Lebih 100 mayat ditemui di jalan raya

MAYAT DITEMUI: Para penduduk bergegas mengangkat mayat salah seorang mangsa Taufan Besar Haiyan yang mereka temui di bandar Coron di Palawan, sebuah wilayah bahagian tengah Filipina, semalam, sedang pihak tentera negara itu cuba menghulurkan bekalan dan menggiatkan lagi usaha menyelamat dan mencari mangsa. - Foto REUTERS

MANILA: Lebih 100 mayat ditemui bergelimpangan di jalan raya di sebuah bandar di Filipina akibat taufan Haiyan, kata pihak berkuasa semalam, sedang tentera cuba menyelamatkan penduduk di kawasan terjejas.

Taufan melanda, payung tiada guna

KESAN TAUFAN: Seorang lelaki tidak sempat mengelak terkena pukulan pecahan ombak di kawasan pantai bandar Hangzhou, wilayah Zhejiang, Sabtu lalu, akibat taufan Usagi. - Foto REUTERS

BEIJING: Taufan Usagi mengorbankan sekurang-kurangnya 25 orang setelah ia melanda kawasan selatan China.

Ia juga menyebabkan sistem pengangkutan rantau itu huru-hara dan puluhan ribu penumpang syarikat penerbangan terkandas di Hongkong semalam.

Empat maut bila kapal rempuh menara kawalan

REMUK: Sebahagian menara kawalan yang dirempuh kapal kargo Jolly Nero remuk sementara sebahagian lagi terbenam di dalam air. - Foto AP

ROME: Sekurang-kurangnya empat orang terbunuh setelah sebuah kapal kargo merempuh menara kawalan di sebuah pelabuhan Genoa, Italy, sehingga menyebabkan menara itu tumbang, semalam.

Dua letupan gegar Boston ketika maraton

PANIK: Keadaan menjadi huru-hara setelah dua letupan berlaku dekat garis penamat acara larian Maraton Boston, kelmarin. Dalam keadaan kelam kabut ada yang sempat menghulurkan bantuan kepada mereka yang cedera.- Foto AP

BOSTON (Massachusetts): Siasatan besar-besaran dilancarkan semalam setelah dua bom meletup semasa acara Maraton Boston, yang membunuh sekurang-kurangnya tiga orang dan mencederakan lebih 100 orang.

3 korban pesawat terhempas

FORT LAUDERDALE (Florida): Sebuah pesawat kecil terhempas di tempat meletak kereta dekat lapangan terbang South Florida petang kelmarin, membunuh tiga orang yang berada dalam pesawat itu dan menyebabkan lebih 10 kenderaan terbakar.

Ketua jabatan bomba, Encik John San Angelo, berkata pesawat jenis Piper Navajo, sebuah pesawat kecil dua enjin, mula mengalami kerosakan enjin sejurus berlepas daripada Lapangan Terbang Eksekutif Fort Lauderdale sekitar 4.30 petang kelmarin.

100 kenderaan terlibat dalam nahas lebuh raya di Jerman

WOELFERSHEIM (Jerman): Beberapa kereta dan trak remuk di lebuh raya A45, dekat Woelfersheim di bahagian tengah Jerman, kelmarin.

Ini akibat kemalangan dalam suasana salji tebal.

Kira-kira 100 kenderaan terlibat dalam kemalangan di lebuh raya tersebut, manakala beberapa orang cedera parah, kata laporan media setempat.

Jepun peringati ulang tahun kedua bencana gempa dan tsunami

TOKYO: Jepun semalam memperingati ulang tahun kedua bencana berganda - gempa bumi dan tsunami - yang melanda negara itu dan menyebabkan hampir 19,000 mati atau hilang.

Dalam upacara di Tokyo dan di bandar-bandar gersang sepanjang kawasan pantai timur laut negara itu, mereka yang berkumpul tunduk dan bertafakur seketika bagi menandakan detik 2.46 petang pada 11 Mac 2011 apabila gempa sekuat 9.0 pada Skala Richter - yang terkuat dalam sejarah Jepun - melanda negara itu.

Putrajaya’s show of military strength in Sabah to impress voters, Philippine daily suggests

By Ida Lim - KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — Putrajaya’s full show of military might on Tuesday against the Sulu militants in Sabah could be politically calculated to impress Malaysian voters ahead of Election 2013, a Manila-based paper has said.

In an editorial titled “Consequences”, the Philippine Daily Inquireryesterday noted that both the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and the federal opposition had attempted to outshine each other in pushing for tough action on the estimated 200-odd armed Filipinos that had intruded into Sabah’s east coast more than three weeks ago.

Floods paralyse Jakarta, triggering mass evacuation, killing at least 4

JAKARTA (AP) - Seasonal rains triggered massive flooding in Indonesia's capital on Thursday, killing at least four people, triggering the evacuation of at least 20,000 and paralysing much of the city.

Storm Bopha returns to Philippines, rain and floods expected

A resident covers his nose as he walks past typhoon Bopha's victims which are left unattended at New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines on Saturday Dec 8, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP

MANILA (AFP) - Heavy rain brought flooding fears in the north of the storm-battered Philippines as Typhoon Bopha returned on Sunday, days after slamming into the south of the country and leaving almost 1,400 dead or missing.

Philippines typhoon kills 325, hundreds missing

MANILA (AFP) - At least 325 people were killed and hundreds remain missing in the Philippines following the deadliest typhoon to hit the country this year, the civil defence chief said on Dec 6.

"We have 325 dead and this is expected to rise because many more are missing", civil defence chief Benito Ramos told a news conference.

He did not give a fresh total for the number of missing after Typhoon Bopha ravaged the southern island of Mindanao on Dec 4.

Ship sinks off Dutch coast, 4 dead, 7 crew missing

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Four crew members died and seven were missing in the icy waters of the North Sea, after a cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank off the Dutch coast on Wednesday night, rescuers said.

"We can confirm that four bodies have been found, along with 13 people rescued alive," said Coast Guard spokesman Marcel Oldenburger.

He said a massive air and sea rescue operation involving several helicopters, two navy patrol ships and even one of the ships involved in the collision would continue through the night in an effort to find the remaining seven sailors.

Another Coast Guard spokesman, Mr Peter Verburg, said in the early hours of Thursday that the search was carrying on even though "the chance of finding anyone alive now is virtually zero." "We are doing all we can, but time is overtaking us," he said.

Jurong shipyard accident "one of the worst'

The Jurong shipyard accident which left 89 workers injured is "one of the worst accidents" in Singapore, said Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Manpower Hawazi Daipi.

The Manpower Ministry, which has halted work at the rig, will conduct a thorough investigation. The incident is a reminder to employers that safety is of utmost importance, said Mr Hawazi who visited injured workers at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH).

About 90 injured, 1 in critical condition, when Jurong shipyard rig tilted

Singapore: About 90 workers were injured when a jackup rig at Jurong Shipyard tilted to one side on Monday.

Among them, 22 were seriously injured and one is still in a critical condition. The rest suffered minor injuries.

Shot fired at Obama campaign office: reports

A poster of campaign pins for US President Barack Obama. A shot was fired at a campaign office for President Barack Obama in the western US state of Colorado, shattering a window but injuring no one, police said. -- AFP

A shot was fired at a campaign office for President Barack Obama in the western US state of Colorado, shattering a window but injuring no one, police said.

Staff were in the office when the incident occurred mid-afternoon.

Hong Kong ferry carrying 120 passengers sink, at least 25 dead

Rescuers approach a partially-submerged boat after two vessels collided in Hong Kong Oct 1, 2012. A major rescue is underway in the waters near Yung Shue Wan on Hong Kong's Lamma island following a collision involving two vessels in the evening, government radio reported on Monday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

HONG KONG (AFP) - Twenty-five people were killed and dozens injured when two passenger boats collided and one sunk off Hong Kong on late Monday, officials said.

US mum sues over breast-feeding video-turned-porn

Ms Maryann Sahoury poses for a photo at her home in Wood Ridge, NJ on Thursday, Aug 9, 2012. Ms Sahoury is suing a production company after an instructional breast-feeding video she appeared in was taken by a third party and used to create pornography. -- PHOTO: AP

FAIR LAWN, New Jersey (AP) - A United States (US) woman is suing after the breast-feeding instructional video she made with her month-old daughter was combined with pornographic footage and posted online.

Sackings spark call to boycott Malaysia orchestra

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - An international musicians' group has called for a global boycott of recruitment by the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO), saying the symphony sacked nine members without cause.

The Paris-based International Federation of Musicians (IFM) posted on its website a strongly-worded attack on the sackings, in a rare note of discord in the usually genteel world of symphony music.

Clinton regrets 'wasted tomatoes' in Egypt protest

JERUSALEM (REUTERS) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday she was 'not offended' by protesters in Egypt who pelted her motorcade with tomatoes, calling the demonstrations a sign of greater freedom and anxiety, and mainly regretting what she saw as wasted food.

Japan's Suzuki recalls over 100,000 Swifts worldwide

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Suzuki Motor said on Monday it will recall about 109,000 Swift subcompact cars worldwide, half of them in Japan, to repair a defect that may cause petrol leakage.

The cars were produced between September 2010 and last month with 55,146 of them shipped to the domestic market and 53,801 others exported outside the country, including Australia, Mexico, and Europe, a company spokesman said.