[naviga:h3]Flooding heightens search for poachers[/naviga:h3]

GAUHATI, India — Police are patrolling for poachers as rhinoceros, deer and wild buffalo move to higher ground to escape floods devastating parts of northeast India.

Kaziranga National Park in Assam state has the world’s largest population of the one-horned rhinoceros and is home to many other species.

Assam Forest and Environment Minister Pramila Rani Brahma today described the flooding situation in the park as grave after heavy monsoon rains in the past three weeks. Forest guards have found one carcass of a rhino that died in the floods.

Police are ordering drones to watch the national park spread over 195 square miles.

[naviga:h3]Senior Vatican cleric returns to stand trial[/naviga:h3]

SYDNEY — The most senior Vatican cleric to ever be charged in the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal returned to Australia today to stand trial in his home state on charges alleging he sexually assaulted multiple people years ago.

Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis’ top financial adviser, avoided waiting media when he arrived at Sydney Airport on a flight from Singapore. He had declined to comment in Singapore over the weekend as he made his way home from Rome.