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Law and crime Mexican marines kill 4 gunmen who tried to steal the body of Angel Enrique Uscanga, a drug boss, in Gulf coast state of Veracruz. (Fox News) (AP via The Guardian) Politics and election U.S. President Barack Obama puts pressure on Republicans to accept a deal aimed at avoiding a tax and spending "fiscal cliff", as the end-of-year deadline looms. (BBC) (Reuters) U.S. Secretary of ...
Disasters and accidents A tour bus hits a bridge at Miami International Airport, United States, killing at least two people and injuring many more. (NBC News) (BBC) (The Miami Herald) [permanent dead link ] At least 8 people are killed and 36 injured when a passenger bus overturns on the highway between the cities of Sucre and Potosí in southern Bolivia. (RIA Novosti) International ...
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Disasters and accidents A section of the Sasago Tunnel in Japan collapses trapping 30 vehicles; at least 9 people are dead. (BBC) (Sky News) (CBC News) 16 miners are trapped underground after a coal mine was flooded in northeast China's Heilongjiang province. (RIA Novosti) The Philippines warns citizens about Typhoon Bopha expected to make landfall on Tuesday, December 4. (AP via Mercury News ...
Disasters At least 26 miners are killed and 21 still missing after Wednesday's blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, China. (Reuters) (Bloomberg Businessweek) At least 229 people die in a cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone, the worst outbreak in the country for 15 years. (The Telegraph) International relations Iran and Egypt describe each other as ...
Environment and health Tent cabins in Yosemite National Park, U.S., are closed after officials notify 3,100 recent visitors of an outbreak of Hantavirus. (Los Angeles Times) A nuclear reactor in Belgium shows up to 0.3 m-depth signs of erosion weakening the 1.2 m outer reinforced concrete mantle, three times deeper than previously reported. The owner and the nuclear regulator deny any risk ...
It appears to be a new trend for taking criticism or praise. Teachers from a California high school read aloud tweets about themselves, purportedly written by students. "Good Morning America ...
Business and economics The Walt Disney Company purchases Lucasfilm Ltd. from George Lucas for US$4.05 billion. Included in the deal are the rights to the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. (Associated Press) Disasters Aid workers and the United Nations raise concerns about rising food prices and increased cholera in Haiti, where Hurricane Sandy has killed at least 52 people. (Al Jazeera ...