BEIRUT — The people of Beirut have turned to private security contractors using sniffer dogs, surveillance cameras and explosives detectors as government forces fail to prevent repeated bomb attacks.

CAIRO (Reuters) — A 10-year-old Egyptian girl who contracted the H5N1 bird flu virus died on Saturday, bringing the number of fatalities from the disease in the most populous Arab country to 15, the health ministry said.

TEHRAN (AP) — The death toll from Cyclone Gonu rose to 70 Saturday when Iranian state media reported nine new deaths from the storm.