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Kentucky firefighter critical after ice bucket challenge mishap

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 08:16

A Kentucky firefighter was in critical condition Friday, a day after he and three others were injured when an aerial ladder got too close to a power line when their department doused a university band with water in an "ice bucket" fundraiser.

Canadian PM bans Chinese media from Arctic trip

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 08:15

Toronto: Canada has banned journalists with China`s official news agency and the Communist Party newspaper from joining Prime Minister Stephen Harper on an Arctic trip, prompting complaints by Chinese reporters who say they`re being discriminated against.

Nearly 200,000 killed since start of Syrian crisis: UN

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 08:11

United Nations: The UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, Friday said that more than 191,000 people have been killed in Syria between March 2011 and April 2014, saying that the ongoing fighting there "has dropped off the international radar".

SpaceX rocket explodes during test flight

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 08:10

A SpaceX rocket exploded in midair during a test flight, though no one was injured, as the company seeks to develop a spacecraft that can return to Earth and be used again.

Paraguay seizes nearly one ton of cocaine in DR Congo-bound rice

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 08:06

Asuncion: Paraguayan police said Friday they seized about 850 kilograms (1,900 pounds) of cocaine hidden in sacks of rice bound for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Three Palestinians killed in Israel attack on Gaza: Medics

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 08:05

Three Palestinians were killed by an Israeli air strike on central Gaza, medical officials said Saturday, as the bloody conflict between Hamas and Israel entered its 47th day.

US protests intercept of Navy jet by Chinese warplane

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 08:05

The United States charged on Friday that a Chinese fighter pilot conducted a "dangerous intercept" of a Navy patrol plane in international air space this week, flying a few yards (meters) from the U.S. jet and performing acrobatic maneuvers around it.

Under fire for aid move, Russia lashes out at Ukraine, Lithuania

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 08:04

Russia on Friday defended its decision to send a humanitarian aid convoy into Ukraine without official permission, saying there was sometimes "no chain of command" in Kiev and that Moscow was fed up playing games with the Ukrainian authorities.

US considering taking fight against Islamic State into Syria

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 08:03

Edgartown: The United States is considering taking the fight against Islamic State militants into Syria after days of airstrikes against the group in Iraq and the beheading of an American journalist, the White House signaled on Friday.

HRW calls for probe after 22 civilians killed in Mexico

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 08:02

New York: Human Rights Watch called on Mexico to conduct an "independent" probe into the June killing of 22 civilians by soldiers in the town of Tlatlaya.