Chile mine disaster exposes old family feuds (AP)

Chile mine disaster exposes old family feuds (AP)
Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit (AP)
Educational Gaps Limit Brazil’s Reach
Cell assault policeman facing sack
Pope 'may appeal' in Iran stoning
Blowout preventer placed on Gulf well
Congo: 70 dead, 200 missing in 2 boat capsizes (AP)
Met 'may reopen phone hack probe'
7 boaters saved in moonlight rescue off SC coast
Venus wins but never finds comfort at US Open (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 03:10 PM PDT

AP - While a fire warms their campsite, the icy feeling between Cristina Nunez Macias and her mother-in-law is as palpable as the cold Atacama desert.

Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 03:05 PM PDT

AP - Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala — some of them rescuers trying to save people already buried under a wall of mud.

Educational Gaps Limit Brazil’s Reach

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:52 PM PDT

Education is a major stumbling block in Brazil's bid to accelerate its economy and establish itself as one of the world's most powerful nations.

Cell assault policeman facing sack

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:50 PM PDT

A police officer who was caught on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell faces being dismissed.

Pope 'may appeal' in Iran stoning

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:43 PM PDT

The Vatican says it could appeal diplomatically to Iran to spare the life of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.

Blowout preventer placed on Gulf well

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:42 PM PDT

A new blowout preventer was installed atop BP's plugged well and its failed predecessor was being hauled to the surface, officials said Saturday.

Congo: 70 dead, 200 missing in 2 boat capsizes (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:40 PM PDT

AP - Two boat capsizes in one weekend on Congo's vast rivers have left 70 people dead and 200 others feared dead in unrelated incidents that were both characterized by heavily loaded boats operated with few safety measures, officials said Sunday.

Met 'may reopen phone hack probe'

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:37 PM PDT

The Metropolitan Police says it may reopen the investigation into allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World if new evidence is uncovered.

7 boaters saved in moonlight rescue off SC coast

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Seven people, including three children, who were missing since Saturday night were rescued Sunday about 25 miles off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, Sunday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard said.