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Report: July to August 2013
World News-Top Headlines
* Two people were found dead after a plane crash in San Francisco.*
* Flood in Toronto, Canada*
* Remains of a 9/11 firefighter were found yesterday afternoon.*
* Puppy managed to survive a four-mile drive in South Florida.
* Levi Heir forces girlfriend into abortion
* Bomb kills police officer in Bahrain.*
* Egyptians take to the streets again.*
Crash in San Francisco:
Pilots of the plane that crashed at San Francisco airport on Saturday tried to abort the landing seconds before touching down, US investigators say.
Initial inquiries suggested the Asiana plane was flying "significantly below" its target speed on approach. And the Korean airline revealed that the pilot was landing a Boeing 777 at San Francisco for the first time.
Two Chinese teenagers died and more than 180 people were injured when the plane hit the seawall. Sixty of the passengers on board the flight from Seoul, including the two girls who died, were Chinese schoolchildren on their way to summer camp. Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia were described as close friends.
Both girls were pronounced dead at the airport. A coroner is trying to determine if one of the victims was run over and killed by an emergency vehicle. Two fire chiefs raised that possibility at a news conference on Monday. Their families, as well as relatives of the injured, are travelling to San Francisco. At least 30 people remained in hospital late on Sunday.
Medical officials said eight were listed in critical condition, including two with paralysis from spinal injuries. Asiana said 141 of the 291 passengers were Chinese, 77 were Korean and 61 were Americans.
"We are not talking about a few knots here or there. We're talking about a significant amount of speed below 137," says an investigator.
Remains of a 9/11 firefighter found:
Firefighter, Jeffrey Waltz has now been found near the rubble of the world trade center. He is now the 1,637th victim found.
Egyptians Take to the Streets Again:
The Egyptian army took power away from the first democratically elected leader Muhammad Morsi, after several days of huge protests around the country.
Thousands of people were demonstrating because they didn't like the way he was running the country. There were huge celebrations in Cairo the capital after he was pushed out but some people thought it was unfair for him to be pushed out like that. The Egyptians top judge Mr. Adly Mahmud Masur will be a temporary leader until someone else is elected.
Bomb kills officer in Bahrain:
The explosive device also injured two more officers.The bomb killed an officer in a Shiite neighbourhood in Bahrain over the weekend.Yasser Dihab was just helping to secure an area near a police station in the town of sitra, when a bomb blew up.
Flood in Toronto:
Up to 300,000 people have been left without power after a huge rainstorm in Toronto. Main roads were flooded causing huge problems for drivers.The city's subway and train systems were also affected. Hundreds of passengers had to be rescued by police boats after their train had been wrecked.
