Philippines searches for hundreds missing, typhoon kills 500

Philippines searches for hundreds missing, typhoon kills 500

Philippines searches for hundreds missing, typhoon kills 500

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 01:06 AM PST

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines (Reuters) - Rescuers searched for more than 450 people still missing in the southern Philippines on Sunday after flash floods and landslides swept houses into rivers and out to sea, killing more than 500 people in areas ill-prepared to cope with deadly storms.

Insight - Testing the limits of freedom in new Myanmar

Posted: 18 Dec 2011 12:26 AM PST

MAYINGYI, Myanmar (Reuters) - Tun Aung knew there were plans for his village to be moved to make way for a multi-billion dollar industrial zone and deep-sea port, but the whole thing was hard to imagine.

Israel due to free 550 Palestinians in Shalit swap

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 11:25 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel plans to release 550 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday in the second stage of a deal with Hamas that brought home soldier Gilad Shalit after five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip.

Hundreds of migrants missing off Indonesia as boat sinks

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 10:55 PM PST

TRENGGALEK, Indonesia (Reuters) - At least 217 people are missing, and possibly scores more, after an overcrowded boat packed with illegal immigrants heading for Australia sank in heavy seas off the coast of east Java in Indonesia, authorities said on Sunday.

Russian drilling rig sinks off Sakhalin, 51 missing

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 10:48 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - An oil drilling rig with 67 crew on board capsized and sank off the Russian Far East island of Sakhalin when it ran into a storm while being towed, and 51 of the crew were unaccounted for, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday.

Russian floating oil rig has sunk - agencies

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 10:28 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - An oil drilling platform that capsized off Russia's Far Eastern island of Sakhalin has sunk And most of the 67 crew are unaccounted for, an Emergencies Ministry official was quoted by news agencies as saying.

Last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 10:02 PM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty.

Russian drilling rig capsizes, 2 dead, many missing

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 09:49 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A floating oil drilling platform with 67 crew on board capsized off the Russian Far East island of Sakhalin when it ran into a storm while being towed, and at least two of the crew died, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday.

Nearly nine years on, U.S. withdraws from Iraq

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 09:40 PM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending their withdrawal after nearly nine years of war and military intervention that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives.

Liv Tyler for Givenchy: Rock and perfume will collide

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 11:24 PM PST

The world of rock and perfume will fuse when Liv Tyler makes her singing debut for Givenchy.

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'Dr. Watson is no dufus': Robert Downey Jr. on new film

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 10:13 PM PST

(Britain, London-AFP) - The leading actors from the Sherlock Holmes film sequel "A Game of Shadows" explain how they've interpreted the famous duo, Holmes and Watson, for modern times. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.

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Nearly nine years on, US withdraws from Iraq

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 09:56 PM PST

BAGHDAD, Dec 18 — The last convoy of US soldiers pulled out of Iraq today, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. The war launched in March 2003 with missiles striking Baghdad to oust dictator Saddam Hussein closes with a ...

Nearly nine years on, U.S. withdraws from Iraq

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 08:55 PM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq Sunday, ending their withdrawal after nearly nine years of war and military intervention that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives.

Philippines searches for missing after typhoon kills hundreds

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 08:52 PM PST

By Erik De Castro CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines (Reuters) - Rescuers searched for more than 100 people still missing in the southern Philippines Sunday after flash floods and landslides swept houses into rivers and out to sea, killing almost 500 people in areas ill-prepared to cope with deadly storms.

Troops, protesters clash in Cairo for third day

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 08:30 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Military police battled demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square Sunday, the third day of clashes that have killed 10 people and injured hundreds, casting a shadow over the first free election most Egyptians can remember.

Hundreds of migrants missing off Indonesia as boat sinks

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 08:24 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - At least 217 people were missing, and possibly scores more, after an overcrowded boat packed with illegal immigrants heading for Australia sank in heavy seas overnight off the coast of east Java in Indonesia, authorities said on Sunday.

Insight - Testing the limits of freedom in new Burma

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 08:19 PM PST

MAYINGYI VILLAGE, Myanmar (Reuters) - Tun Aung knew there were plans for his village to be moved to make way for a multi-billion dollar industrial zone and deep-sea port, but the whole thing was hard to imagine.

Hundreds of migrants missing off Indonesia as boat sinks

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 07:16 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - At least 217 people were missing, and possibly scores more, after an overcrowded boat packed with illegal immigrants heading for Australia sank in heavy seas overnight off the coast of east Java in Indonesia, authorities said on Sunday.

Warring Yemen forces quit Sanaa, two troops die in south

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 08:19 PM PST

SANAA, Dec 18 — Forces loyal to outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his opponents withdrew from their positions in the capital Sanaa yesterday, witnesses and officials said, in a further sign a peace deal signed last month was being implemented. In southern Yemen, two government soldiers were killed in a clash with Islamist militants, ...

More than 50 ‘Occupy’ protesters arrested in New York

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 06:03 PM PST

NEW YORK, Dec 18 — More than 50 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested yesterday after they tried to climb over a chain-link fence around a church parking lot in a bid to establish a new encampment. The demonstrators had used a wooden ladder to scale a chain-link fence into the lot owned by Trinity Church, an Occupy Wall Street spokesman ...

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