At least 42 dead in French pensioners coach crash
At least 42 people, most of them elderly, were killed when a coach collided with a lorry and caught fire in southwest France, in the country's worst road accident for three decades.
Malaysian premier vows to help Indonesia combat haze
Visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged to help Indonesia fight forest fires blanketing Southeast Asia in haze as foreign aircraft joined operations to douse the blazes.
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Massive clean-up after 20 killed in French Riviera floods
Volunteers and firefighters began the gruelling task of cleaning up French Riviera towns strewn with mud and debris, as the death toll from floods which tore through the region rose to 20.
Japan warns tourists on Mount Aso after eruptionJapan warned tourists to keep away from popular Mount Aso after it began belching smoke and ash into the air, the latest eruption in one of the world's most volcanically active countries.
Floods spark evacuations as Japan is delugedTens of thousands of people were ordered to flee homes across Japan as heavy rain pounded the country, sending radiation-tainted waters into the ocean at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
Bush praises New Orleans 'resilience' after KatrinaFormer president George W. Bush, who faced fierce criticism for the botched government response to Hurricane Katrina, returned to New Orleans to mark the storm's 10th anniversary.