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Miners' families want answers in China mine blast (AP)

Rescuers sits on the railway trolley preparing to enter the site of Saturday's gas explosion for search and rescue at the Xinxing Coal Mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang province, China, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach tens of miners trapped underground Sunday. (AP Photo)AP - Grieving miners' families demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:25:34 GMT
Search on for Indonesian ferry accident survivors (AP)

A sinking ferry survivor is seen floating on the sea before being rescued off Karimun island, Indonesia on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, officials said. Search operations were called off after nightfall for the unknown number of passengers still missing. (AP Photo)AP - Rescuers returned to choppy waters off Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday to search for 21 passengers still missing after a ferry sank in a storm. Officials say 254 survivors were pulled from the sea and at least 29 other people drowned.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:20:15 GMT
Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites (AP)

Iranian short-range missile is test-launched during war games in Qom, September 2009. A commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said that air defence forces would AP - Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military strike by Israel.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:45:03 GMT
US sailor cleared of assaulting Sydney prostitute (AP)

AP - A U.S. Navy serviceman was found not guilty Monday of sexually assaulting a prostitute at a brothel while on shore leave in Australia's biggest city.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:54:42 GMT
Exit polls: No clear winner in Romania's election (AP)

Presidential candidate for the Social Democracy Party Mircea Geoana flashes victory sign upon seeing exit polls in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday Nov. 22, 2009. Romania held presidential elections, the first since the country joined the European Union in 2007.According to exit polls President in office Traian  Basescu leads after the first round followed by the Social Democracy Party candidate Mircea Geoana. An election runoff will be held on Dec. 6.(AP Photo/Adriana Neagoe)AP - A presidential election aimed at helping Romania emerge from a political and economic crisis failed to produce a winner on Sunday, and the top two candidates will compete in a runoff next month, according to two exit polls.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:04:15 GMT
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