Oct 28 Watch Death Toll Climbs in Indonesia; Strikes Continue in France In other news, rescuers found more bodies in the wreckage from Monday's tsunami in Indonesia. And in France, strikes over recently approved pension reforms disrupted air travel. Continue watching
Oct 28 In Photos: Indonesia’s Dual Disasters By Larisa Epatko In less than 24 hours, a tsunami crashed into a remote island chain and a volcano erupted in Indonesia, killing a combined total of more than 400 people and forcing hundreds more to seek temporary refuge in emergency shelters. Continue reading
Oct 28 Thursday: Indonesia Tsunami Death Toll Rises; Foreclosures Up in Cities Villagers find shelter under a destroyed house on the Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra. Photo by Bay IsmoyoAFP/Getty Images. The death toll from the tsunami that struck Indonesia rose to 343 Thursday as more bodies were found on… Continue reading
Oct 27 Cholera Outbreak Highlights Haiti’s Ongoing Sanitation Problems By Talea Miller Deaths from Haiti's cholera outbreak are slowing, but health experts warn that the threat of further spread, fueled by chronically unsanitary conditions, is still very real. At least 284 Haitians have died of the highly-contagious waterborne illness in the past… Continue reading
Oct 27 Tsunami, Volcano Kill at Least 300 in Indonesia; Storms Hit Midwest, South Volunteers search for victims after Mount Merapi erupted near Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images. A thick layer of dust coated villages on the Indonesian island of Java after Mount Merapi began spewing lava and ash on Tuesday. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch Chilean Miners’ Rescue Presented Massive Engineering, Drilling Hurdle Three separate drilling plans were created to save the 33 Chilean miners trapped in the San Jose mine. Margaret Warner talks to one Americans who helped orchestrate the rescue. Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch Nova Documentary Examines Science Behind Chilean Miners’ Rescue In a documentary airing on most PBS stations, "Nova" captured the gripping story of the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months and explores the science used to rescue them. Continue watching
Oct 26 Afghanistan: Election Fraud, Karzai’s Controversial Comments By Larisa Epatko The level of fraud in Afghanistan's parliamentary election last month, where nearly a quarter of the ballots were discredited, was about equal to last year's presidential contest -- the difference is in how it's being handled, according to the U.S. Continue reading
Oct 26 ‘Windpocalypse’ Bears Down on Illinois A large storm system is tearing through the Midwest, delaying flights at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and drawing dire nicknames like "Chiclone" and "windpocalypse" and comparisons to a hurricane. This satellite image from NOAA shows the size of… Continue reading
Oct 26 Tsunami Kills 113 in Indonesia; Former Aide to Hussein Sentenced to Hang Updated 10:36 a.m. ET The AP reports that the death toll from a tsunami in western Indonesia has risen to at least 113 people. The new figure comes from the country's health ministry crisis center. Posted 10:20 a.m. ET At… Continue reading