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Man guns down family in Slovakian rampage

ABC Australia - World Lead | Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:10 EST
A gunman has killed six members of a single family and then shot himself when cornered by policemen in the Slovak capital Bratislava, the country's police chief said. More

Former cricket chief calls for Pakistan ban

CBC Lead Headline | Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:00 EST
Allegations of a match-fixing scandal involving Pakistan has the country's future tours in doubt, led to a call by a former International Cricket Council chief for a team ban and renewed suspicions over a Test match it played in Australia in January. more

India BlackBerry ban averted

CBC Lead Headline | Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:31 EST
A ban that would have seen Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices banned in India has been averted, and the company has been given 60 days to finalize a security fix more

U.S. consumer spending bounces back

CBC Lead Headline | Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:31 EST
A jump in demand for automobiles helped push U.S. consumer spending to its highest level in four months in July, rising 0.4 per cent. more

Indonesian volcano eruption forces people to flee

CBC Lead Headline | Mon Aug 30, 2010 09:30 EST
An Indonesian volcano that has been dormant for hundreds of years erupted for a second straight day, forcing thousands of people out of their homes. more

Clemens to be arraigned in D.C.

CBC Lead Headline | Mon Aug 30, 2010 09:10 EST
Seven-time Cy Young Award Roger Clemens winner is scheduled to be arraigned in the U.S. capital on a six-count indictment alleging he lied to Congress when he said he never used steroids or human growth hormone. more

Slovakia shooting leaves 6 dead: report

CBC Lead Headline | Mon Aug 30, 2010 09:00 EST
A gunman has killed six people and wounded 14 others in Bratislava, the Slovak news agency reports. more

Trapped Chilean miners in new video

CBC Lead Headline | Mon Aug 30, 2010 08:10 EST
A new video of 33 men trapped in a mine under Chile's Atacama Desert shows them sending greetings to their families, talking about how they are doing better since receiving food. more

Hong Kong police probe Manila hostage killing

CBC Lead Headline | Mon Aug 30, 2010 07:00 EST
Hong Kong forensic experts on Monday inspected the bullet-peppered bus in which a hijacker killed eight tourists in Manila last week, as the Philippines tried to calm China's outrage over the bloodshed. more

Pakistani city fights to hold back floods

CBC Lead Headline | Mon Aug 30, 2010 06:00 EST
People are streaming back to Thatta, a historic city in southern Pakistan, where officials hope new levees hastily built from clay and stone will hold back water that inundated much of the country. more

Flood spares Pakistan city as waters recede

ABC Australia - World Lead | Mon Aug 30, 2010 05:40 EST
A torrent of water threatening to deluge a major town in flood-hit Pakistan has begun to recede, officials said, as emergency workers plugged a breach in defences against the swollen Indus River. More

Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean

CBC Lead Headline | Mon Aug 30, 2010 05:20 EST
Hurricane Earl lashed the northern Leeward Islands with heavy rain and strong winds Monday after strengthening into a Category 2 storm. more

9 die in Russian nursing home fire

CBC Lead Headline | Mon Aug 30, 2010 02:00 EST
Russian officials say nine elderly people have died in a nursing home blaze that may have been started by a resident setting himself on fire. more

Earl may strengthen to hurricane in Caribbean

CBC Lead Headline | Mon Aug 30, 2010 00:20 EST
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Earl has strengthened into a Category 2 storm and getting stronger as it moves near the northern Leeward islands. more

Trapped miners speak to families

ABC Australia - World Lead | Sun Aug 29, 2010 21:40 EST
Chile's 33 trapped miners have spoke for the first time with their loved ones, reassuring each other in brief conversations by radio-telephone after 24 days underground. More

Pakistan gets $1B aid pledge from Muslim nations

CBC Lead Headline | Sun Aug 29, 2010 18:40 EST
Muslim countries, organizations and individuals have pledged nearly $1 billion US in cash and relief supplies to help Pakistan respond to devastating floods. more

Chile mine rescuers weigh alternative plan

CBC Lead Headline | Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:50 EST
Officials in Chile are working on an alternative plan to speed the rescue of 33 miners trapped underground since Aug. 5. more

Obama to commemorate Katrina anniversary

CBC Lead Headline | Sun Aug 29, 2010 09:00 EST
The U.S. is marking the five-year anniversay of one of the worst storms in the country's history, Hurricane Katrina, which killed more than 1,800 people in the Gulf states. more

Sumatra volcano erupts

CBC Lead Headline | Sun Aug 29, 2010 08:40 EST
About 10,000 people have fled their homes in western Indonesia, where a volcano has erupted for the first time in 400 years. more

Red alert issued as Indonesian volcano erupts

ABC Australia - World Lead | Sun Aug 29, 2010 05:20 EST
Indonesia has issued a red alert after the Sinabung volcano on the island of Sumatra erupted, spewing smoke and ash 1,500 metres into the air and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people. More


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