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- Mediterranean nations form league
PARIS – Leaders of 43 nations with nearly 800 million inhabitants inaugurated an unprecedented Union for the Mediterranean yesterday, meant to bring the northern and southern countries that ring the sea closer together through practical projects dealing with the environment, climate, transport, immigration and policing.
- Going beyond Bond: British spy agency looking to diversify
LONDON – Bond. Jane Bond. Britain's secret spy agency, home to the very white and very male 007, is hunting for women and minorities to tackle global terrorism.
- Rain a small help to crews battling N. California fires
SAN FRANCISCO – Violent thunderstorms brought rain bursts that modestly helped firefighting efforts yesterday, but the downpours also triggered mudslides that complicated California's unfolding wildfire disaster.
- Elite team takes up search for multimillionaire Fossett
BRIDGEPORT – The hunt for multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who went missing in September after taking off by plane from a remote Nevada ranch, resumes today as a team of elite athletes and expert mountaineers starts hiking through rugged mountains on the California-Nevada border where he may have crashed.
- Photo: Saving horses
- REGION UPDATE
Infection control flagged at hospital
BURBANK – Government inspectors say Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, the largest hospital serving the San Fernando Valley, has “serious deficiencies” and does not meet Medicare's standards for infection control.
- Bertha's dangers extend as far as New Jersey coast
HAMILTON, Bermuda – Tropical Storm Bertha kicked up deadly surf as far away as New Jersey yesterday and threatened to lash Bermuda with rain and high winds in the next 24 hours.
- NATION UPDATE
10 in Alaska rescued after volcano erupts
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A fishing vessel rescued 10 people after a volcano erupted, sending rocks and ash down on a cattle ranch on a remote island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
- WORLD UPDATE
Iran is exploring newly found oil site
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran is exploring a newly discovered oil field believed to contain about 1.1 billion barrels of crude oil, a report broadcast on state television said yesterday.
- U.S. has mixed feelings about Iraqi confidence
BAGHDAD – Wajih Hameed is an Iraqi general with an attitude. With a satisfied look, he listened as a subordinate officer explained to the deputy commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad how he plans to reposition his troops in the coming weeks.
- Daughters of Iraq aim to prevent female suicide attacks
AL-ABARA, Iraq – About 70 women clad in head-to-toe overgarments known as abayas fanned themselves in a courtyard at a police station yesterday as Iraqi officials and U.S. troops gathered to celebrate the graduation of the first Daughters of Iraq group in this volatile area.
- Daily developments
Gunmen attacked a soccer game north of Baghdad yesterday, killing a policeman and a Sunni Muslim allied with the United States against al-Qaeda in Iraq, the U.S. military said.
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