Afghan police: 5 suicide bombers arrested while entering Afghan capital

Afghan police: 5 suicide bombers arrested in Kabul

KABUL – Afghan police arrested five would-be suicide bombers in Kabul on Thursday, the largest suicide team ever apprehended in the capital, officials said.
“If this team had made it through it would have been a disaster as we’ve seen in past instances,” said Abdul Ghafar, deputy commander of … Read more : Afghan police: 5 suicide bombers arrested while entering Afghan capital.

In one quiet W.Va. hollow, neighbors anxiously wait for word on 3 missing coal miners

One W.Va. hollow awaits word on 3 of its own

DOROTHY, W.Va. – Along Clear Fork Road, tiny communities blend seamlessly, bound by geography, coal mining and the sheltering mountains all around. Anxiety cinches them closer than usual this week.
Days after an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine eight miles away killed 25, three from … Original article on : In one quiet W.Va. hollow, neighbors anxiously wait for word on 3 missing coal miners.

Rescue crews to start long trek to find possible W.Va. mine disaster survivors; hope is slim

Crews to start search for mine disaster survivors

MONTCOAL, W.Va. – Rescue crews planned to start the hourslong five-mile trek into a West Virginia coal mine Thursday to find signs of possible survivors of the worst U.S. mining disaster in a generation.
Officials and townsfolk alike admitted they didn’t expect to find any of the four still-missing …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

New mudslide smashes into shantytown as overall toll from Rio’s rain disaster rises to 147

New mudslide hits slum as Rio toll rises to 147

RIO DE JANEIRO – Beleaguered rescue workers struggled early Thursday to find survivors after another mudslide surged into a rain-sodden hillside shantytown, engulfing at least 40 homes in a huge cascade of mud.
The state Civil Defense department said the latest slide unleashed by heavy rains hit …. Source article  : New mudslide smashes into shantytown as overall toll from Rio’s rain disaster rises to 147.

Rescue crews to enter W.Va. coal mine in search of 4 missing 2 days since blast killed 25

Crews to search for 4 missing in W.Va. coal mine

MONTCOAL, W.Va. – Authorities say air quality is good enough to allow crews to search for four men missing in a West Virginia coal mine for more than two days since a blast killed 25 miners.
Federal safety official Kevin Stricklin says crews plan to go into …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Rescue crews to enter W.Va. coal mine in search of 4 missing 2 days since blast killed 25.

Kyrgyzstan’s opposition forms iterim govt, dissolves parliament

Kyrgyz opposition dissolves parliament
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – An opposition coalition in Kyrgyzstan said it has formed an interim government that will rule the turbulent Central Asian nation for six months.
Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva said Thursday she will head the government that dissolved the parliament and will take up legislative duties.
She told a news conference …. Original article  : Kyrgyzstan’s opposition forms iterim govt, dissolves parliament.

AP Exclusive: US team recovers Chile’s last weapons-grade uranium

AP Exclusive: Chile gives US weapon-type uranium
SANTIAGO, Chile – With U.S. President Barack Obama shifting his nuclear nonproliferation strategy to rogue states and terrorists, Chile has become an example of how small countries can play a big part in making the world safer.
Vast amounts of highly enriched uranium, or HEU, is …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : AP Exclusive: US team recovers Chile’s last weapons-grade uranium.

Aiming to keep Obama’s promise, US team recovers Chile’s last weapons-grade uranium

Chile gives its last weapons-grade uranium to US
SANTIAGO, Chile – With U.S. President Barack Obama shifting his nuclear nonproliferation strategy to rogue states and terrorists, Chile has become an example of how small countries can play a big part in making the world safer.
Vast amounts of highly enriched uranium, or HEU, is being … Read more »».

Kyrgyzstan’s opposition controls government headquarters, death toll rises to 68

Kyrgyz opposition controls government building
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – The opposition seized Kyrgyzstan’s government headquarters Thursday following clashes between protesters and security forces that have left 68 people dead nationwide, and appeared to control this Central Asian country that houses a key U.S. air base.
No police guarded the government headquarters, and hundreds of jubilant but …. Original source  : Kyrgyzstan’s opposition controls government headquarters, death toll rises to 68.

Brief rain shower leaves half-foot of standing water in dangerous Haiti quake camps

Rain dumps lakes of water into Haiti quake camps

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A brief rain storm flooded Haiti’s earthquake camps Wednesday, worrying residents hours after they were told to brace for a more-active-than-usual hurricane season.
A windy 20-minute downpour left a half foot of water inside makeshift tents on the sloping golf course of the Petionville Club, …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Brief rain shower leaves half-foot of standing water in dangerous Haiti quake camps.

Dangerous gas levels drop at W.Va. mine where 25 killed; crews may start search for survivors

Gas levels drop at WV mine; crews may start search

MONTCOAL, W.Va. – Two days after the worst U.S. mining disaster in a generation, rescue crews were called to the Upper Big Branch coal mine late Wednesday to prepare to descend underground and search for possible survivors of the explosion that killed 25.
Chances were slim that …. Original article  : Dangerous gas levels drop at W.Va. mine where 25 killed; crews may start search for survivors.

Tale of 2 brothers: 1 W. Va. miner survives underground while his elder brother dies in blast

W.Va. miner emerges unscathed while brother dies

MOUNT HOPE, W.Va. – First, Melvin Lynch felt his ears pop. Then the power went out at the mine where he was working. But he only learned about the explosion that killed his elder brother and 24 other colleagues about an hour later when crews working the other side …. Read the original article  : Tale of 2 brothers: 1 W. Va. miner survives underground while his elder brother dies in blast.

Rescuers pump out water in fading bid to save 26 miners still trapped in China mine

Rescuers in fading bid to save 26 from China mine

BEIJING – Rescuers pumped water Thursday in a fading bid to find more survivors in a flooded mine in northern China where 115 workers were dramatically rescued this week after being trapped for eight days.
The death toll rose to 12 early Thursday, the state-run Xinhua News …. Source  : Rescuers pump out water in fading bid to save 26 miners still trapped in China mine.

Federal official says there is a possibility rescue crews could enter W.Va. mine Wed. night

Crews close to rescue attempt of 4 W.Va. miners

MONTCOAL, W.Va. – A federal official says he is confident that two safety citations issued on the day of the West Virginia mine explosion didn’t factor into the blast.
Kevin Stricklin, an administrator from the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, said the citations occurred in an area … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Federal official says there is a possibility rescue crews could enter W.Va. mine Wed. night.

Masters staff works overtime so Augusta National looks like usual after unusual winter

Winter weather does a number on Augusta National

It’s hard work making Augusta National look so beautiful.
Especially when Mother Nature doesn’t cooperate.
Augusta National chairman Billy Payne admits that, as recently as a month ago, he worried whether the golf course would be in its usual shape for the Masters because of the unusually harsh winter. All … Original article on : Masters staff works overtime so Augusta National looks like usual after unusual winter.

Sewer line trench collapses at Ohio construction site, killing 1 worker, hurting another

Ohio sewer line trench collapse kills 1 worker

HUDSON, Ohio – Crew members dug through rain-soaked muck to rescue two workers trapped after a sewer line trench at a residential construction site collapsed Wednesday. One worker was pulled alive from the trench six hours after the collapse, but the second worker died.
Hudson Fire Chief Bob Carter …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Sewer line trench collapses at Ohio construction site, killing 1 worker, hurting another.

AP: Emergency air systems among slew of safety lapses at WV mine in months before deadly blast

AP: Major safety lapses at mine long before blast

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – At the sprawling coal mine where 25 perished in an explosion this week, regulators found that dirty air was being directed into an escapeway where fresh air should be. An emergency air system was flowing in the wrong direction, which could leave workers without …. Source article  : AP: Emergency air systems among slew of safety lapses at WV mine in months before deadly blast.

FAA administrator says some LAX runways are too close, need to be separated

FAA chief says some LAX runways too close
LOS ANGELES – The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said failing to further separate two runways at Los Angeles International Airport would be a serious mistake.

The warning by FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt came two months after an academic panel concluded there was no need to reconfigure the … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : FAA administrator says some LAX runways are too close, need to be separated.

Mich. Muslim leader: Crime scene photos of slain Imam raise questions about FBI’s actions

Mich. Muslim leader: Pix of slain Imam troubling

DETROIT – A Muslim civil rights group released crime scene photos Wednesday of the body of a mosque leader shot 20 times during an FBI raid – images the group’s director says suggest the imam likely had to defend himself against a vicious dog attack before he was … Original article on : Mich. Muslim leader: Crime scene photos of slain Imam raise questions about FBI’s actions.

Lethal gases keep rescuers from entering W.Va. mine; governor sees only a ’sliver of hope’

Lethal gas stops rescuers from entering W.Va. mine

MONTCOAL, W.Va. – Two full days after the worst U.S. mining disaster in a generation, dangerous gases underground prevented rescuers late Wednesday from venturing into the Upper Big Branch coal mine to search for any survivors of the explosion that killed at least 25 workers.
Crews drilled holes deep [..] Read the original article: here.