Emergency Services
Los Angeles drills response to 7.8 quake
Mar 21, 2013 21:02 EDT
Emergency teams staged a mock operation to respond to a catastrophic 7.8-magnitude quake in Los Angeles, saying the West Coast megalopolis needs to be ready for an "overdue" Big One.
Poet climber ascends US embassy in Paris
Mar 21, 2013 13:49 EDT
A self-styled "poet climber" on Thursday managed to sidestep security, climb on to a roof adjacent to the US embassy building in Paris and spend two hours there before being helped down by fire fighters.
At least 30 die in boat capsize off Gabon
Mar 21, 2013 11:20 EDT
At least 30 people died when their boat capsized off the Gabonese capital Libreville, AFP journalists and rescue workers said Thursday, the latest disaster off the west African coast.
At least 30 die in boat capsize off Gabon: AFP
Mar 21, 2013 11:12 EDT
At least 30 people died when their boat capsized off the Gabonese capital Libreville, AFP journalists and rescue workers said Thursday, the latest disaster off the west African coast.
29 survivors so far in Nigeria boat sinking
Mar 21, 2013 08:41 EDT
Twenty-nine people, including two who survived by clinging to a cooking gas cylinder, have been rescued after a boat capsized off Nigeria last week with an estimated 128 people on board, an emergency official said on Thursday.
Woman and pet dogs die after car plunges into river
Mar 21, 2013 03:46 EDT
Rescue workers recovered the bodies of a 76-year-old woman and her two pet dogs after the car they were in plunged into a river at a ferry station in southeast Cornwall, a report said.
Woman woman, pet dogs die after car plunges into river
Mar 21, 2013 02:38 EDT
Rescue workers recovered the bodies of a 76-year-old woman and her two pet dogs after the car they were in plunged into a river at a ferry station in southeast Cornwall, a report said.
Two survivors in Nigeria boat sinking from 128 on board
Mar 20, 2013 12:54 EDT
Only two survivors have been found so far after a boat capsized off Nigeria with an estimated 128 people on board, emergency officials said on Wednesday.
17 Palestinian pilgrims killed in Jordan road accident
Mar 16, 2013 15:59 EDT
Seventeen Palestinians were killed on Saturday in a road accident in Jordan as they were heading home to Jenin from a pilgrimage in Mecca, the governor of the West Bank town said.
Fire destroys 600 shacks in S.African wine town
Mar 15, 2013 08:16 EDT
Two people died and 600 shacks were destroyed in South Africa's winelands after a fire ripped through a shantytown, a fire services official said Friday.
Tunisia to vote on new govt after man self-immolates
Mar 12, 2013 15:40 EDT
Parliament was preparing on Tuesday to vote on a new government to pull Tunisia out of its long-running political crisis, after an impoverished street vendor set himself alight in desperation over his plight.
Poverty-stricken vendor sets self on fire in Tunis
Mar 12, 2013 08:37 EDT
A poverty-stricken cigarette vendor set himself on fire in the centre of Tunis on Tuesday, suffering extensive burns but not endangering his life, witnesses and medics said.
Man sets himself on fire in Tunis
Mar 12, 2013 04:37 EDT
A man set himself on fire Tuesday in central Tunis, an AFP reporter witnessed, hours before the country's lawmakers were to vote on a new government tasked with pulling Tunisia out of a deep political crisis.
Cyclist Jalabert injured in crash
Mar 11, 2013 13:48 EDT
Former cycling champion Laurent Jalabert suffered serious injuries on Monday when he was struck by a car while on his bike in Montauban, according to emergency services at the scene and a source close to the investigation.
Champion cyclist Jalabert injured in crash
Mar 11, 2013 11:03 EDT
Former cycling champion Laurent Jalabert suffered serious injuries on Monday when he was struck by a car while on his bike in Montauban, according to emergency services at the scene and a source close to the investigation.
Lion kills worker at US cat sanctuary
Mar 06, 2013 18:51 EST
An African lion attacked and killed a worker at a Californian cat sanctuary Wednesday, emergency officials quoted by local media said.
Security HQ in flames as 6 dead in Egypt's Port Said
Mar 04, 2013 15:23 EST
The main security building in Egypt's Port Said was set ablaze on Monday as fighting which cost six lives erupted anew between police and protesters in the restive Suez Canal city, an AFP correspondent said.
Search called off after US man swallowed by sinkhole
Mar 03, 2013 01:11 EST
Rescue workers announced they have halted their search for the body of a man whose bedroom was swallowed up by a sinkhole in a Florida town.
Search called off after US man swallowed by sinkhole
Mar 02, 2013 21:46 EST
Rescue workers announced they have halted their search for the body of a man whose bedroom was swallowed up by a sinkhole in a Florida town.
Blaze in illegal Kolkata market kills 19
Feb 27, 2013 07:35 EST
A fire swept through a six-storey building housing illegal shops in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata in the early hours of Wednesday, killing 19 workers sleeping in the building, local officials said.
