At least 231 people have become ill since the show, and 106 of them are known to have been infected by the bacteria. Health officials believe the source of the disease was a warm-water whirlpool which was a prop in the Westfriese Flora show in Bovenkarspel. The outbreak is one of the worst since the discovery of Legionnaire's disease during a 1976 meeting of the American Legion in Pennsylvania. Tajik Landslide Kills 9 Nine villagers in a remote Tajikistan village were killed Thursday when a landslide swallowed two homes. The region is prone to earthquakes and a small tremor was recorded two days earlier.
Authorities suspect either the tremor loosened rock or a nearby excavation unleashed the slide.
Eruption A fiery volcano in Yaounde, Cameroon, shook surrounding villages on March 31, adding to geologists' fears that mounting lava flows could soon threaten nearby residents. No damage was reported from the latest tremor, but geologists said that increasing pressure could add to the volcano's already dangerously high levels of lava flow. An eruption on March 27 already destroyed 49 mud brick houses and left 247 people homeless, according to a Western diplomat quoted by The Nando Times . The 13,428-foot volcano also has sent lava spilling into a virgin rainforest. Drought Threatens Bangladesh Rice Crop Drought is threatening Bangladesh's premier rice crop after floods devastated it last year.