Authorities in Brazil say four people from the same family have died in a mudslide in Sao Paulo state, where heavy flooding has killed at least 40 people and forced more than 30,000 out of their homes.
Heavy rains threatened further flooding in Australia's drenched northeast. The disaster, described as Queensland's worst, has inundated or cut off 40 towns, sweeping 10 people to their deaths, along with thousands of animals. The crisis has cost about Aus$1bn (€765m) in lost production at Queensland's coking coal mines, which account for half the world's supply.
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted southern Iran, injuring 16 people and destroying 10 villages.
The quake struck at 9:25am in the Ardakan region of Fars province, an official said. "Sixteen people have been injured, while 17 villages have been damaged, of which six to 10 are completely destroyed."
A quake on 21 December in the southeastern province of Kerman left seven people dead.
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake shook southern Chile, prompting thousands to flee the coast for higher ground amid fears it could generate a tsunami like the one last year. There were no reports of deaths or damage and no tsunami alert was issued in the Araucania region, 595km south of Santiago.
The body of a 43-year-old snowmobiler who died when an avalanche struck in Tulameen, western Canada was recovered by search and rescue teams. He was the third man to die in a snowmobile accident in the state last week.
New income tax rate for witches proposed by Romanian government. Witches threaten fire and brimstone
The chance the Euro has of lasting until 2020, according to the CEBR, an economics think tank
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THE native American tribes had largely been beaten into submission by the US government before the 20th century began, but there were sporadic shows of resistance.
The Yaqui in northern Mexico had hopes of setting up an independent state in Sonora province. Their men worked in Arizona orange groves to help buy weapons to fight the Mexicans. One group of Yaqui, based in Bear Valley, grew restless in exile. In 1917, locals reported seeing groups of armed men and finding livestock butchered.
The US army began patrolling the area, where the Yaqui had a camp atop the ridge.
On 9 January 1918, a small band of US 10th Cavalry, sent to capture the camp, encountered about 30 Yaquis on the way. The native Americans beat a retreat, leaving behind 10 men to cover them.
The cavalrymen dismounted and headed up to the hill, where they came under fire from the Yaquis, who eventually surrendered when their chief was wounded. He had been shot in the chest by a bullet that hit his ammunition, causing an explosion that left an open wound.
No Americans were killed that day and all the Yaquis, one of whom was 10 years old, were captured. On their way back to Nogales the chief died of his injury. The rest of the braves, except for the boy, were jailed but released after a few weeks. The Yaquis explained that they thought the soldiers were Mexicans. The force were mainly black, or "buffalo soldiers".
The skirmish at Bear Valley marked the last engagement between the US army and native Americans, 93 years ago on this day.
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George W Bush's memoir Decision Points was a big seller in the US at Christmas. Bush lists the 12 toughest decisions he had to make: three of them were rock, paper or scissors.
The captain of the USS Enterprise was sacked for appearing in raunchy videos. They are calling this "the most embarrassing video involving navy personnel since that guy from the Village People".
In Arkansas, thousands of dead birds dropped out of the sky and there were 100,000 dead fish in rivers. Also, McDonald's is having a special on Chicken McNuggets and Filet o' Fish.
A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Germany was diverted to Toronto after the pilot spilled a coffee. The drink interfered with the plane's navigation and communication system and sent out distress signals including code 7500, a hijacking.
Put it down to Schindler's List, Oasis, and the Irish ? the name Liam has finally overtaken Jack as the most popular boy's name in New Zealand. The most popular baby names registered in 2010 saw Liam at No 1 for boys and Sophie top for girls.
Jacob Zuma's wife Nompumelelo MaNtuli Zuma is not concerned over reports that she had a relationship with a bodyguard. "I am being abused in a big way. I do not know who is spreading this thing," MaNtuli said. The bodyguard has since died.
2010 showed a clean-up of 816 foreigners involved in prostitution activities at night spots, massage parlours, spas and budget hotel premises. Foreigners involved in these activities are mainly from China, the Philippines and Thailand, and aged 20 to 40.
Pete Postlethwaite, 64, British actor (In the Name of the Father, The Usual Suspects), cancer
Anne Francis, 80, US actor (The Twilight Zone), cancer
Mick Karn, 52, Cypriot-born British musician (Japan), cancer
Gary Mason, 48, British boxer, cycling accident
Gerry Rafferty, 63, Scottish singer-songwriter (Stealers Wheel, solo hit with 'Baker Street'), liver failure
Dick King-Smith, 88, British author (Babe The Sheep-Pig)
Salmaan Taseer, 64, Pakistani politician, governor of Punjab, shot by one of his guards
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