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Ambulance

Rock slide in Cairo shantytown kills 24

Massive boulders crashed down on a shantytown on the outskirts of Cairo Saturday, killing at least 24 people and burying many more under tons of rubble, Egyptian authorities said.

Cloud Lightning

Growing Ike nears Turks and Caicos, south Bahamas

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos - A strengthening Hurricane Ike loomed over this low-lying island chain Saturday as a dangerous Category 4 storm, prompting thousands of people to evacuate while those staying behind hunkered down and hoped for the best.

Cloud Lightning

Hanna rakes Carolinas with rain, wind, some floods

RALEIGH, N.C. - Tropical Storm Hanna blew hard and dumped rain in eastern North Carolina and Virginia Saturday, but caused little damage beyond isolated flooding and power outages as it quickly headed north toward New England.

Bell

Minor earthquake rattles San Francisco Bay area

A light earthquake has rattled the San Francisco Bay area.

The U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary report put the quake at a 4.0 magnitude.

The temblor hit just after 9 p.m. and could be felt throughout the region.

There were no immediate reports of damage.

Alarm Clock

Mysterious dolphin die-off worries scientists

Since mid-May, 46 bottlenose dolphins have stranded themselves and died on beaches throughout the Indian River Lagoon, alarming scientists who say that's six more dolphins than they usually find in an entire year.

Three of the dead dolphins have been found in Mosquito Lagoon, on the southern end of Volusia County.

Bizarro Earth

4.6 earthquake shakes Baja area

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake has struck the Baja area at the California/Mexico line, according to preliminary information from the United States Geological Survey.

Bizarro Earth

Earthquake hits NW Pakistan, tremors in Kashmir

An earthquake of medium intensity measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted North West Afghanistan on Friday. The tremors were felt in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), where people went into a tizzy and rushed outside their houses.

Cloud Lightning

Speedy Tropical Storm Hanna charges for Carolinas

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Tropical Storm Hanna picked up speed Friday as it cruised toward the Carolinas, promising to deliver gusty winds and heavy rain during a dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could wash out the weekend for millions of people.

Cloud Lightning

Haitian leader warns of 'extraordinary catastrophe'

PORT-AU-PRINCE - Hurricane Ike strengthened rapidly into a major Category 3 hurricane in the open Atlantic yesterday and Tropical Storm Hanna intensified as it swirled over the Bahamas toward the southeast U.S. Coast.

Syringe

Asian elephant cured in rehab of heroin addiction

Beijing - An Asian elephant that became addicted to heroin at the hands of illegal traders will return home after a three-year rehab program, Chinese state media said Thursday.

Xiguang, a 4-year-old male Asian elephant, became addicted after he was captured by smugglers along the Chinese-Myanmar border in March 2005. The traders fed the elephant bananas laced with heroin as bait and to pacify the creature, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

When Xiguang was found two months later along with six other captured elephants in China's southwest, he was suffering from withdrawal and was sent to a protection center in China's tropical Hainan island.