The strongest typhoon this year slammed into the central Philippines yesterday, setting off landslides and knocking out power and communication lines in several provinces. At least four people died.

One of the strongest storms on record slammed into the central Philippines today, killing at least four people, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes and knocking out power and communications in several provinces.

The strongest typhoon this year has slammed into the central Philippines, setting off landslides and knocking out power and communication lines in several provinces. At least four people have died.

One of the most powerful typhoons on record has slammed into the Philippines, setting off landslides, knocking out power in one province and cutting communications in island regions.

A woman who faked a pregnancy and panicked as her supposed due date grew near attacked a pregnant mother with a baseball bat and cut her full-term foetus from her womb, killing the mother and baby, court documents said.

A PHILIPPINE woman who admitted giving birth to a baby on a flight from the Middle East and then leaving him in the rubbish on the plane said she was raped by her employer, a lawmaker said yesterday.

A Philippine woman has acknowledged giving birth to a baby on a flight and then abandoning him in a rubbish bag on board the plane, a lawmaker said today.

It’s a pity the director of this otherwise excellent film couldn’t quite decide if it’s a drama, a gay romance, a socio-political or a ghost story … any one of several options would do.

CYRIL DESSEL claimed the overall lead in the Tour de France after finishing second to Juan Miguel Mercado on stage 10 between Cambo-les-Bains and Pau.

SPAIN'S Juan Miguel Mercado may have claimed his maiden stage victory in the Tour de France on Friday, but once again it was overall race leader Lance Armstrong who held the limelight.

Spain’s Juan Miguel Mercado may have claimed his maiden stage victory in the Tour de France on Friday, but once again it was overall race leader Lance Armstrong who held the limelight.

Hundreds were feared dead tonight after a landslide buried a Bolivian goldmining village under a sea of mud.

Mexico v Italy, Group G, Oita

Linda Chavez's future as George W Bush's labour secretary is in doubt because of an illegal immigrant.