France calls off search for 4 climbers
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France has called off its search for four French mountain climbers missing in the Nepalese Himalayas, the defense ministry said Tuesday.
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Authorities will stop actively searching for missing U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett but will keep air crews on standby to fly to possible crash sites, a spokesman for Nevada's public safety department said on Wednesday.
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A visit to France by Iraq&#39;s interim president was called off yesterday amid unease between Paris and Baghdad. As France remained cautiously optimistic about the release of two kidnapped
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Spain has called off the two-day search for some 50 African migrants whose crowded boat capsized in rough seas off the Canary Islands, officials said Saturday.
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Environmental groups said Tuesday they have abandoned a four-year legal effort to block construction of one of the world&#39;s largest cement plants.
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Rescuers called off their search Friday after pulling 32 bodies from a Mexican passenger bus buried when a rain-soaked mountainside gave way.
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Rescuers are  winding down their hunt for  Steve Fossett two weeks after his plane vanished over Nevada.
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Tour de France winner Floyd Landis will not take part in this year's race so he can concentrate on fighting doping charges on one front rather than two.
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The Astana team has been banned from the 2008 Tour de France because of antidoping violations in 2006 and 2007.
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Millis police said the search will now be scaled back with investigators concentrating on specific leads. Hundreds of volunteers -- including dive crews -- have been searching the last few days for Andrew Grant, 15.
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The 2008 Dakar Rally is cancelled following the murder of four French tourists in Mauritania.
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France is to withdraw its 200-strong special forces from Afghanistan, all of its ground troops engaged in the U.S anti-terror operation there, authorities announced Sunday.
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The risk of a volcanic explosion or related landslide on Mount St. Helens has prompted the mountain&#39;s managers to keep climbers off the 8,363-foot peak and close some hiking trails while scientists assess the danger.
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The search for two missing climbers on Oregon's highest peak continues as the body of a third climber was brought down the mountain, authorities say.
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This year's staging of annual race from Lisbon to Dakar called off due to security fears in Mauritania
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MINNEAPOLIS -- A North Pole expedition meant to bring attention to global warming was called off after one of the explorers got frostbite.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22 -- The Utah coal mine where three rescuers were killed and six men remained trapped will cease operations when the flagging effort to locate the missing is finally called off, mine operator Robert E. Murray said Wednesday. The statement by the combative chief executive of Mur...