Australia rescues more than 200 from asylum boat
Australia rescued more than 200 asylum-seekers from a boat off Indonesia, officials said Friday, amid reports navy ships are literally cracking under the strain of responding to a flood of boatpeople.
Australian jet lands in Antarctica on rescue mission
An Australian government jet carrying a medical team made a successful landing on an icy runway in Antarctica Thursday to rescue a sick scientist from the United States' McMurdo Station base.
VIDEO: Kazakhstan fire-fighter rescued three drowning children
Fire-fighter Fanzu Sadenov from Ust-Kamenogorsk rescued three children who almost drowned in the Ulba River on June 26.
VIDEO: Trailer of Kazakhstan "Rescuers" released
Producers of the 12-series "Rescuers" staring American actor Lane Davies have presented a trailer of the first episodes.
Aussie firefighters rescue woman trapped by ATM
Australian firefighters Thursday performed one of their most unusual rescues -- freeing an elderly woman whose fingers got stuck in a bank ATM.
