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Powerful earthquake rocks southern Taiwan

Taiwan Hit By Earthquake

Powerful earthquake rocks southern Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan – A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Taiwan on Thursday, causing widespread damage and disrupting communications around the island.

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Withesses: "Many deaths and injuries" caused by Haiti earthquake

Haiti Earthquake Update

Withesses: "Many deaths and injuries" caused by Haiti earthquake

By Joseph Guyler Delva

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A major earthquake hit impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, toppling buildings in the capital Port-au-Prince, burying residents in rubble and causing many deaths and injuries, w

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Bear shot after injuring 9 at tourist spot in Japan

Japan

Bear shot after injuring 9 at tourist spot in Japan

TOKYO — A bear injured nine people at highway rest stop in central Japan before being shot dead in a souvenir shop, a firefighter said Sunday.

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Bomb blast in Croatia injures two tourists

Croatia

Bomb blast in Croatia injures two tourists

SIBENIK, Croatia - Croatian police said three people were injured, two of them tourists, when a bomb exploded on the waterfront in the central Adriatic port town of Sibenik.

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DC Metro trains collide: 6 dead, dozens injuried

Washington, DC

DC Metro trains collide: 6 dead, dozens injuried

WASHINGTON – One Metro transit train smashed into the rear of another at the height of the capital city's Monday evening rush hour, killing at least six people and injuring scores of others as cars

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Chinese tourists in another US bus crash

Philadelphia

Chinese tourists in another US bus crash

By xinhuanet.com

Another tourist group from Shanghai has been involved in a bus accident in the United States, just days after six Chinese tourists were killed in a bus crash in Arizona.

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Continental flight veers off Denver runway, injures dozens

Continental

Continental flight veers off Denver runway, injures dozens

By latimes.com

A Continental Airlines flight carrying 112 people veered off a runway at Denver International Airport as it attempted to take off Saturday evening, catching fire as passengers escaped down emergency s

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16 French tourists injured in coach accident in Morocco

Morocco

16 French tourists injured in coach accident in Morocco

By xinhuanet.com

RABAT - Sixteen French tourists were injured, including five seriously, when a tourist coach overturned Monday in the highway connecting the capital, Rabat to the central city of Fez (200 km east of R

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Venice's new £4m Grand Canal bridge injures tourists

Italy

Venice's new £4m Grand Canal bridge injures tourists

By telegraph.co.uk

The 10 tourists were treated after tripping on the steps on the 94-metre long Constitution Bridge, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, which opened on September 11.

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Earthquake shakes Southern California

California Earthquake

Earthquake shakes Southern California

By ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES - A strong earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway and triggering some precautionary evacuations. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

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