Olga survivors complain of late warning
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Survivors of a devastating flood lashed out at authorities Thursday for not warning that a dam's floodgates were being opened during Tropical Storm Olga, unleashing a deadly wall of water that killed as many as 20 people.
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OJIYA, Japan  - Some 100,000 weary survivors of  Japan's deadliest earthquake in a decade bedded down for a  third night in makeshift shelters or slept outside as a series  of strong aftershocks raised fears of another big tremor.
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RUDA SLASKA, Poland  - Rescue workers planned to resume efforts early on Thursday to reach 15 miners trapped underground in a Polish coal mine, but local media said it may be too late to save them.
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Russian minister repeats retaliation warning.
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A technical glitch with a docking system of a Russian spaceship might postpone the next crew&#39;s launch to the International Space Station by five to 10 days, media
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OJIYA, Japan  - Rescuers who saved a toddler  buried for four days by Japan's deadliest earthquake in a  decade were unable perform a second miracle for his sister on  Thursday, as close to 100,000 people remained in makeshift  shelters.
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killed up to 600 people in a part of the northern Philippines due to be hit by a typhoon in just over 24 hours. forced to carry supplies on foot after roads were cut off and bad weather grounded rescue helicopters.
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Six foreign medics reprieved from a death sentence in Libya after an eight-year ordeal over the infection of hundreds of children with HIV-tainted blood were facing an anxious wait on Wednesday as the world called on Tripoli to send them home.
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STOCKHOLM  - Half a world away from the havoc of the tidal waves in Asia, Scandinavians desperate for information about loved ones gone missing while on holiday scoured the Internet for news amid reports that thousands of them may have perished.
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The death toll from Typhoon Xangsane in the Philippines and Vietnam has neared 250 with dozens more still missing, as officials warned flash floods and landslides could still claim more lives.
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Crew members may have to abandon the international space station late this year if astronauts can&#39;t fix already weeks-old oxygen supply problems, a NASA official said Friday.
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An advocacy group criticized the Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday for sometimes taking six months or more to notify the public about dangerous products, and complained that it took some companies nearly three years to report hazards to the agency.
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Â· 26Â· Official says 57 seen last week presumed drowned
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Britons who reported people missing in Asia, but have since heard they are alive are urged to contact the authorities.
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MOSCOW -- Russian news agencies report that the launch of the next International Space Station crew may be delayed by up to 10 days.
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Huge waves and freezing rain hampered efforts Friday to search for six missing crew members from a wrecked freighter that was spilling its oil into the Bering Sea, threatening a remote and ecologically fragile wildlife refuge in the Aleutian Islands.
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By Martin Flanagan  PRESSURE from Russian authorities has started threatening the timetable of the Shell-led Sakhalin-2 project, its operator said yesterday, amid concerns it may fail to supply Asia and the United States in 2008.