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diver swept away by currents tells of relief when washed onto island

A Launceston scuba diver swept away by currents has told how he cried with relief when he finally reached land. Lee Quarrell spent about five hours drifting at sea after being swept away from his dive boat and deckhand near Waterhouse Island, ... >> view original

Malaysian police begin exhuming bodies at jungle camps

BUKIT WANG BURMA, Malaysia Malaysian police forensic teams, digging with hoes and shovels, began the grim task on Tuesday of exhuming the bodies of dozens of suspected victims of human traffickers found buried around jungle camps near the Thai ... >> view original

Brazil: Prison riot leaves eight dead

Inmates at a Brazilian prison who had been holding at least 70 people hostage have finally released them after negotiating with police. The standoff followed a riot between rival gangs in Feira de Santana jail in the northeast of the country.. Eight people were ... >> view original

Heat wave claims 600 lives in India

(CNN) More than 600 people have lost their lives in the past week in a sustained and severe heat wave in India. The worst-off areas are the southeastern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in southern India, where state authorities say more than 400 ... >> view original

Tunisian soldier kills 7 in barracks rampage

Tunisian Defence Ministry's spokesman Belhassen Oueslati speaks to journalists during a press conference on May 25, 2015 in Tunis after a soldier opened fire at his colleagues. Print. TUNIS - A Tunisian soldier the authorities say had psychological ... >> view original

India rescues children from traffickers exploiting Nepal earthquake aftermath

A child lines up with her mother in a temporary shelter during food distribution at Tundikhel in Kathmandu, Nepal. After the earthquake campaigners warned that girls and young women were vulnerable to human traffickers. Photograph: Hemanta Shrestha/ ... >> view original

Worst fear realized: John Nash's mentally ill son is now alone

John and Alicia Nash (main) were always worried about their mentally ill son, Johnny, alone. Photo: Main: FilmMagic; inset: G.N. Miller. The wife of famed math genius John Nash Jr. recently worried that she and her Nobel Prize-winning husband might ... >> view original

London's cabbies are taking on Uber, and TfL in high stakes fight for capital's ...

Last summer Whitehall was shutdown as black cab drivers protested against Uber. More action from drivers is planned for today. Transport for London's (TfL) headquarters will be the scene of a protest by black cab drivers today. The action is a demonstration ... >> view original

Mexico hit by tornado, floods leaving 13 dead

Mexico City: A tornado ripped into a town in northern Mexico, killing at least 13 people and flattening hundreds of homes in a deadly six-second blast of carnage. The savage twister roared through the Mexican border town of Ciudad Acuna at dawn on ... >> view original

Trial of 'Washington Post' reporter in Tehran to be closed, family says

Jason Rezaian, the Post's Tehran bureau chief, has been in Tehran's Evin prison since his arrest in July. Jason Rezaian. (photo credit:TWITTER). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. The trial in Iran of jailed Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian will be ... >> view original