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SPANTOV, Romania – The surging waters of the Danube lapped at doorsteps Thursday as hundreds of troops and volunteers built sandbag embankments and residents fled their village for a tent camp in the hills. Thousands anxiously watched the swelling Danube from hilltop tents throughout the nation’s hardest-hit area, south-central Romania’s …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s rumbling Mount Merapi is spewing volcanic ash, magma has fully covered its crater, and a powerful eruption could come any day, a scientist said Thursday. Authorities said, however, they were not ready to raise the alert to the highest level, which requires immediate evacuation of villagers …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The new Hamas-led Palestinian government has prepared an emergency plan for its first three months of rule, which it plans to discuss at its first Cabinet meeting Wednesday, the deputy Palestinian prime minister said. The new ministers need to find ways to make up for …