South Korea Wraps Up Military Drill; Taliban Reject U.N. Report
VELSHI: Happening now, a mine collapse in Sumter County, Florida, has trapped a miner under water. Officials say, the ground gave way and one worker fell into a pit full of water at the phosphate mine. The mine's aggregate used to make cement. There's been no word from the miner for the past couple of hours. They're starting to clean up in California after a deluge of rain that cause flooding and mudslides. As many as 40 homes were damaged in the hard hit San Bernadino County. Flood warnings and watches remain in effect in parts of California and surrounding states. And South Korea wrapped up controversial live fire military drills today 15 miles from their border with North Korea. North Korea had threatened to attack if the South went ahead with the drills. South Korea's president said he'll respond to any surprise attack by the North with, quote, "merciless counterattack." Time now to go "Globe Trekking." In Rome, Italy's interior minister now says a pair of parcel bombs that injured two people today came from Greece. The first explosion today happened at the Swiss Embassy. Police say a package bomb seriously wounded a 53-year-old mailroom worker who opened it. Both of his hands were badly injured. He could lose one of them. The Swiss Foreign Ministry says there was no warning before the attack. Shortly after that, another bomb exploded at the Chilean Embassy. It also wounded one person who had to be taken to the hospital. No one has claimed responsibility for either attack. Police have launched a citywide inspection of all foreign embassies. Let's go now to Afghanistan where a new U.N. report sheds light on civilian casualties in that nation. It blames the Taliban for 76 percent of the deaths and injuries in the first 10 months of this year. More than 2,000 people were killed and just over 3,800 wounded, but the Taliban says the report is fabricated and partially influenced by U.S. politics. The International Committee for the Red Cross is also weighing in on war casualties in Afghanistan. It says a Kandahar Hospital has nearly 1,000 new patients with weapon-related injuries. The ICRC says the situation for aid organizations is the worst it's ever been.</s>BIJAN FARNOUDI, ICRC SPOKESMAN: We feel that the conflict is entering a new and more murky phase. There seem to be more local armed groups active in several different parts of the country. Some of these groups may be affiliated with the government. Some may be affiliated with another position. Others may be affiliated with themselves, may just be criminal groups or groups with shifting alliances.</s>VELSHI: The aid group provides help to nearly 600,000 Afghans. It's concerned that deteriorating security conditions will prevent them from getting help to those who need them the most. Well, they fell in love on a movie set. Lived, loved and had a baby together. The relationship between actors Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams seems scripted for happily ever after. But suddenly after three years together, they split. Not five months later, he was dead. Bad combination of prescription drugs, tragic accident. Williams kept her mum in mourning and didn't speak publicly about the loss. But now, coming up on the third anniversary of Ledger's death, the actress opened up on "ABC's Nightline."</s>CYNTHIA MCFADDEN, ABC NEWS CORRESPONDENT: The notion that your life can change in an instant --</s>MICHELLE WILLIAMS, LEDGER'S FORMER PARTNER: I know. I've got kind of obsessed with that for a while, before and after. I mean, a lot of things died. There's a line from a book that gave me so much comfort. It said, when you've truly lost everything then at least you can become rich in loss.</s>MCFADDEN: So I'll give you one. The greatest tragedy is to have the experience and miss the meaning. Have you figured out the meaning yet?</s>WILLIAMS: Boy, I found meanings around the circumstance, but the actual event itself still doesn't have -- I can't find a -- I can't find it. I can't find a meaning for it. I can find meanings in things and people and relationships that have sprung up and friendships that have strengthened. I can find a lot of meaning in that, but not in why, you know?</s>VELSHI: Michelle Williams is raising their daughter on her own. Matilda is 5 years old now. Seven people killed in six days in New Orleans. A body found in a suitcase in New York and the serial strangler in Philly still on the run. All that right after this quick break.