Eight people drowned and one was missing after a small boat carrying illegal immigrants from Afghanistan hits rocks in the eastern Aegean Sea on Tuesday morning, a spokesman for the Greek coast guard said. Calls from CNN to the nightclub were not immediately returned.
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Hurricane Rick roars across eastern North Pacific
Hurricane Rick became the second strongest hurricane in the eastern North Pacific Ocean in more than 10 years early Sunday, whipping up winds of 180 miles per hour.
Rape a weapon of war in Congo, activists say
Rape has turned into a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the number of attacks on women having grown threefold over the past few years, human rights activists said Friday.
Suspected Maoists launch attacks in India
Suspected Maoists blew up a railway track, a bridge and fired at a bus Monday in eastern India ahead of a planned crackdown by paramilitaries and police.
U.S. soldiers recount fierce Afghanistan battle on Facebook
The assault began at dawn, as bullets and rockets peppered the remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan. The insurgency was so fierce, according to one soldier, that the troops couldn’t get to their mortars to fire back
Prison inmates go Zen to deal with life behind bars
In his darkest moment, Kenneth Brown lost it all. His wife and kids, the housebroken dog, the vacation home on Cape Cod all vanished when he was sent to prison for an arson in 1996
Fallen soldiers remembered as devoted fathers, heroes
Stephan Mace of the Army’s 61st Cavalry Regiment knew the Taliban would be waiting for him when he returned to eastern Afghanistan in September.
Harsh Afghan outposts raise serious challenges for U.S.
Mountainous terrain and harsh weather in remote parts of Afghanistan have proven a deadly combination for the U.S.
Afghan insurgents pushed into U.S. base, official says
The battle Saturday in which eight U.S.
Bird-eating frog among 163 new species found in Mekong region
A frog that eats birds and a gecko with leopard stripes are among the 163 new species discovered last year in the Greater Mekong region of southeast Asia, according to a report by the World Wildlife Fund. The discovery of 100 new plants, 28 fish, 18 reptiles, 14 amphibians, two mammals and one bird species highlights the extent of the biodiversity in the region, said Barney Long, head of the WWF’s Asian Species Conservation program