Sounds of life revive effort to unearth Philippines school
In Guinsaugon Leyte Island rescue teams pressed a grim dig through over 20 feet of mud three days after a massive landslide. US Marines and teams from Malaysia Taiwan and Spain searched with sound equipment seismic detectors and dogs as 84 bodies were recovered and hope faded for survivors.
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Haiti electoral council chief flees after threats and arson
Jacques Bernard, three months in office, left Haiti amid threats to his life and a burned farmhouse as disputes over the February 7 elections persisted. Michel Brunache said Bernard may have traveled to Miami and sought more security after complaints over vote tallies that favored former President Rene Preval.
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Health officials seek human bird flu cases in India
Health officials went door to door Monday around Navapur searching for people sickened by the dead ly bird flu strain. Inspectors checked homes and private poultry kept on farms to ensure proper disposal of birds as a 27-year old poultry farm owner died of bird flu like symptoms and eight others hospitalized were tested with results due later this week.
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Rescue crews press on as 65 miners remain trapped in Mexican mine
Ventilation and oxygen efforts continue 35 hours into the Pasta de Conchos disaster near San Juan de Sabinas Coahuila as relatives plead for information and officials say survivors are possible though unlikely. Rescue teams advance 400 yards while avoiding explosives amid gas hazards.
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Irving Jailed in Austria for Denying Holocaust
British historian David Irving was sentenced to three years in an Austrian prison after admitting to denying the Holocaust. He pleaded guilty and later said he regretted some claims, insisting he relied on primary sources and that new information led him to rethink. The case sparked debate over freedom of speech in Europe.
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