Flooding in Louisville Damages Hundreds of Homes

Hundreds of homes and dozens of roads were damaged or destroyed by flooding in Louisville, Kentucky.

Over six inches of rain fell Saturday night and Sunday morning causing flash flooding.

Nearly two hundred people required help in evacuating.

Some areas still have as much as three feet of standing water.

There have been no reports of serious injuries, due to the flooding.

Good news for the area is that the weather is supposed to be clear for the next several days.

8 Killed in Monster Truck Accident in Mexico

Eight people were killed and eighty injured in a monster truck accident in Chihuahua, Mexico, on Sunday.

The truck had been performing stunts for a crowd when it seemed to lose control and plowed into the bystanders.

Witnesses say that the driver struck his head on the roof of the truck, right before the vehicle swerved into the crowd.

Authorities are investigating the incident, to see if criminal charges should be made.

They are also reviewing safety protocols which allow crowds so close to the stunts, with no barricade to protect them.

Clashes in Egypt Leave 51 Dead

Fifty-one people were killed and hundreds more injured in clashes in Egypt, on Sunday.

Most of the violence occurred in Cairo, but several other cities saw violence as well.

Thousands of Egyptians had gathered in Tahrir Square to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Arab Israeli War.

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and their supporters took to the streets as well and began attack groups of celebrants.

Police and military forces were able to keep large groups from reaching each other, but fighting broke out in side streets.

At least two hundred members of the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested as the government responded to the violence.

Man From Germany Killed, Sierra Leone Citizen Kidnapped in Yemen

In two separate incidents, gunmen attacked two diplomatic cars in Sanaa, Yemen.

A German embassy guard was attacked and killed when he resisted his attempted captors.

Later a UN worker, from Sierra Leone, was kidnapped by gunmen, along with his car.

No claims of responsibility have yet been made, but it is considered highly likely that Al Qaeda was behind both kidnapping attempts.

Terrorist Attacks Kill 35 in Iraq

Terrorist attacks killed thirty-five and injured one hundred and sixty-three, in Iraq, on Sunday.

A dual bombing, at a Shiite mosque in New Baghdad, killed seven and wounded thirteen.

One soldier was killed and three civilians injured when a bomb exploded in Kirkuk.

In Seliekh, a suicide bomber killed twelve and injured twenty-five.

Another dual bombing, this time at an elementary school in Tal-Afar, killed fifteen and wounded one hundred and twenty-two.

No one has claimed responsibility for any of the attacks.

5 ISAF Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

Five members of The International Security Assistance Force were killed in Afghanistan, on Sunday.

Four of them were killed in combat with enemy forces.

The fifth was killed by a security guard, in an incident which is under investigation.

NATO did not yet release the nationality of the slain soldiers.

China Beings Coastal Evacuations as Fitow Approaches

China began evacuating low lying regions along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.

Typhoon Fitow is approaching and officials are expecting the storm to make landfall early Monday.

Three hundred and thirty thousand people have been evacuated and sixty-five thousand fishing boats were called in.

Fitow is expected to bring storm surges as high as thirty feet.

The storm is the twenty-third typhoon to hit China, this year.