2010年8月8日星期日

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Mudslides devastate China town, killing 127 (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 07:48 AM PDT

Reuters - Mudslides engulfed a town in northwest China on Sunday, killing at least 127 people and leaving nearly 1,300 residents missing as rescue teams dug out crushed homes and tried to blast away debris clogging a river.

Pakistan navy boats travel far to reach flood victims (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:15 AM PDT

A washed out bridge can be seen as damage from the flooding, captured from the back of a U.S. Army Chinook helicopter, on the way to deliver humanitarian assistance in  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in this photo taken on August 4, 2010 and released on August 7.  REUTERS/Staff Sgt. Horace Murray/U.S. Army/HandoutReuters - Pakistani navy boats travelled along kilometres of flood waters on Sunday to rescue people stranded in a disaster that has angered many over the government's response.


Heavy rain hampers flood relief in Ladakh (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 07:42 PM PDT

Kashmir's Chief Minister Omar Abdullah inspects damage after flash floods in Leh, 443 km (275 miles) east of Srinagar August 6, 2010. Heavy rainfall was hampering rescue and relief efforts in Ladakh on Saturday, the army said, after flash floods killed at least 113 people. REUTERS/Javeed AhmadReuters - Heavy rainfall was hampering rescue and relief efforts in Ladakh on Saturday, the army said, after flash floods killed at least 113 people.


Naomi Campbell stones are diamonds - S.Africa police (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 03:16 AM PDT

A frame grab shows British supermodel Naomi Campbell testifying at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor at the U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam August 5, 2010.  REUTERS/Special Court for Sierra LeoneReuters - Uncut stones received by British supermodel Naomi Campbell after a 1997 charity dinner with South Africa's then-President Nelson Mandela are real diamonds, police said on Sunday.


Pakistanis desperate to escape flood areas (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 07:32 PM PDT

A recent undated image of flooding in northwest Pakistan released by Merlin NGO August 6, 2010. REUTERS/Merlin/HandoutReuters - Pakistanis desperate to get out of flooded villages threw themselves at helicopters on Saturday as more heavy rain was expected to intensify both suffering and anger with the government.


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