http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/12842-search-rescue-efforts.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/12842-search-rescue-efforts.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2101100-funds-needed-okla-tornado-recovery.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Top lawmakers and officials said Tuesday that the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma. The government has more than $11 billion in its main disaster relief fund. Recovery costs in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore are expected to be a relat... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:57:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2101100-funds-needed-okla-tornado-recovery.html 2013-05-21T21:57:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2081618-turkey-missing-fighter-jet-crashed.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials said Monday that a missing fighter jet crashed and its fuselage and debris have been found in a mountainous area close to the border with Syria. Celalettin Cerrah, the governor for Osmaniye province, said that rescue teams were still searching for its pilot who radioed that he was ejecting before contact was lost. T... Mon, 13 May 2013 18:19:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2081618-turkey-missing-fighter-jet-crashed.html 2013-05-13T18:19:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076006-finding-woman-alive-lifts-bangladesh-rescuers.html SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Even amid the euphoria over finding a woman alive in the rubble of a garment factory that collapsed more than two weeks ago, rescuers on Saturday returned to the grim task of dismantling the wreckage and retrieving decomposing bodies, knowing there was little chance of finding any more survivors. The death toll from Bangladesh's w... Sat, 11 May 2013 11:58:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076006-finding-woman-alive-lifts-bangladesh-rescuers.html 2013-05-11T11:58:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2077918-icy-arctic-rising-economic-security-hot-spot.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The icy Arctic is emerging as a global economic hot spot — and one that is becoming a security concern for the U.S. as world powers jockey to tap its vast energy resources and stake out unclaimed territories. Diplomats from eight Arctic nations, including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, will meet next week over how to protect the tha... Fri, 10 May 2013 22:46:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2077918-icy-arctic-rising-economic-security-hot-spot.html 2013-05-10T22:46:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076296-search-ends-2-australians-lost-cruise-ship.html SYDNEY (AP) — Two Australians plunged off a cruise ship into the ocean despite higher-than-required railings to prevent accidental falls, the cruise company said Friday as authorities called off the search for the couple missing for two days. Surveillance video showed the couple going over the railing about the same time with a brief pause between them, N... Fri, 10 May 2013 14:06:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076296-search-ends-2-australians-lost-cruise-ship.html 2013-05-10T14:06:08Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2073218-bangladesh-factory-collapse-death-toll-hits-1034.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from a fresh fire at a sweater manufacturer showed the entanglement of the industry and top Bangladeshi officials. Officials said 1,034 bodies have been recov... Fri, 10 May 2013 04:40:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2073218-bangladesh-factory-collapse-death-toll-hits-1034.html 2013-05-10T04:40:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2074072-lithuania-lawmaker-wanted-questions-missing.html VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanian authorities have formally launched a search for a lawmaker wanted for questioning in relation to a deadly pedophilia scandal that has riveted the nation for the past three years. Neringa Venckiene, who was recently stripped of her legal immunity by fellow parliamentarians, has not been publicly seen in recent days. The... Thu, 09 May 2013 14:51:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2074072-lithuania-lawmaker-wanted-questions-missing.html 2013-05-09T14:51:26Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2070032-7-dead-2-missing-ship-crashes-genoa.html ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors placed the captain of the Jolly Nero cargo ship under investigation Wednesday for alleged manslaughter after his vessel slammed into the dock at Genoa's busy port and toppled the control tower into the harbor, killing at least seven people. As rescue teams in diving suits searched for two other missing people, officials beg... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:33:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2070032-7-dead-2-missing-ship-crashes-genoa.html 2013-05-08T21:33:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2070350-bangladesh-garment-disaster-death-toll-reaches-761.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The death toll from a collapsed building housing five garment factories rose to 761 on Wednesday as authorities started disbursing salary and other benefits to the survivors in the country's deadliest industrial disaster. According to a control room at the scene, rescue workers recovered more bodies out of the wreckage of the eigh... Wed, 08 May 2013 04:36:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2070350-bangladesh-garment-disaster-death-toll-reaches-761.html 2013-05-08T04:36:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2069174-22-dead-gas-tanker-explosion-mexico-city.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — A natural gas tanker truck lost control, hit a center divider and exploded on a highway lined by homes in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec early Tuesday, killing at least 22 people and injuring nearly three dozen, authorities said. Officials at the Citizen Safety Department of Mexico State, which surrounds the capital, did not rule ou... Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2069174-22-dead-gas-tanker-explosion-mexico-city.html 2013-05-08T04:00:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2068042-2-bodies-amid-search-5-french-malta.html VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Authorities recovered two bodies Tuesday during a search for five French yachters who went missing off the Mediterranean island, the Maltese government said. The tourists — two men, two women and a 15-year-old boy — had anchored their yacht, El Pirata, off the village of Dwejra on Sunday. They left on their 4-meter (12-foot) tender ... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:45:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2068042-2-bodies-amid-search-5-french-malta.html 2013-05-07T20:45:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2067838-bangladesh-garment-accident-death-toll-passes-700.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Hundreds of survivors of last month's collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh protested for compensation Tuesday, as the death toll from the country's worst-ever industrial disaster passed 700. The police control room overseeing the recovery operation said the death toll stood at 705 on Tuesday afternoon as ... Tue, 07 May 2013 08:29:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2067838-bangladesh-garment-accident-death-toll-passes-700.html 2013-05-07T08:29:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2060596-us-military-plane-carrying-3-crashes-kyrgyzstan.html CHALDOVAR, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — An American military refueling plane carrying three crew members crashed Friday in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the Central Asian nation where the U.S. operates an air base key to the war in Afghanistan. There was no word on the fate of the KC-135 crew as darkness fell and the search for them was suspended for the night... Fri, 03 May 2013 18:44:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2060596-us-military-plane-carrying-3-crashes-kyrgyzstan.html 2013-05-03T18:44:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2061040-authorities-comb-woods-bomb-suspects-college.html DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts (AP) — Federal, state and local authorities are searching the woods near the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth campus as part of their investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing. Christina DiIorio-Sterling, a spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, says the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is taki... Fri, 03 May 2013 15:32:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2061040-authorities-comb-woods-bomb-suspects-college.html 2013-05-03T15:32:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2058144-bittersweet-missing-bangladesh-collapse.html JURAIN, Bangladesh (AP) — As Farida knelt beside the linen-wrapped body and looked at the dress that she herself had purchased, her sobs of sorrow turned to tears of painful relief. She called her husband to speak the words she had been praying for during her week of searching: "I got her. I got her." Just moments before, she had stopped workers from plac... Fri, 03 May 2013 03:26:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2058144-bittersweet-missing-bangladesh-collapse.html 2013-05-03T03:26:07Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2057942-430-dead-bangladesh-building-collapse.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Rescuers found more bodies in the concrete debris of a collapsed garment factory building Thursday and authorities say it may take another five days to clear the rubble. In addition to the 430 confirmed dead, police report another 149 people are still missing in what has become the worst disaster for Bangladesh's $20 billion-a-yea... Thu, 02 May 2013 07:34:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2057942-430-dead-bangladesh-building-collapse.html 2013-05-02T07:34:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2055016-search-suspended-british-man-pacific-ocean.html HONOLULU (AP) — Rescue crews have stopped searching for a British man who fell overboard from a troubled sailboat in the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Coast Guard says the search for Luke Stimson was suspended Tuesday, pending any new developments. The Coast Guard previously said the man's last name is Stinson, but that was incorrect. Over three days, the Coast... Wed, 01 May 2013 01:28:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2055016-search-suspended-british-man-pacific-ocean.html 2013-05-01T01:28:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2053510-bangladeshis-turn-rescuers-building-collapse.html SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — The heat in the rubble was sweltering. It closed in on his body like the darkness around him, making it hard to breathe. Working by the faint glow of a flashlight, he slithered through the broken concrete and spotted a beautiful young woman, her crushed arm pinned beneath a pillar. She was dying, and the only way to get her out was to amputate. ... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:52:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2053510-bangladeshis-turn-rescuers-building-collapse.html 2013-04-30T23:52:08Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2047188-st-lucia-police-detail-rescue-boat-sinking.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A boat captain and his first mate swam through dangerous waters for nearly a day before they were rescued after a sinking that was also survived by their two U.S. passengers, authorities in St. Lucia said on Friday. Marine Police Sgt. Finley Leonce told The Associated Press that the captain and first mate were rescued on Monda... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:12:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2047188-st-lucia-police-detail-rescue-boat-sinking.html 2013-04-26T17:12:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2043308-toll-bangladesh-building-collapse-climbs-to-275.html SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — "Save us, brother. I beg you, brother," Mohammad Altab moaned to the rescuers who could not help him. He was pinned between slabs of concrete in the ruins of the garment factory building where he worked. "I want to live," he pleaded, his eyes glistening with tears as he spoke of his two young children. "It's so painful here." Alta... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:02:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2043308-toll-bangladesh-building-collapse-climbs-to-275.html 2013-04-26T03:02:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2040808-149-die-cry-help-bangladesh-collapse.html SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Workers trapped in the wreckage of a collapsed factory building in Bangladesh cried out for help Thursday, as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of a disaster that killed at least 149 people and reignited questions about the often lethal conditions in the country's garment industry. Army Brig. Gen. Mohammed Siddiqul Alam Shikde... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:58:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2040808-149-die-cry-help-bangladesh-collapse.html 2013-04-25T04:58:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2032940-china-rushes-relief-sichuan-quake-kills-180.html YA'AN, China (AP) — Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Sunday after an earthquake left at least 180 people dead and more than 11,000 injured and prompted frightened survivors to spend a night in cars, tents and makeshift shelters. The earthquake Saturday morning triggered landslides that c... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:57:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2032940-china-rushes-relief-sichuan-quake-kills-180.html 2013-04-21T04:57:26Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2028474-family-24-hour-delay-to-report-us-pilot-missing.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The family of a U.S. missionary pilot who has disappeared off the coast of West Africa says aviation officials waited nearly 24 hours to start searching for his missing plane. But the lead investigator on Sao Tome island says the coast guard was alerted after it was dark. The family of Jerry Krause, a missionary from Waseca, Minnesota,... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:17:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2028474-family-24-hour-delay-to-report-us-pilot-missing.html 2013-04-18T20:17:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2022690-quake-hits-iran-pakistan-dozens-killed.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An earthquake toppled homes and shops on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border Tuesday, killing dozens of people and causing skyscrapers to sway in Dubai. It also forced Iranian officials — for the second time in less than a week — to issue assurances that its main nuclear reactor wasn't damaged. At least 34 people were killed in a si... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:37:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2022690-quake-hits-iran-pakistan-dozens-killed.html 2013-04-16T19:37:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2005112-iraq-forces-iranian-plane-bound-syria-to-land.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities forced an Iranian plane to land on Monday so it could be searched for weapons bound for Syrian regime fighters, but they found only humanitarian aid and medical supplies, officials said. Also Monday, a series of five bombs targeted security forces across Iraq, killing five and wounding more than a dozen other people, offic... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:01:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2005112-iraq-forces-iranian-plane-bound-syria-to-land.html 2013-04-08T14:01:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1999842-death-toll-hits-72-india-building-collapse.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — The death toll in the collapse of a residential building being constructed illegally in India's financial capital rose to 72 Saturday amid diminishing hopes of finding any survivors alive, police said. Another 70 people were injured when the eight-story building on forest land in the Mumbai suburb of Thane caved in into a mound of ste... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 05:46:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1999842-death-toll-hits-72-india-building-collapse.html 2013-04-06T05:46:26Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1990308-death-toll-tanzania-building-collapse-up-to-30.html ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — The death toll from a building that collapsed in Tanzania's largest city rose to 30 early Monday, according to a government agency statement. Rescue workers have given up hope of finding more survivors after the 16-story building in Dar es Salaam collapsed Friday morning, killing an unknown number of people. Dar es Salaam officia... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:29:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1990308-death-toll-tanzania-building-collapse-up-to-30.html 2013-04-01T10:29:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1986692-latvia-rescues-220-people-stranded-ice-floes.html RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Latvia's rescue service says it has rescued more than 220 people who became stranded on large ice floes in two separate places in the Gulf of Riga. State Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman Viktorija Sembele says boats, ships and helicopters were mobilized in the rescue operation after large sections of ice broke away from the shore an... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:38:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1986692-latvia-rescues-220-people-stranded-ice-floes.html 2013-03-29T14:38:57Z