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Heavy damage at quake epicentre Stuff.co.nz Houses and farms near the epicentre of today's earthquake in rural Canterbury have suffered massive damage, but the sparsely populated area is believed to have escaped serious injuries or fatalities. The 7.1 magnitude quake 30km west of Christchurch ... See all stories on this topic »

BP replaces failed blowout preventer on Gulf well Reuters By Kristen Hays HOUSTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L)(BP.N) successfully replaced a failed blowout preventer from atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well late on Friday, the top US official overseeing the spill response said. ... See all stories on this topic »

Death toll rises to 65 in attack on Pakistanis The Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan — The death toll from a Pakistani Taliban suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically wounded people died in hospitals, police said Saturday. About 150 people were wounded and some remained ... See all stories on this topic »

New Zealand skydiving plane crashes; 9 die NDTV.com AP, Updated: September 04, 2010 14:21 IST Wellington: Nine people were killed after a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company burst into flames and crashed today near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, police said. ... See all stories on this topic »

Ahmadinejad says Mideast peace talks 'doomed' AFP TEHRAN — Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a pro-Palestinian rally on Friday that revived Middle East peace talks are "doomed" to fail, as Islamist militiamen stopped one of his arch rivals from attending the annual march. ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Nine injured in wildfires in Russia's Volgograd region still in hospital RIA Novosti MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - A total of nine people injured in wildfires in Russia's Volgograd Region remain hospitalized, with another 19 receiving ambulatory treatment, a local emergency ministry department said in a statement on Saturday. ... See all stories on this topic »

Economy just treading water Washington Post By Neil Irwin It's not a recession, and it's not much of a recovery. Instead, the US economy is treading water. In a mixed portrait of the labor market, government data released Friday showed that the unemployment rate rose to 9.6 percent, ... See all stories on this topic »

Ring of steel for Tony Blair as he begins publicity trail for memoirs Daily Mail By Neil Michael An unprecedented security operation swung into action yesterday with the arrival of Tony Blair in Dublin. The former British prime minister is believed to have flown into the country in a private jet, courtesy of Harper Collins ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Another monster traffic jam hits China The Hindu PTI AP File photograph of a jammed section of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou highway in Huailai, in north China's Hebei province in August. The massive traffic jam stretched for miles and left struckers stuck for 10 days. The current jam on the Beijing-Tibet ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

'A prolonged disaster' Montreal Gazette By MARK IYPE, Postmedia News September 4, 2010 12:00 AM A month after torrential rains caused rivers to overflow and flood Pakistan's fertile valleys, scattering millions of people and creating one of the largest humanitarian crises in decades, ... See all stories on this topic »

Digest Washington Post A girl is lowered onto a gurney in Montauk on the eastern end of Long Island, NY She was injured by a log that a large wave propelled toward her as she watched the Atlantic Ocean ahead of Hurricane Earl. The hurricane has lost some of its punch but can ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Post

Andes Crash Survivors Support Trapped Miners Sky News A group of former rugby players who survived more than two months of isolation in the Andes after their plane crashed are in Chile to support 33 miners trapped underground. Ramon Sabella, Pedro Alcorta, Jose Inciarte and Gustavo Servino were among 16 ... See all stories on this topic » Sky News

US soldier dies in southern Afghanistan AFP KABUL — A US soldier in southern Afghanistan has died after an insurgent attack in the most volatile part of the country, NATO said Saturday. The attack was on Friday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement. ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Trapped Chileans' gags not for minors The Sun By EMILY NASH MESSAGES sent to the surface by Chile's trapped miners include a "dirty joke of the day", it emerged yesterday. A government minister blushed when shown one of the gags and he was too embarrassed to read it out. ... See all stories on this topic » The Sun

Was Harry cruel or just playing a pukka chukka? Mirror.co.uk Prince Harry is being investigated for alleged cruelty after his pony was left with this bloody gash during a polo match, apparently from his spurs. The sport's governing body, the Hurlingham Polo Association, has launched an inquiry. ... See all stories on this topic »

Kan, Ozawa give campaign speeches to public in Tokyo Xinhua TOKYO, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his election challenger Ichiro Ozawa on Saturday delivered campaign speeches in Tokyo to seek support from public. Kan reiterated that he wanted to rebuild Japan's politics so that "every ... See all stories on this topic » Xinhua

13 dead in blast in Pakistan's Quetta Sify At least 13 people were killed in a powerful explosion that ripped through a procession taken out by the Shia community in Pakistan's Quetta city Friday, media reports said. The blast took place near Meezan Chowk in Quetta, capital of Balochistan ... See all stories on this topic »

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