of stampede in indian temple and bomb blast in somalia

68 Killed in India Temple Stampede

Police say at least 68 pilgrims — including 30 children — have been killed in a stampede at a mountaintop Hindu temple in northern India. Senior police officer C. P. Verma said 30 children and 38 women were killed in the crush at the Naina Devi Temple in northern India's Himachal Pradesh state. More than 40 others were wounded and police were in the process of trying to evacuate them to hospital, he said.

Witness: Bomb blast kills 20 in Somali capital

An explosion killed at least 20 people in the Somali capital Sunday, according to witnesses and a hospital official, as the government struggles with a political crisis that is threatening its peace deal with elements of an Islamic insurgency.