(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: August 24, 2010) Police in the Philippines are defending their handling of the hostage crisis that ended in the deaths of 8 Hong Kong tourists. In Nepal, a passenger plane carrying 14 people has crashed in bad weather. Flood waters are continuing threaten much of southern Pakistan, now affecting more than 17 million people. Vietnam is bracing for a large tropical storm, which is expected to hit the northern region on Wednesday. In China, severe flooding has caused the evacuation of 250,000 people. In Chile, rescuers have started sending food and water down to the 33 trapped miners while they wait to be rescued. In Egypt, the Deputy Culture Minister and four security guards are being detained on suspicion of negligence after the theft of a van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum.

(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: August 24, 2010) Police in the Philippines are defending their handling of the hostage crisis that ended in the deaths of 8 Hong Kong tourists. In Nepal, a passenger plane carrying 14 people has crashed in bad weather. Flood waters are continuing threaten much of southern Pakistan, now affecting more than 17 million people. Vietnam is bracing for a large tropical storm, which is expected to hit the northern region on Wednesday. In China, severe flooding has caused the evacuation of 250,000 people. In Chile, rescuers have started sending food and water down to the 33 trapped miners while they wait to be rescued. In Egypt, the Deputy Culture Minister and four security guards are being detained on suspicion of negligence after the theft of a van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum.