at a popular New Zealand tourist spot Saturday, officials sa...

  • Australian among dead in NZ plane crash

    West Australian

    An 18-year-old Victorian man has died in a plane crash on Fox Glacier, on New Zealand's South Island, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed.The skydiving aircraft crashed while try...

  • Irish tourist dies in New Zealand plane crash

    RTE

    An Irish tourist is among nine people who have been killed in a plane crash in New Zealand. The accident happened at Fox Glacier Airport on the west coast of the country's South Island. The fixed-wi...

  • Zsa Zsa hubby 'stiff' rebuke

    New York Post

    Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband vehemently denied reports yesterday that he would have the star's body preserved by plastination after her death. Prince Frederic von Anhalt talked to reporters outside his Cal...

  • New Zealand earthquake opens door to looters

    New York Post

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A 7.4-magnitude earthquake damaged much of New Zealand's South Island early yesterday, but by evening there had been just two reports of serious injury -- including a person...

  • Hill's sense of urgency

    New York Post

    WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks yesterday, warning that the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long t...

  • DC crystal 'cheat' sues for pay

    New York Post

    WASHINGTON -- The DC interior designer charged with committing fraud to get a $1.3 million homeland-security contract sued the feds to try to collect $130,000 under the very same contract, court docum...

  • Prez is on the 'jobs'

    New York Post

    WASHINGTON -- President Obama lauded the modest job-growth numbers released yesterday, but said still-rising unemployment numbers mean there's more that needs to be done -- new measures that will be a...

  • Nurse's patient is long lost pa

    New York Post

    In a one-in-a-million twist of fate, a Bronx nurse welcoming a terminal-cancer patient to her unit discovered he was her long lost father, who had vanished when she was just months old. "It was fate a...

  • 'Idol' judge Kara out with J.Lo on the way

    New York Post

    "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi is leaving the show, in a strong indication that pop diva Jennifer Lopez has made a deal to replace her, a source said. Reports late this week said J.Lo was very c...

  • Briton among plane crash victims

    Independent.ie

    A Briton is among nine people who died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed and burst into flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps.The plane caught ...

  • Nine reported dead in New Zealand plane crash - Summary

    Earth Times

    Wellington - Nine people, including four foreign tourists, died Saturday when a light aircraft on a sky-diving flight crashed at Fox Glacier on New Zealand's South Island.Police said the tourists from...

  • Dubai plane crash investigation begins

    7 Days

    The state news agency WAM, quoting the General Civil Aviation Authority, reported that the "bodies of two pilots" had been found at the scene.The plane went down inside a UAE air base near t...

  • Nine killed in New Zealand tourist spot plane crash

    Times of India

    WELLINGTON: Nine people, including foreigners, were killed when a skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames at a popular New Zealand tourist spot on Saturday, police and media said. The plane went...

  • 11-year-old mauled by sea lion at zoo

    New Zealand Herald

    SYDNEY: An 11-year-old boy is recovering after being mauled by a sea lion at a popular Sydney zoo in front of horrified visitors. The boy was identified by his stepmother as Jack Lister. He had been ...

  • Taleban bomber kills 43 in Pakistan

    New Zealand Herald

    PAKISTAN: A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taleban killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan. The assault sharply drove up the toll of sectarian assaults in a c...

  • Migrant survivors tell tale of Mexican massacre

    New Zealand Herald

    HONDURAS: A Honduran who survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico helped untie the only other survivor - a wounded Ecuadorean - and the two fled together. In an interview with El Heraldo newspa...

  • Discovery channel 911 call: 'You're probably going to need a sniper'

    New Zealand Herald

    BALTIMORE: A security guard who called police after a gunman entered Discovery Channel's headquarters calmly told the operator: "You're probably going to need a sniper." The call, released Friday, wa...

  • Nine die in New Zealand skydiving plane crash

    USA Today

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Nine people have died after a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company burst into flames and crashed Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's So...

  • Nine die in New Zealand air crash

    BBC

    Nine people, including four foreigners, have been killed in a light aircraft crash in New Zealand, say reports. The plane, owned by a skydiving company, burst into flames shortly after taking off at ...

  • Council could cut over 1,000 jobs

    BBC

    One of Scotland's largest local authorities has warned that it may have to cut more than 1,000 jobs. North Lanarkshire Council is set to discuss ways of saving £70m over the next three years. ...

  • Andes Crash Survivors Support Trapped Miners

    Sky News

    A group of former rugby players who survived more than two months of isolation in the Andes after their plane crashed are in Chile to support 33 miners trapped underground.

  • Aussie among plane crash dead

    News.com.au

    NINE people including an Australian tourist have died in a light plane crash near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, police said today.

  • Aussie among plane crash dead

    The Daily Telegraph

    NINE people including an Australian tourist have died in a light plane crash near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, police said today.

  • Australian among plane crash dead

    News.com.au

    AN Australian tourist is among nine people to have died in a light plane crash near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, police said today.

  • Australian among plane crash dead

    The Daily Telegraph

    AN Australian tourist is among nine people to have died in a light plane crash near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, police said today.

  • Australian among plane crash dead

    The Courier Mail

    AN Australian tourist is among nine people to have died in a light plane crash near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, police said today.

  • Nine people killed in NZ plane crash

    The Australian

    The plane, belonging to a skydiving company, burst into flames after takeoff from an airstrip at Fox Glacier, said Ian Henderson, a spokesman for local ambulance services.Greymouth Police Senior Serge...

  • Mexican mayor killed in plane crash

    IOL

    Oaxaca, Mexico - At least six people, including two Mexican federal lawmakers and a governor, were killed when their small plane crashed in southern Mexico on Friday, the attorney general's office sai...

  • NYT: Blackwater Created Shell Companies

    CBS News

    Blackwater 61 "Blackwater 61" is the call sign of a plane flown by the embattled government contractor Blackwater that crashed into a mountain in Afghanistan killing all onboard. The widow of one of t...

  • Outgoing Obama Adviser: Stimulus was Right to Do

    CBS News

    Christina Romer, outgoing chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, addresses a breakfast meeting of the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., Aug. 6, 2009.

  • Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol'

    Philadelphia Daily News

    FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2009 file photo, Kara DioGuardi of "American Idol" arrives at the FOX Winter All-Star Party in Los Angeles. Fox TV says Kara DioGuardi is leaving as `American Idol' judge, Frid...

  • Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankings

    Philadelphia Daily News

    FILE - This file photo taken April 9, 2010,, shows a Google sign at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)

  • 9 people killed in small-plane crash in New Zealand: report+

    Breitbart

    SYDNEY, Sept. 4 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A pilot and eight passengers died Saturday after a small plane crashed just after taking off at Fox Glacier on New Zealand's South Island, a local report said. ...

  • 9 killed in New Zealand tourist spot plane crash

    Yahoo! News

    WELLINGTON (AFP) – Nine people, including foreigners, were killed when a skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames at a popular New Zealand tourist spot Saturday, police and media said. T...

  • [09/03] 9 believed dead in New Zealand plane crash

    Find Law

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Nine people are believed to have died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed on New Zealand's South Island on Saturday. A spokesman for local amb...