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Hurricane Odile thrashes Mexico beach resorts
Hurricane Odile knocked down trees and power lines in Mexico\'s Baja California peninsula on Monday as thousands of tourists took ...As many as 700 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean
More than 700 people fleeing Africa and the Middle East may have drowned in the latest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, ...About 100 rescued from sunken Philippine ferry
Rescuers saved about 100 people overnight and recovered two bodies from a ferry that sank in rough seas after encountering ...Ebola spread is exponential in Liberia, thousands of cases expected soon: WHO
The Ebola virus is spreading fast in Liberia, where many thousands of new cases are expected over the coming three ...Malaysia receives bodies from Flight 17 crash
The bodies and ashes of 20 Malaysians killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine in July have arrived ...Gaza truce collapses, fighting erupts, Israel orders negotiators home
A ceasefire in the Gaza Strip collapsed on Tuesday, with Palestinian militants firing dozens of rockets at Israel and Israel launching air ...Nepal, India monsoon rains kill scores
Torrential rains have triggered flash floods and landslides that have resulted in more than 75 deaths in India and Nepal, over the ...West Africa struggles to deal with Ebola outbreak
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa claimed a fourth victim in Nigeria on Thursday while the United States ordered the evacuation of ...Brazil presidential candidate Campos killed in plane crash
Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday, throwing the October election and local financial markets into ...Passenger plane crashes in Iran, at least 38 dead
An Iranian passenger plane crashed Sunday moments after takeoff from Tehran, killing at least 38 on board and narrowly avoiding many more ...