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Georgia creeks and rivers, swollen by days of rain, burst their banks Monday, and at least four people were killed in the flooding, officials said. At least four others were thought to be missing, said Wes Tallon, spokesman for fire and emergency management services in Douglas County, west of Atlanta.
Treacherous storm conditions have plagued southern Brazilian states for nearly a week, causing flooding and landslides and displacing thousands of people, a senior official told CNN Saturday. In Santa Catarina, the severe weather started Monday, with a tornado with estimated winds reaching 200 km/h (125 mph) striking the western part of the state, said Santa Catarina Civil Defense Secretary Marcio Luiz Alves
Kim Clijsters has advanced to the women’s singles final of the U.S.
Death row inmates in Japan spend decades in isolation and face inhuman conditions that can lead to mental illness, Amnesty International said Thursday. Some who have exhausted their legal options are not told they will be put to death until the last minute, the human rights group said.
A fire north of Los Angeles is 42 percent contained and is moving east in the San Gabriel Wilderness area, a U.S.
Rescue crews will resume their search Tuesday for an Australian state minister who went missing while hiking alone on a rugged, icy mountain. Tim Holding, the water and tourism minister for the southeastern state of Victoria, was last heard from on Saturday. He had gone to hike to the summit of Mount Feathertop, Victoria’s second-highest peak.
As swine flu continues to infect people around the world, governments are weighing measures like school closures and travel restrictions to dampen its effects. But no country has gone as far as China, where thousands of people who have come into contact with the disease have been quarantined. Beijing says that such aggressive steps will help slow the H1N1 pandemic, which has killed 816 people worldwide since emerging this spring in Mexico.
North Korea test-fired what appeared to be two short-range missiles off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported. Bahia Bakari, 13, arrived at Paris’ Le Bourget airport early on Thursday morning on a French government plane and was met by her father. She is reported to have been transferred to an unnamed hospital suffering from shock and a broken collar bone.
Defending champion Tiger Woods carded a one-under-par second round 69 to make the cut for the last two rounds of the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, but he goes into the final 36 holes a whopping 11 shots off the pace
American Ricky Barnes leads the field after the second round of the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, after carding a five-under-par 65 for a 132 (-8) total — a 36-hole record for the tournament. The former U.S.