Rescuers hoped to get inside with U.S. assistance requested by the Philippine Red Cross. Typhoon Fengshen has killed at least 163 people across the sprawling archipelago, setting off landslides and floods, and knocking out electricity.
CHILE'S CHAITEN VOLCANO BACK IN ACTION
The eruption of southern Chile's Chaitén Volcano intensified on Friday, inflicting a new round of damage on nearby communities and slowing government-led relief efforts. Local officials said that volcanic activity could be at one of its highest levels since Chaitén began erupting more than one month ago.
“Even though the volcano has remained active since its initial explosion, today we can definitely said that the situation has worsened,” said Chilean Defense Minister José Goñi.
California Firefighters Battle Hundreds of Blazes
Hundreds of wildfires sparked by lightning flared Sunday across the heart of wine country and remote forests in Northern California, the latest batch of destructive blazes in the bone-dry state.
One had spread across nearly 6 square miles by early Sunday after starting the previous afternoon in Napa County and quickly moving into a mostly rural area of Solano County.The fire threatened more than 100 buildings as it fed on grassy woodland about 40 miles southwest of Sacramento, said Roger Archey, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
Say, that's odd: Cat killed in Missouri identified as leopard
NEOSHO, Mo. - Missouri state biologists said Sunday that a big, black cat killed by a sheriff's deputy has been identified as a leopard.
James Dixon of the Missouri Department of Conservation said the animal was identified by the St. Louis Zoo.
The AP seems determined to fuel the crazy.
Is everything spinning out of control?
Can-do, bootstrap approach embedded in American psyche is under assault
Global weirding is not going to assault the American psyche. You know what will? The we're-too-pathetic-to-accomplish-anything-on-our-own-we-need-the-government-to-save-us approach pushed on us by a leftist media, including the AP.
Freak not out over a world gone mad, mis amigos! The One who hung the world in place is the One who told us these things would happen. Trust in Him, and not your own understanding. Acknowledge Him, and He'll direct your paths.
Magnitude 3.7 - PAKISTAN
Magnitude 5.7 - KURIL ISLANDS
Magnitude 5.9 - NORTHEASTERN SAKHA, RUSSIA
Magnitude 5.9 quake hits Northeastern Sakha, Russia
Army crisis as 10,000 troops are unfit to fight
More than ten thousand British soldiers are unfit for frontline duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, The Telegraph has learnt.
Senior officers fear that the cumulative effect of "tour fatigue" – the pressure of supplying troops to combat zones continuously for over five years – is beginning to take its toll on the Army.
One in 10 soldiers are now classified as unfit for operations, a higher proportion than at any time since the start of the Iraq war in 2003.
Female suicide bomber in Iraq kills 15, wounds 40
A female suicide bomber concealing explosives beneath her black robe struck outside a government complex northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 40, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
It was the 21st suicide mission carried out by a woman in Iraq this year, the U.S. military said, as al-Qaida and other Sunni militant groups try to regroup from major losses suffered at the hands of U.S. and Iraqi forces.
Israel 'will attack Iran' before new US president sworn in, John Bolton predicts
John Bolton, the former American ambassador to the United Nations, has predicted that Israel could attack Iran after the November presidential election but before George W Bush's successor is sworn in.
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Israel, however, still had a determination to prevent a nuclear Iran, he argued. The "optimal window" for strikes would be between the November 4 election and the inauguration on January 20, 2009.
"The Israelis have one eye on the calendar because of the pace at which the Iranians are proceeding both to develop their nuclear weapons capability and to do things like increase their defences by buying new Russian anti-aircraft systems and further harden the nuclear installations .
"They're also obviously looking at the American election calendar. My judgement is they would not want to do anything before our election because there's no telling what impact it could have on the election."
Bolton goes on to suggest Israel would hold off in the event Obama wins. I disagree; I think anyone can see that Obama isn't going to stand with Israel no matter what she does, and she's going to have to handle threats herself.
Minister: Saudi Arabia Can Increase Oil Production
Saudi Arabia is willing to produce more oil if customers need it, the kingdom's oil minister said Sunday without citing any specific output increase.
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, has been under intense pressure from the U.S. and other oil consumers to increase its crude output to help slow the soaring price of oil.
The kingdom already announced modest increases and said it would pump 9.7 million barrels a day beginning in July. But those increases have not done much to stem the skyrocketing price of oil, which closed near $135 a barrel on Friday.
*Sigh.* Our "friends" the Saudis have us over a barrel (so to speak.) More money to fund their madrassas. I suspect the prices will have to come back down a bit--even they know better than to piss off Joe Bluecollar American in an election year.
UN atomic inspectors begin Syria mission
U.N. nuclear sleuths looking into allegations that Syria is hiding secret atomic activities expressed hope Sunday that a fact-gathering trip to Damascus will be the start of a thorough investigation.
The International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors face a daunting task. Syrian officials are expected to place strict limits on where they go and what they see during their three-day visit.
No, really?
Sarkozy urges Israel to share sovereignty over Jerusalem
The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy told Israel today to share sovereignty over Jerusalem with the Palestinians and to stop building settlements in the occupied territories.
#*(%. Jerusalem belongs to Israel. Period.
Tsvangirai seeks refuge at Dutch Embassy
Opposition leader flees after raid on party headquarters
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's opposition leader took refuge in the Dutch Embassy after pulling out of the presidential runoff, and dozens of his supporters were hustled away by police in a raid on party headquarters Monday.
Western powers outraged at the turmoil began pushing Monday for the U.N. Security Council to condemn the violence and insist on a fair presidential election. They expected opposition from Zimbabwe's two biggest trading partners, South Africa and China.
Yeah, I'm sure the UN is really going to make it stop. *eyeroll*
Children fed 'silly pills,' forced to perform sex shows
Dad takes police to remains of son, daughter
Arkansas Man Arrested for Kidnapping, Beating Mother Over Death of Pet Skunk
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