30 October 2014
Hundreds feared buried under Sri Lanka mudslide
A mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried scores of workers' houses at a tea plantation in central Sri Lanka, raising fears that hundreds may have been killed.
In the chaos that followed Wednesday morning's disaster, there was confusion about the number of dead and missing because government officials reported different figures and later reduced the number of missing by 100 without explanation.
In the chaos that followed Wednesday morning's disaster, there was confusion about the number of dead and missing because government officials reported different figures and later reduced the number of missing by 100 without explanation.
24 October 2014
10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos
Thick smoke and flames from an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition rise
in Kobani, Syria, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at
the Turkey-Syria border, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. Kobani, also known as
Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by
extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being
defended by Kurdish fighters.
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25 September 2014
10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos
Law enforcement officers gather before a funeral service for Pennsylvania State Trooper Cpl. Bryon Dickson, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, in Scranton, Pa. Dickson was killed on Friday night in an ambush shooting at the state police barracks in Blooming Grove Township. Authorities are looking for 31-year-old Eric Frein, of Canadensis, who has been charged with killing one trooper and wounding another outside the barracks.