Emotions run high as relatives of passengers on a capsized ferry demand
officials to give them information about their loved ones who have been
missing off the coast of the Philippines since the weekend. 

 MANILA, ...   more »

A pan-European Iraqi-run human-smuggling network has been uncovered. 

 THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS (JUNE 23, 2008) REUTERS -
Police across Europe have broken up an Iraqi-run network that
smuggled illegal immigrants into the continent for fees ...   more »

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously agreed to take its first formal
action on Zimbabwe. 

 UNITED NATIONS REUTERS - 
 The U.N. Security Council unanimously agreed to take its first
formal action on Zimbabwe on Monday ...   more »

Rescue work continues in search for survivors while coffins are being built
for possibly a large number of deaths.

SIBUYAN ISLAND, ROMBLON PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES (JUNE 23, 2008) ABS-CBN
 More than 700 people are still missing ...   more »

Soldiers clearing earthquake debris in southwestern China find a pig that
survived for 36 days under rubble on a diet of charcoal and rainwater. 

(ASIA) LONGMENSHAN, SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA (RECENT) CCTV -
Thirty-six days after ...   more »