US troops set up field hospital, ramp up Indonesia quake reliefPADANG, Indonesia — The U.S. military is ramping up aid to victims of a deadly earthquake that made hundreds of thousands homeless on Sumatra island — its largest relief operation in Muslim-majority Indonesia since the 2004 tsunami. World markets buoyed by recovery hopes as Australia’s bank raises interest rates
Indonesian Quake Official Death Toll Rises to 704, many people still missing
World markets higher as US services sector improves, Australia hikes interest ratesBANGKOK — World stock markets rose Tuesday after the U.S. service sector, a mainstay of the world’s No. 1 economy, showed growth for the first time in a year and Australia raised interest rates as its recovery strengthens. Oil rises above $70 in Asia investors eye global stocks, US dollarSINGAPORE — Oil prices above $71 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as a jump in global stock markets boosted investor confidence. Demolition of quake-hit building in Indonesia halted after women’s voice heardPADANG, Indonesia — Workers stopped demolishing a hotel damaged by a powerful earthquake in Indonesia six days ago as an Australian search-and-rescue team looked for a woman who was reportedly heard crying out beneath the rubble. Asian markets mostly higher as US services sector improves, Australia hikes interest ratesBANGKOK — Asian stock markets mostly rose Tuesday after the U.S. services industry, a mainstay of the world’s No. 1 economy, showed its first growth in a year and Australia’s central bank raised interest rates. Oil above $70 in Asia investors eye global stocks, US dollarSINGAPORE — Oil prices floated above $70 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as a jump in global stock markets boosted investor confidence. Demolition crews tear down damaged buildings in Indonesia, burying the deadPADANG, Indonesia — Workers used backhoes Tuesday to demolish buildings damaged in Indonesian’s giant earthquake that left hundreds if not thousands dead, while food and emergency supplies were air-lifted to remote areas cut off by landslides. UN index rates quality of life best in Norway, worst in Niger; US ranks 13thBANGKOK — Norway enjoys the world’s highest quality of life, while Niger suffers the lowest, a U.N. agency said Monday, as it released a ranking that highlights the wide disparities in well-being between rich and poor countries. 7 killed when train derails in heavy rains near Thai resort city of Hua HinBANGKOK — A train derailed during heavy rains Monday near Thailand’s coastal city of Hua Hin, killing 7 people, including a 2-year-old girl, and injuring 88 others, officials said. Storm hangs off Philippines, whips up rough seas that sink ship near TaiwanMANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Parma weakened into a tropical storm but lingered off the northern Philippine coast Monday, causing widespread flooding and landslides that have killed 16 in the country and churning up rough seas that sank a cargo ship off neighboring Taiwan. 10 killed when train derails in heavy rains near Thai resort city of Hua HinBANGKOK — A train derailed during heavy rains Monday near Thailand’s coastal city of Hua Hin, killing at least 10 people, including a 2-year-old girl, and injuring 88 others, officials said. Indonesia calls off search for survivors under rubble, focuses on rebuilding after quakePADANG, Indonesia — Helicopters dropped instant noodles and other aid to cutoff hillside communities that were without food for five days, as rescue workers gave up their search Monday for survivors from last week’s massive Indonesian earthquake. Victims of Indonesian quake threatened by storms, possible landslidesPADANG, Indonesia — Heavy rain threatened to trigger more landslides and hamper delivery of desperately needed aid Monday on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where thousands of people were buried by last week’s powerful earthquake. Typhoon Parma downgraded to storm, hangs off Philippines, drenches TaiwanMANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Parma weakened into a tropical storm that lingered off the Philippine coast Monday, drenching northern provinces as well as Taiwan after killing 16 people and causing widespread flooding and landslides. Oil lingers below $70 in Asia as investors look to corporate earnings for clues on economyOil prices lingered below $70 a barrel Monday as investors looked to third quarter company earnings reports this week for clues about the health of the U.S. economy. 8 killed when train derails in heavy rains in central ThailandBANGKOK — A train derailed during heavy rains Monday near the coastal Thai city of Hua Hin, killing at least eight people, including a two-year-old girl and injuring 88 others, officials said. Some students get classes in tents after Indonesian quake ravages school systemPADANG, Indonesia — Hundreds of children went back to class Monday in schools set up in tents in Indonesia’s earthquake zone to get counseling on the loss of loved ones and homes, as authorities tried to restore normalcy after the disaster. Medical official: 4 killed when train derails in heavy rains in central ThailandBANGKOK — At least four people were killed and 23 others hospitalized when a train derailed during heavy rains early Monday near a popular seaside resort in central Thailand, a medical official said. Iowa author who hounded military for details of son’s Vietnam death, berated Schwarzkopf diesLA PORTE CITY, Iowa — Peg Mullen, an author and former Iowa farm wife who hounded the U.S. military to find the truth about her son’s death in Vietnam, has died. She was 92. Heavy rains hamper search for bodies in Indonesia’s quake-destroyed hamlets
Latest typhoon kills 16 in Philippines, sparing capital, then heads toward TaiwanMANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Parma caused widespread flooding and landslides that buried at least two families in the Philippines, then hung threateningly off the coast Sunday drenching the country’s north as well as Taiwan. Indonesian villagers use bare hands to dig out corpses in four quake-destroyed hamletsJUMANAK, Indonesia — With no outside help in sight, villagers used their bare hands Sunday to dig out rotting corpses, four days after landslides triggered by a huge earthquake obliterated four hamlets in western Indonesia. Police: Landslides caused by Typhoon Parma have killed 12 in northern PhilippinesMANILA, Philippines — Police say landslides caused by Typhoon Parma have killed 12 people in two northern Philippines villages. The death from the storm is now at least 16. Latest typhoon kills 4 in Philippines, sparing capital, before churning toward TaiwanMANILA, Philippines — The Philippines military rushed Sunday toward villages cut off by floodwaters from Asia’s latest deadly storm, which killed at least four across the northern part of the country but spared the capital. Typhoon Parma strikes northern Philippines, killing 4 but leaving capital unscathedMANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Parma cut a path across the Philippines’ northern edge on Saturday, killing four people but sparing the capital from a second flood disaster as the storm churned toward Taiwan. Indonesian quake death toll likely to double after devastated hillside communities reachedPADANG, Indonesia — The death toll from Indonesia’s massive earthquake will likely double as officials on Saturday reached rural communities wiped out by landslides that buried more than 600 people under mountains of mud, most of them guests at a wedding celebration. Quake-triggered landslides wipe out at least 4 villages in Indonesia, burying nearly 650PADANG, Indonesia — At least four Indonesian villages were obliterated by earthquake-triggered landslides that buried as many as 644 people including a wedding party under mountains of mud and debris, officials said Saturday. US Embassy seeks Suu Kyi legal team to represent detained Myanmar-AmericanYANGON, Myanmar — Two lawyers for detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi have agreed to defend a Myanmar-born American jailed for allegedly planning to incite unrest in the military-run country, the lawyers said Saturday. |
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PADANG, Indonesia — Rescuers rushed back into the rubble Tuesday after a woman’s cries for help were reported coming from a collapsed hotel six days after Indonesia’s devastating earthquake — but the search was in vain.
