The U.S. Navy could hand over seven suspected pirates held aboard a U.S. ship to Kenyan authorities for prosecution as early as this week, according to U.S.
U.S. close to handing pirate suspects to Kenya
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NASA satellite crashes minutes after launch
A NASA satellite crashed back to Earth about three minutes after launch early Tuesday, officials said.
Reports: Cairo bombing not from known groups
The weekend bombing in one of the Egyptian capital’s busiest tourist districts was not orchestrated by any known extremist group, state-run media reported.
Arrests in India after hepatitis B kills 32
Authorities were carrying out raids at medical stores in India’s western Gujarat state for bogus drugs and recycled syringes after a hepatitis B outbreak left 32 people dead, officials said Saturday. Five medical practitioners were also arrested for violations, said Malayappan Thennarasan, the top administrator of the state’s Sabarkantha district
Australian wildfires death toll rises to 200
Wildfires that scorched much of southeastern Australia this month now threaten part of the country’s water supply, even as the fires’ death toll has risen to 200, officials said. Fires that continue to burn near some major reservoirs in the region imperil the quality of billions of liters of water, according to Australian television station 9 News.