AP - Victims of a deadly explosion at a BP PLC refinery have settled all but one of the more than 4,000 lawsuits that were filed in state court after the blast, attorneys said Friday.

AFP - Tropical storm Nuri slammed into China killing three people and forcing around 160,000 people along the southern coast to flee their homes, meteorologists and state media said Saturday.

AFP - Japanese whaling ships will start arriving back back home Saturday after catching 211 whales during their three-month voyage in the northwest Pacific, the fisheries agency said.

Reuters - Typhoon Nuri struck southern China on Friday, killing three people after barreling through Hong Kong, shutting down most of the financial hub with gale-force winds and disrupting hundreds of flights.

AP - There's a reason comedians call it "dying on stage."

AFP - An Indian judge has told India's billionaire Ambani brothers to get their mother to settle their latest fight over natural gas supplies, telling them it is in the "national interest," a report said Friday.

Reuters - Affluent Mexicans, terrified of soaring kidnapping rates, are spending thousands of dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin so satellites can help find them tied up in a safe house or stuffed in the trunk of a car.