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Weather Aids Relief Efforts

Oct 18, 2005 / 2:00 pm

Clear blue skies over northern Pakistan's earthquake zone gave relief operations a badly needed boost on Tuesday as helicopters were able to deliver aid to...

No Warmth For Survivors

No Warmth For Survivors

Oct 18, 2005 / 7:23 am

Bulldozers broke open roads on Tuesday to push into the isolated Himalayas as the United Nations warned there were not enough tents in the world to keep warm...

Death Toll Could Top 54,000

Oct 17, 2005 / 7:26 am

Officials from Pakistan-controlled Kashmir say the Oct. 8 earthquake's death toll will be "not less than 40,000" in that state alone, meaning that the disaster...

Iraqi Constitution To Pass

Oct 16, 2005 / 8:27 am

Iraq's constitution appears likely to pass, said election officials Sunday, despite the high turnout of Sunni Arabs who tried to block it. Rejection of the...

Iraqi Polls Close

Iraqi Polls Close

Oct 15, 2005 / 9:00 am

Despite scattered violence, Iraqis turned out in generally strong numbers today for an historic vote on a new constitution aimed at establishing a democracy...

Experts Meet As Avian Flu Spreads

Experts Meet As Avian Flu Spreads

Oct 14, 2005 / 7:20 am

European experts on avian influenza and bird migration are holding an emergency meeting in Brussels Friday, a day after health officials confirmed the deadly...

Deadly Avian Flu

Deadly Avian Flu

Oct 13, 2005 / 7:07 am

The European Union said Thursday that the bird flu virus found in Turkey is the H5N1 strain that's dangerous to humans and might spark a pandemic. Scientists...

Syrias Interior Minister Commits Suicide

Syria""s Interior Minister Commits Suicide

Oct 12, 2005 / 7:45 am

Syria's Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan committed suicide in his office on Wednesday, said the official state news agency, weeks after he was questioned about...

Another Earthquake Hits Pakistan

Oct 11, 2005 / 5:00 pm

Pakistan has been rattled by another earthquake just days after a massive temblor rocked the region, killing tens of thousands and reducing entire villages to...

Series Of Attacks In Iraq

Oct 11, 2005 / 7:45 am

At least 45 people were killed in a series of attacks in Iraq on Tuesday, said police. Most of the victims appear to be civilians. CBC News The death toll from...

New Orleans Cops Plead Not Guilty

Oct 10, 2005 / 2:00 pm

Three police officers pleaded not guilty Monday to battery charges after a weekend confrontation with a man accused of intoxication and with a TV news crew that...

Millions Homeless In Asian Quake

Millions Homeless In Asian Quake

Oct 10, 2005 / 8:18 am

Pakistan's military spokesman has said an entire generation has been wiped out in the areas worst hit by Saturday's massive earthquake. Major General Shaukat...

Death Toll Rising in Asian Quake

Death Toll Rising in Asian Quake

Oct 9, 2005 / 9:30 am

Pakistan says up to 30,000 people have been killed by Saturday's massive earthquake and there are fears the death toll could rise much higher. Pakistani...

Hundreds Dead In Asian Earthquake

Hundreds Dead In Asian Earthquake

Oct 8, 2005 / 8:00 am

A massive 7.6-magnitude earthquake rocked India, Pakistan and Afghanistan Saturday, reducing entire villages to rubble. Authorities fear the death toll, already...

New York Increases Security

New York Increases Security

Oct 7, 2005 / 7:20 am

Millions of New Yorkers rode their subway as usual Friday amid increased security that followed what local authorities described as a specific threat to the...

Bush Defends War In Iraq

Bush Defends War In Iraq

Oct 6, 2005 / 7:29 am

Facing declining public support for the war in Iraq, U.S. President George W. Bush defended his country's actions and vowed the coalition offensive would "never...

Killer 1918 Flu Recreated

Killer 1918 Flu Recreated

Oct 5, 2005 / 2:00 pm

Scientists in the United States say they have re-created the lethal influenza virus that killed 50 million people in 1918 and 1919. And they have concluded that...

Hurricane Stan Attacks Mexico

Hurricane Stan Attacks Mexico

Oct 5, 2005 / 7:25 am

At least 66 people have died, most of them in landslides in El Salvador, as Hurricane Stan attacked Mexico and Central America Tuesday and overnight Wednesday....

Tour Boat Understaffed

Tour Boat Understaffed

Oct 4, 2005 / 7:23 am

The tour boat that capsized in upstate New York over the weekend, killing 20 elderly passengers, did not have the required number of crew-members aboard,...

Afternoon Cruise Turns Deadly

Afternoon Cruise Turns Deadly

Oct 3, 2005 / 7:25 am

At least 20 people, mostly senior citizens, died when a tour boat carrying 49 people on an afternoon cruise overturned Sunday on a lake in upstate New York, the...

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