A toddler was rescued alive today from the wreckage of an airliner that crashed trying to land in the Comoros islands, police said.

A Yemenia Air plane going from the Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen to the island nation of Comoros crashed in the Indian Ocean early today, a Yemen airport official said.

Fighting continued today on the island of Anjouan after troops from Comoros took control of its capital to throw out rebels who have controlled it for the past year.

A volcano erupted on the main island of the Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean today, sending thousands of people fleeing from their homes at the urging of the government, officials said.