(7/06)

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Monsoon rains lashed parts of India's east and west on Thursday, taking the death toll from a week of extreme weather to 81 people, but eased over the financial hub of Mumbai after disrupting life for three days.

(3/00)

KRASNODON, Ukraine (AP) -- Flags flew at half-mast across Ukraine today as the country began two days of mourning for 81 coal miners killed in an underground explosion. Funerals were to begin today for the miners killed in Saturday's blast. Eighty of 277 miners underground at the time of the explosion were killed immediately, while another died at a hospital.