Evacuation

Algeria attack poses fresh security issues

By ROBERT BARRAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - The deadly attack on an Algerian natural gas complex will do little to discourage the drive for lucrative energy exploration in northern Africa, experts say, but it is forcing companies to increase security after largely ignoring the risks of operating

Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Calif. school

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) - Police say they've found no bomb at a Southern California elementary school where hundreds of youngsters were evacuated after a phone threat. Glendale police say 880 students from R.D. White Elementary school were sent to a supermarket parking lot a block away after an

Strong earthquake shakes parts of Alaska, Canada

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no damaging waves were generated. The magnitude 7.5 quake and tsunami warning that followed caused concern in some coastal communities, with

Obama: Troops aiding African diplomat evacuation

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says 50 U.S. troops have deployed to the African country of Chad to help evacuate U.S. citizens and embassy personnel from the neighboring Central African Republic's capital of Bangui in the face of rebel advances toward the city. Obama informed