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ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Crews using cadaver dogs, small bulldozers and their hands are working through the muck and rain for more people trapped in Saturday's mudslide in Washington state. Two more bodies were recovered late Tuesday and as many as eight more bodies were located. Officials hope the restoration of power in a nearby community will allow some residents to call in and have their names removed from a long list of those not accounted for.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Chinese envoy has arrived in Kuala Lumpur to discuss how Malaysian officials came to the conclusion that a jetliner with 239 people aboard went down in the southern Indian Ocean. Officials cited an analysis of the final known satellite data. Two thirds of the passengers were Chinese. Meanwhile, the multinational search has resumed because of improved weather conditions. Twelve planes and two vessels are involved in Wednesday's search.
BRUSSELS (AP) — President Barack Obama is in Belgium and will visit Flanders Field, a World War I cemetery. He will lay a wreath in honor of Americans who died in the struggle to save Europe. Obama has been encouraging world leaders to stand by efforts to punish Russia for annexing the Crimea region of Ukraine. The president said on Tuesday in the Netherlands that Russia is a "regional power" threatening neighbors "out of weakness."
WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for the Secret Service says three agents were sent home from the Netherlands on Sunday, a day before President Barack Obama's arrival for a nuclear security summit. The three were benched for "disciplinary reasons." A person familiar with the situation says one of the three was found highly intoxicated by hotel staffers in Amsterdam. The other two are accused of not doing enough to calm down the drunken agent.
MOSCOW (AP) — A wrong turn will mean a lot more times around the block for the three astronauts making their way to the International Space Station. The trip was supposed to take just six hours, but docking isn't scheduled to happen now until Thursday. A scheduled 24-second engine burn "did not occur as planned." The burst was needed to adjust the spacecraft's orbit path. All systems are said to be operating properly and the crew is not in any danger.
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