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New landslip buries 100 rescue workers
A massive landslide buried up to 100 people who were trying to dig out a bus caught in deep mud, killing at least 22 people with dozens more feared dead, as torrential rains battered Guatemala.
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Torrential rains kill 18 in Guatemala
Sunday, 5 September 2010
At least 18 people were killed in Guatemala yesterday, including a dozen on a bus that was buried in a landslide, as heavy rains lashed the Central American nation and southern Mexico.
Gulf spill well 'no longer a threat'
Sunday, 5 September 2010
The ruptured well which pumped almost five million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico has been secured and no longer constitutes a threat, it has been confirmed.
9/11: Nine years on...
Sunday, 5 September 2010
Deena Burnett remembers the call from her husband on Flight 93. The plane crashed, with no survivors, but the passengers' calmness under extraordinary pressure prevented a greater tragedy
Let us drill – or we may not have cash to pay Gulf claims
Saturday, 4 September 2010
BP appeals to Congress as it considers banning firm from exploring US waters
Castro's return to full uniform sparks rumours
Saturday, 4 September 2010
Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.
25 cartel gunmen killed in army raid
Saturday, 4 September 2010
Soldiers have killed at least 25 suspected members of a drug cartel in a clash near the US-Mexican border.
Democrats face loss of both House and Senate
Friday, 3 September 2010
Rupert Cornwell: Polls predict the Republicans are on track to do better than previously forecast
Familiar themes dominate first day of peace talks
Friday, 3 September 2010
Rupert Cornwell: Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, yesterday opened the first face-to-face Middle East peace talks in two years by demanding an end to Jewish settlements in the West Bank
New rig explosion raises spectre of second Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Friday, 3 September 2010
A mile-long oil sheen has spread from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill.
As Sarah Palin's star rises, critics expose her dark side
Friday, 3 September 2010
Guy Adams: In public she is the family woman in touch with ordinary Americans. But two new accounts allege that in private she's a two faced, mean-spirited bully
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