Chile
Volcano holdouts are forced to flee
SANTIAGO - Police and soldiers cleared the last remaining people
from the shadow of a Chilean volcano yesterday after a strong,
overnight explosion spewed glowing-hot rocks from its crater. The
week-old eruption at the Chaiten volcano has scattered ash across a
wide swath of South America, closing regional airports and driving
more than 7,000 people from their homes. Armed with a court order
for people within a 30-mile radius of the mountain to leave,
authorities forcibly removed about 130 holdouts, mostly small
farmers, who had refused to abandon their livestock. (AP)
Britain
Radical Muslim preacher given bail
LONDON - A radical Muslim preacher ...