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Thousands flee 2 fast-moving California wildfires

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of people rushed to escape a massive wildfire charging across the tinder-dry Sierra Nevada foothills and another out-of-control fire that broke out in Northern California on Saturday, sending four firefighters to the hospital with second-degree burns.

Cricket-Australia thrash England to win one-day series

(Adds detail, quotes) MANCHESTER, England, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Australia thrashed England by eight wickets in their fifth and final one-day international at Old Trafford on Sunday to win the series 3-2 and take some consolation for the pain of Ashes defeat. The result looked inevitable long before lunch, with England dismissed for 138 and captain Eoin Morgan retiring hurt after being hit on the head by a bouncer from

Cricket-England captain Morgan retires hurt after blow to head

England cricket captain Eoin Morgan retired hurt after being hit on the head by a bouncer from Australia’s Mitchell Starc in the fifth and final one-day international at Old Trafford on Sunday. Fielders rushed to help Morgan after he was struck on the back of the head in the seventh over. Starc was visibly shaken by the incident.

US hospital ship brings care, hope to poor Haitians

Port-au-Prince (AFP) – The huge white hospital ship anchored in the Port-au-Prince bay is impossible to miss, drawing Haitians from all over in hopes of a chance to see a doctor and get medical treatment. The USNS Comfort, on its fourth mission in Haiti since 2009, is open for business until September 18 in one of the western hemisphere’s poorest countries. “It’s very expensive to be seen by a specialist

At least 85 killed in Indian restaurant explosions

By Sanjeev Miglani and Tommy Wilkes NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least 85 people were killed when a cooking gas cylinder blew up in a crowded restaurant in central India on Saturday, triggering a second blast of mining detonators stored illegally nearby, police said. The explosions tore through the restaurant as labourers sat down for breakfast during the morning rush hour in the town of Petlawad, about 800 km (500