Daily Roundup: October 27, 2010

Severe Losses: The death toll from the Indonesia tsunami has risen to 300, and that of Indonesia's volcano eruption is at 30. Los Angeles Times

Derailed: The largest U.S. public-works project in development, a train tunnel that would have run under the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York, has been canceled due to budgetary problems. AP

Undue Punishment: Prison inmates at 10 federal correctional facilities may have been affected by toxic materials while they were recycling electronics. New York Times

Fragile Agreement: Israel and Palestine both signed onto a Greece-led climate-change initiative to acknowledge that Mediterranean nations are all at risk of global-warming-related problems. Green Prophet

Blockbuster, Two: James Cameron has revealed that he'll soon be at work on two sequels to Avatar, expected for release in 2014 and 2015. Ecorazzi

--Avital Binshtock