CL Colombia buried more than a hundred people after the quake. Zimbabwe's ferry disaster added fifteen more. Separately, in Washington, the president was quietly moved off his own plane over an Iran threat, a detail the White House will spend the day not explaining.-- CL

MB Colombia buried more than a hundred people before lunch. Separately, a Zimbabwe ferry disaster killed fifteen more. On the same day, somewhere over the Pacific, an American president got quietly moved to a different plane after someone judged the usual one a liability. None of these events are connected. Officials keep insisting the system is holding steady on a day when it visibly failed in three different places.-- MB