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Muammar Gadhafi is surrounded within a radius of 60 km and the Libyan rebels said yesterday, adding that it is only a matter of time before the former Libyan leader is captured. Anis Sharif, a spokesman for the new military council of Tripoli, said that Gadhafi is still in Libya...

The fire continues to spread in Austin, Texas, it has wiped out nearly 1,400 homes and left two dead. 5,000 people have been evacuated since the fire has destroyed 1368 homes in Bastrop County. According to weather forecasts, tropical storm “Nate” will arrive to the...

A plane crash in Russia resulted in 36 dead and one wounded. The Yak-42 jet, carrying the local team of ice hockey team Lokomotiv (Yaroslavl) on board, fell to the ground while taking off in Western Russia on Wednesday, officials said. The plane crashed shortly after leaving the...

“Fukushima’s Heroes,” men and women who worked in the nuclear emergency caused by the tsunami that hit Japan last March 11, received today the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord 2011 for their “courageous and exemplary behavior.” The jury praised...

The death toll after typhoon “Talas” in Japan has risen to 42 while totaling 55 missing. Efforts to get emergency supplies to thousands of people held incommunicado continue. In Nara and Wakayama, the most affected provinces, there is still danger of further...

Talas typhoon shook Japan killing at least 31 dead and 50 missing, officials said. The cyclone, which came by the Pacific, hit the coast of Japan on Saturday and brought torrential rains that caused overflowing rivers, floods and landslides that destroyed several buildings....

600 people are part of the tracking team that is working to find the bodies of 17 victims of the plane crash in the Archipelago of Juan Fernandez and the wreckage of the Air Force CASA 212. Tactical and rescue divers groups will be deployed to begin a review of a seabed portion...

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez today called the BRIC countries (Brazil, India, China and Russia) and Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) to launch a “counterattack” to “barbarism” of international operations against the regime of...

The third trial of former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, 83, began Monday in Cairo. Mubarak arrived at the courthouse in an ambulance because he has heart problems and depression. The statements of witnesses would determine the president’s responsibility in the deaths of...

Today the President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera decreed two days of national mourning (Monday and Tuesday) to express solidarity with the families of the 21 people who lost their lives in the plane crash that happened on Friday in Archipelago of Juan Fernandez. “We are...