International Business News - slide http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Chunks of granite crashed to the Yosemite Valley floor in a cloud of dust Wednesday, injuring at least three people and destroying several cabins and trees at one of the park's most popular lodging areas, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147814-yosemite-rock-slide.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/yosemite-national-park-rock-slide-destroys-cabins.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/yosemite-national-park-rock-slide-destroys-cabins.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:10:28 EDT YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.--Chunks of granite crashed to the Yosemite Valley floor in a cloud of dust Wednesday, injuring at least three people and destroying several cabins and trees at one of the park's most popular lodging areas, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147752-yosemite-rock-slide.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/2nd-rock-slide-reported-in-yosemite-national-park.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/2nd-rock-slide-reported-in-yosemite-national-park.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:08:31 EDT Authorities are evacuating the Staircase Falls area of Yosemite National Park after a rock slide. Park ranger Erik Skindrud said both tourists and park workers were leaving the area but he couldn't immediately say how many. No one has been injured from the slide Tuesday afternoon. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/yosemite-visitors-workers-evacuate-rock-fall-area.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:34:03 EDT A Missouri woman is dead after injuring herself while trying to do somersaults on an inflatable slide during her stepson's birthday party. Ambulance district official Curt Steve says the family was celebrating the boy's 8th birthday Sunday. They were at a party outlet south of St. Louis when Sheri Stevens was hurt. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/mo-woman-dies-in-inflatable-slide-accident.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:06:56 EDT An Egyptian security official says the death toll from this month's fatal rock slide in a shantytown just outside of Cairo has reached 103. The official says that more bodies have been discovered as workers dug tunnels through massive boulders searching for human remains. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/egypt-death-toll-in-rock-slide-rises-to-103.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:32:43 EDT For years the shantytown grew in the shadow of a limestone cliff, its wooden shacks and shoddy brick apartments creeping up and spreading over the hill. The whole time, the limestone was cracking inside, slowly and invisibly, from the slum's own sewage. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/129437-mideast-egypt-rock-slide.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080913/deadly-rock-slide-fuels-egyptian-anger-at-govt.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080913/deadly-rock-slide-fuels-egyptian-anger-at-govt.htm Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:52:37 EDT An Egyptian security official says the death toll from a weekend rock slide that buried a shantytown on Cairo's outskirts has reached 75. The official says rescue workers recovered more bodies overnight from underneath mammoth rocks that sheared off a cliff above the Manshiyet Nasr slum. The official spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/death-toll-in-egyptian-rock-slide-rises-to-75.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:22:15 EDT A senior Egyptian health official says the death toll from the weekend's devastating rock slide that buried a shanty town on Cairo's outskirts has now reached 62. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/death-toll-in-egyptian-rock-slide-climbs-to-62.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:41:32 EDT The death toll from a devastating rock slide that buried a shanty town rose to 47 on Monday, a security official said as recovery efforts switched to high gear after days of delay. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/125720-mideast-egypt-rock-slide.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/death-toll-in-egypt-rock-slide-at-38.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/death-toll-in-egypt-rock-slide-at-38.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:48:44 EDT Hopes diminished Sunday for finding survivors among hundreds of people believed trapped beneath massive boulders that destroyed an impoverished neighborhood on Cairo's outskirts, killing at least 32 people, including whole extended families. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/125492-mideast-egypt-rock-slide.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080907/official-egypt-rock-slide-toll-rises-to-31.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080907/official-egypt-rock-slide-toll-rises-to-31.htm Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:15:32 EDT Massive boulders crashed down on a shantytown on the outskirts of Cairo Saturday, killing at least 24 people and burying many more under tons of rubble, Egyptian authorities said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/124748-mideast-egypt-rock-slide.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080906/police-rockslide-in-egyptian-village-kills-7.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080906/police-rockslide-in-egyptian-village-kills-7.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:44:24 EDT Shares of Japanese developers sank Tuesday as the property sector--already reeling from a slew of recent bankruptcies--extended their decline on news of its latest casualty. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/japanese-real-estate-shares-falter-on-bankruptcy.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:43:30 EDT Police in Gallup, N.M., are trying to identify three people crushed to death by a large boulder during a rock slide in an area known as a homeless camp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/bodies-of-3-killed-in-n-m-rock-slide-recovered.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:57:39 EDT Police in New Mexico say three people were crushed to death by a boulder during a rock slide. Gallup police Lt. Rick White says he thinks the victims were sleeping Friday when the slide occurred. The area where they were found is known as a place for homeless people to camp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/boulder-crushes-3-to-death-during-rock-slide-in-nm.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:44:57 EDT U.S. stocks retreated on Friday after Sun Microsystems Inc.'s disappointing results weighted on the technology sector and surging oil prices overshadowed a better-than-expected April jobs report. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/stocks-slide-tech-sector-sun-microsystems-nasdaq.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 14:02:42 EDT