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Largest exodus from Iceland since 1887
Destitute and desperate, Icelanders are leaving their country in record numbers.
Also: Man threatens to down Qantas jet with mind power
Singapore police are questioning a man who threatened to bring down a Qantas flight from Sydney to Singapore.The man was restrained by flight stewards after he made threats to disrupt QF31 using mind power.
According to reporter Nick Luchinelli, who was onboard the flight, it seemed the middle-aged man was either under the influence of drugs or alcohol or both.
He was suffering some sort of delusion and people sitting close to him said he was threatening to use the power of his mind to bring the flight down.
The stewards had to take the threat seriously so he had his arms and legs cuffed and remained that way for the rest of the flight.
Singaporean police boarded the flight after passengers disembarked.
Stark photos coming out of Brazil
Eyewitnesses are providing the Web with images of "the greatest flooding in the history" of Rio.
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Mudslide Buries 200 in Brazil Slum
The heaviest rains in Rio de Janeiro's history triggered landslides Tuesday that killed at least 95 people as rising water turned roads into rivers and paralyzed Brazil's second-largest city.
Kyrgyzstan in chaos as president flees capital
The opposition is claiming to have control after a day of violence that left many dead. The president - who has fled - previously came to power after a previous revolt though the issues appear to be similar to what brought him to power. Complaints of nepotism, corruption and authoritarianism have been driving the events. From a US perspective this may present challenges as the US uses bases in Kyrgyzstan to supply the effort in Afghanistan.For now, it's an interim government.
The opposition in Kyrgyzstan says it is setting up a "people's government" after deadly clashes left some 65 dead.
Ex-Foreign Minister Roza Otunbayeva told the BBC that new defence and interior ministers had been appointed.
The opposition says President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has left the capital, Bishkek, to rally support in his home region of Jalalabad. This has not been confirmed.
There has been no word from Mr Bakiyev since violent clashes spread to the capital on Wednesday.
The scene in Bishkek on Thursday morning was calm, with the opposition apparently in control of the government headquarters.
Hollywood producer suspect in wife's death
"Survivor" producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is a suspect in his wife's death days after reporting her missing in the resort city of Cancun, a Mexican official said Thursday.
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