FRENCH SOLDIER STABBED IN THE THROAT OUTSIDE OF PARIS *

MILITARY SPOX SAYS THE STABBING OCCURRED ON SAT IN THE FRENCH COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF LA DEFENSE *

THE SOLDIER'S INJURIES ARE CONSIDERED NON-LIFE-THREATENING *

STABBING COMES JUST DAYS AFTER A BRITISH SOLDIER WAS KILLED IN A LONDON STREET DURING A SUSPECTED TERROR ATTACK *

ONE PERSON KILLED IN HEAVY FLOODING THAT HAS PROMPTED HIGH-WATER RESCUES IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA *

SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPT SPOX SAYS A 29-YR-OLD WOMAN WAS TRAPPED IN HER CAR, AND WAS SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS AFTER CLIMBING ONTO THE ROOF *

THE FIRE DEPT HAS CONDUCTED MORE THAN 235 WATER-RELATED RESCUES *

WATER IS UP TO FOUR FEET HIGH IN SOME HOMES *

SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT RECORDED ALMOST 10 INCHES OF RAIN BY SAT AFTERNOON SINCE MIDNIGHT *

THREE MORE SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN THE KILLING OF AN OFF-DUTY SOLDIER IN LONDON *

SCOTLAND YARD SAYS COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICERS ARRESTED TWO MEN, 24 AND 28, AT A RESIDENCE IN LONDON *

A THIRD 21-YR-OLD MAN WAS ARRESTED SEPARATELY ON A STREET IN THE CITY *

FOUR OTHERS ALREADY DETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF 25-YR-OLD SOLDIER LEE RIGBY, WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH WHILE WALKING OUTSIDE THE ROYAL ARTILLERY BARRACKS IN THE SOUTH LONDON WED *

17 KILLED, 24 OTHERS WOUNDED IN EASTERN INDIA AFTER SUSPECTED MAOIST REBELS LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON A CONVOY OF CARS CARRYING LOCAL LDRS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE COUNTRY'S RULING CONGRESS *

ASSAILANTS SET OFF A LANDMINE, AND THEN OPENED FIRE ON THE LINE OF CARS *

TWO STATE PARTY LEADERS AND FIVE POLICE OFFICERS WERE AMONG THOSE KILLED *

POLICE IDENTIFIED ONE OF THOSE KILLED AS MAHENDRA KARMA, A CONGRESS LEADER WHO FOUNDED A LOCAL MILITIA IN HIS STATE TO COMBAT THE MAOIST REBELS *

GAS PRICES ONLY ABOUT A PENNY HIGHER THAN A YR AGO, PETROLEUM ANALYSTS AT GASBUDDY.COM SAY *

THE WEBSITE PLACES ESTIMATES FOR THE NATL AVG AT $3.66 PER GALLON, 17 CENTS HIGHER THAN A MONTH AGO *

BUT ANALYST GREGG LASKOSKI SAYS A HOLIDAY WKND DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN HIGHER GAS PRICES *

LASKOSKI SAYS PRICES TEND TO RISE IN SPRING, STAGNATE IN SUMMER, AND THEN BEGIN TO FALL IN OCT *

FRENCH AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER THERE IS A LINK TO THAT ATTACK *

NTSB INVESTIGATING A CARGO TRAIN COLLISION IN SOUTHEAST MO *

AUTHORITIES SAY A HIGHWAY OVERPASS COLLAPSED WHEN RAIL CARS SLAMMED INTO ONE OF THE BRIDGE'S PILLARS AFTER THE COLLISION *

THE CRASH DERAILED DOZENS OF TRAINS, ALL CARRYING FREIGHT *

SEVEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED, THOUGH NONE SERIOUSLY *

NEWS COMES A LITTLE MORE THAN A WK AFTER A COMMUTER TRAIN IN CT HEADED FOR NYC DERAILED AND HIT A WESTBOUND TRAIN *

RESCUERS CONTINUE SEARCH FOR THE PILOT OF THE ANGEL FLIGHT THAT CRASHED IN UPSTATE NY FRI NIGHT, KILLING TWO PASSENGERS *

INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED A POND SAT WHERE THE PLANE WAS FOUND SUBMERGED IN EPHRATAH, WEST OF ALBANY, AS WELL AS NEARBY WOODS *

FAA SAYS THE PLANE LEFT BEDFORD, MA AND WAS HEADED TO ROME, NY *

ANGEL FLIGHT IS A NONPROFIT GROUP THAT ARRANGES FREE AIR TRANSPORTATION FOR SICK PATIENTS FROM VOLUNTEER PILOTS *

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NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS: Tehran is choked by air pollution (click to read / link to full story)

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Annual Buildup of Air Pollution Chokes Tehran

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

 

TEHRAN — Already battered by international threats against their nation’s nuclear program, sanctions and a broken economy, Iranians living here in the capital are now trying to cope with what has become an annual pollution peril: a yellowish haze that engulfs Tehran this time of year.

 

For nearly a week, officials here and in other large cities have been calling on residents to remain indoors or avoid downtown areas, saying that with air pollution at such high levels, venturing outside could be tantamount to “suicide,” state radio reported Saturday.

 

On Sunday, government offices, schools, universities and banks reopened after the government had ordered them to shut down for five days to help ease the chronic pollution. Tehran’s normally bustling streets were largely deserted.

 

Residents who dare to go outside cover their mouths and noses with scarves or surgical masks, but their eyes tear up and their throats sting from the mist of pollutants, which a report by the municipality of Tehran says is made up of a mixture of particles containing lead, sulfur dioxins and benzene.

 

“It feels as if even God has turned against us,” Azadeh, a 32-year-old artist, said on a recent day as she looked out a window in her apartment that often offers a clear view of Tehran, a sprawling city that is home to millions. But on this day, Azadeh, who did not want her full name used, saw only the blurred outlines of high-rise buildings and the Milad communications tower in the distance. The setting sun was reduced to a yellowish coin by the thick blanket of smog.

 

The haze of pollution occurs every year when cold air and windless days trap fumes belched out by millions of cars and hundreds of old factories between the peaks of the majestic Alborz mountain range, which embraces Tehran like a crescent moon.

 

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