disasters
Catastrophic destruction from floods in Balkans, landmines swept away
May 21, 2014Floodwaters triggered more than 3,000 landslides across the Balkans, laying waste to entire towns and villages and disturbing land mines leftover from the region's 1990s war.
Read more
California wildfires blaze on, striking hard and early
May 16, 2014A heat wave and tinder-dry brush have created a dynamic, dangerous situation with the most menacing brushfires in nearly two decades.
Read more
The Lakota vow to die rather than let the KXL pipeline pass
May 15, 2014The native nations of the Dakotas have already seen the deadly effects of the "pipelines of death" on the native communities of western Canada.
Read more
Mine disasters in W.Va., Turkey tied to corporate negligence
May 15, 2014Two mineworkers were killed late Monday after being trapped in a collapse in a coal mine in Wharton, W.Va., operated by the Patriot Coal Company.
Read more
Ukrainian rightists burn alive 39 at Odessa union building
May 5, 2014Some 1,000 Ukrainian rightists surrounded, stormed, and burned the House of Trade Unions in Odessa last Friday, killing 39 pro-Russia demonstrators in the building.
Read more