PAMPLONA, Spain — A Red Cross spokesman says at least two people have been gored as thousands of daredevil runners charged ahead of six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona in the third running of the bulls of the annual San Fermin festival.

Jose Aldaba said the two people were gored by a bull that broke free from the pack just before entering the city's bullring. The two were not believed to be seriously injured.

Several other people were treated for cuts and bruises sustained in the adrenaline-fueled dash along the 928-yard course today.

The run lasted just more than three minutes.

The morning runs are the highlight of the festival, which became world famous with the publication of Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises.”

KABUL, Afghanistan — A bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed six NATO service members on a day where a total of 29 people died from roadside bombs and insurgent attacks.NATO said the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device but provided no further details about the attack and did not identify the dead service members. The statement said NATO's policy is to allow “national authorities” to give details about the soldiers.A surge in Afghan and coalition forces during the past two years routed Taliban fighters from many of their strongholds in the south, but the insurgents have stepped up their attacks this summer to take back key areas.The service members' deaths were the latest on Sunday caused by bombs planted by insurgents along roadsides, paths or mountain tracks.

KRYMSK, Russia — Authorities failed to properly warn residents in the Black Sea region of floods that killed at least 171 people and left others scrambling for safety, Russia's emergencies minister acknowledged today, adding to public outrage fueled by widespread mistrust of the government.Today has been declared a national day of mourning in Russia. Families of the flood victims were beginning to bury the dead in the hard-hit town of Krymsk, where torrential rain and flooding turned streets into swirling muddy river, inundated thousands of homes and forced people to flee from their beds in the middle of the night. Nearly 19,000 people have lost all their belongings in the floods.The Emergencies Ministry said it sent warnings by text message, but some said they never received the alerts.