A plane carrying a senior political leader and others made an emergency landing at the airport in Stuttgart, Germany on Monday, an airline spokeswoman said.
Plane makes emergency landing in Germany
Tag Archives: emergency
Thousands displaced after heavy rains strike Brazil
Treacherous storm conditions have plagued southern Brazilian states for nearly a week, causing flooding and landslides and displacing thousands of people, a senior official told CNN Saturday. In Santa Catarina, the severe weather started Monday, with a tornado with estimated winds reaching 200 km/h (125 mph) striking the western part of the state, said Santa Catarina Civil Defense Secretary Marcio Luiz Alves
Medics suspended for playing ‘lying down game’
Seven emergency medics in England have been suspended from work for playing an Internet game that involves being photographed lying down in unusual places.
Scores killed in multiple Iraq bombings
At least 20 civilians were killed and 20 others wounded in a suicide bombing Thursday in northern Iraq, an Interior Ministry official said. Bosses at a hospital in Swindon, western England, were angered after photographs of the doctors and nurses lying face down on resuscitation trolleys, ward floors and an air ambulance helipad were posted on social networking site Facebook.
Taiwan premier quits over typhoon response
Taiwan’s premier resigned over criticism of the government’s response to Typhoon Morakot, which slammed into the island last month.
Georgia slayings 911 call: ‘My whole family’s dead’
In an anguished 911 call, a Georgia man told dispatchers he arrived home to find "my whole family’s dead." “I just got home,” a man identified as Guy Heinze Jr.
Australian state minister goes hiking, goes missing
Rescue crews will resume their search Tuesday for an Australian state minister who went missing while hiking alone on a rugged, icy mountain. Tim Holding, the water and tourism minister for the southeastern state of Victoria, was last heard from on Saturday. He had gone to hike to the summit of Mount Feathertop, Victoria’s second-highest peak.
The Battle in Uganda Over Female Condoms
On the surface, it seems like a fine idea; reproductive rights groups certainly think so.
Taiwan death toll ‘higher than feared’
A typhoon that struck Taiwan and China earlier this month killed more people in Taiwan than previous estimates, the government announced. At least 376 people are now known to have died when Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan, Taiwan’s Central Emergency Operation Center said Tuesday. At least 254 people are still missing, and at least 46 people were injured.
Hurricane spares Bermuda; heads for New England
Hurricane Bill skipped Bermuda and set its sights on the Massachusetts coast Saturday morning, with forecasters warning people from New England to Newfoundland to be on alert. The storm is expected to pass off the coast of New England late Saturday or Saturday night and approach Nova Scotia on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said.