45 Chinese coalminers freed after cave-in that killed eight
Rescue workers haul men to safety, digging 500-metre rescue tunnel into mineshaft hit by 'rock burst' explosion
Forty-five Chinese coalminers trapped by a cave-in have been rescued, ending a 36-hour ordeal. Eight other miners were killed when a "rock burst" ripped through a mineshaft in the city of Samenxia in Henan province, central China.
After Thursday's cave-in at least 200 workers dug a small rescue tunnel about 500 metres deep to reach the trapped miners, the People's Daily newspaper said. The first seven were pulled out alive on Friday.
On Saturday state broadcaster CCTV showed rescuers with helmets and oxygen tanks carrying the workers out of the mineshaft to ambulances.
Once civil war was the big threat. But as elections loom, a new scourge is centre stage
The text message, translated from its original Spanish, begins with a cheery salutation. "Pay attention, or I will fuck you up, along with your entire family." After several hair-raising paragraphs, it ends with a polite sign-off: "Kindest regards, Z contra el mundo."
Manners are everything when you're writing a good death threat. And this particular specimen, sent not long ago to a human rights activist campaigning against organised crime in Coban, a town just over four hours' drive north of Guatemala City, is a real doozy.
Pollution, neglect and too much love killing once idyllic Himalayan lake
Ben Doherty
November 5, 2011
Through the dawn mist, Dal Lake is beautiful.
As the first shafts of sunlight break over the Himalayan foothills that hug the lake's perimeter, the still waters are slowly brought alive by the silent ferrying of the shikaras back and forth across the lake.
But as the golden glow of early morning gives way to the harsher light of day, the true state of Kashmir's famous lake becomes apparent.
''Dal Lake is dying,'' the Herald's shikara driver says, as he pilots the narrow, low-slung boat through the back channels of the lake.
''People put everything into the lake, all their rubbish, they build toilets on the side of the lake, and the sewage goes in. The pollution is much worse now and we worry about the water.''
Suicide bombers hit military headquarters in Nigeria
KANO, NIGERIA - Nov 05 2011 07:24
Another one of the bombs went off outside the offices of the state intelligence agency, a military spokesperson in the city said.
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the city headquarters of the Joint Task Force (JTF), the military unit deployed to curb violence in Maiduguri, he said.
JTF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Mohammed said the attackers driving in a black SUV failed to enter the complex because of tightened security.
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the city headquarters of the Joint Task Force (JTF), the military unit deployed to curb violence in Maiduguri, he said.
JTF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Mohammed said the attackers driving in a black SUV failed to enter the complex because of tightened security.
Time to turn outrage over bank fees toward entire financial industry
Bank of America's now-scuttled $5-a-month debit card fee was peanuts compared with the management and marketing fees that many mutual fund investors are paying.
Market Beat
Popular outrage forced Bank of America Corp. to drop the idea of a $5-a-month debit card fee.
Now imagine what that outrage could achieve if it were let loose across the financial industry
How many mutual funds, if faced with that kind of people-power backlash, could justify the management and marketing fees they're charging investors?
How many banks would find their deposits running out the door if savers really took the time to shop around for the best rates?
Popular outrage forced Bank of America Corp. to drop the idea of a $5-a-month debit card fee.
Now imagine what that outrage could achieve if it were let loose across the financial industry
How many mutual funds, if faced with that kind of people-power backlash, could justify the management and marketing fees they're charging investors?
How many banks would find their deposits running out the door if savers really took the time to shop around for the best rates?
FARC leader Alfonso Cano killed in military raid
Colombian rebel dies in combat after his camp is bombed, authorities say
msnbc.com news services
BOGOTA, Colombia — The top leader of Colombia's main rebel group, the bookish ideologue Alfonso Cano, was killed Friday in combat hours after his nearby camp was bombed, authorities said.
The death was a major victory for President Juan Manuel Santos and comes just over a year after the military killed the rebels' field marshal. It is anything but a fatal blow, however, to the nearly half-century-old peasant-based Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
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