Nov 05 Mount Merapi Erupts Again DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4512qfc4', 'RXGvg-bsT6o', '29'); Photos courtesy of Will Carless Residents living near Mount Merapi are fleeing once again today, as the volcano continues to spew ash and could erupt at any time. The death toll rose again on Friday… Continue reading
Nov 05 Hurricane Descends on Haiti; U.S. Adds 150k Jobs; Mount Merapi Erupts Again People wait for United Nations trucks Thursday in Port-au-Prince. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Tropical Storm Tomas strengthened to a hurricane, bringing heavy rain and 85 mile per hour winds over Haiti as residents struggled to evacuate. Many… Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch Evacuations in Haiti as Tropical Storm Approaches Tropical Storm Tomas is heading toward Haiti, where more than a million people are still homeless after a deadly earthquake earlier this year. Kyle Morris of Independent Television News has more. Continue watching
Nov 04 Haiti Bracing for Tropical Storm; Jobless Claims Rise; Qantas Grounds A380s After Flames Shoot from Plane A red flag at a relocation camp in Port-au-Prince warns Haitians of approaching Tropical Storm Tomas. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. The Haitian government has called for the voluntary evacuation of all its earthquake zone camps ahead of… Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch Haiti's Cholera Outbreak Could Worsen After Tropical Storm Ray Suarez talks to a NPR's Jason Beaubien in Port-au-Prince about concerns that rainwater could further the spread of cholera in Haiti. Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch News Wrap: California Just Says No to Legalizing Marijuana In other news Wednesday, a proposition to legalize recreational use of marijuana in California failed with 54 percent voting against it. Continue watching
Nov 03 In Myanmar, Aid Groups Assess Damage from Cyclone Giri By Larisa Epatko Relief organizations responding to Cyclone Giri, which pounded western Myanmar on Friday, are finding homes and schools swept away and a need for emergency food and water in the saltwater soaked islands. Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch 58 Killed During Roman Catholic Mass in Iraq Funerals were held today for hostages killed at a Roman Catholic Church in Baghdad last night. Militants raided the church and killed at least 58 people and wounded 78 others. Pope Benedict XVI condemned the murder of unarmed worshippers. Continue watching
Nov 01 Monday: Bombs Were Built to Explode in Flight; 52 Killed in Baghdad Siege Yemeni security guard a UPS branch in Sanaa. Photo by Mohammad Huwais/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, said that the two package bombs addressed to Chicago synagogues and intercepted by authorities in Britain and Dubai… Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch News Wrap: Suicide Bomber Kills 21 Iraqis; Indonesia Tsunami Death Toll Climbs In other news Friday, a suicide bomber in northeast Baghdad killed 21 people. In Western Indonesia, the death toll from this week's tsunami topped 400, with 300 still missing and thousands homeless. Continue watching