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Strong quake hits China; 102 dead, more than 2,200 injured

By Ben Blanchard 20/04/13
 A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 102 people and injuring about 2,200 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008... Read on

Boston rejoices as second bombing suspect captured

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Stephanie Simon 20/04/13
 After living in fear for four days, Boston let out a sigh of relief on Friday evening... Read on

US and Japan engage in currency war

19/04/13
THE TWO economic giants of the US and Japan are engaging in a currency war as they simultaneously try to boost their own economies.  Over the past few days we have seen volatility in the USD/JPY pair and there is no sign of this letting up with both Japan’s Kuroda and the US’s Bernanke saying they will continue to support stimulus until they see improvements in their local economies.  ... Read on

UPDATED: Boston Marathon bombing suspect dead, police hunt second man

19/04/13
 Police killed one suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing in a shootout and mounted house-to-house searches for a second man on Friday, with much of the city under virtual lockdown after a bloody night of shooting and explosions in the streets... Read on

NEW: Police officer shot to death at MIT campus near Boston

By Scott Malone 19/04/13
A POLICE officer for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was shot to death on Thursday night at the school's Cambridge campus, touching off a manhunt in a community on edge just days after the Boston Marathon bombing.Police descended on a vehicle in the neighbouring Watertown community later in the evening amid reports of gunfire and explosions, the ABC TV station in Boston reported. One suspect was in police custody, local media reported.Reuters was not immediately able to verify the reports.Police officers with weapons drawn, and people wearing FBI and ATF jackets could be seen in the live video... 1 comment

Deadly explosion, fire rip through Texas fertilizer plant

By Regina Dennis 18/04/13
  An explosion tore through a fertilizer plant and leveled dozens of homes in a small Texas town late on Wednesday, killing a number of people, injuring more than 160 and spewing toxic fumes that forced the evacuation of half the community.Officials declined to say how many people died in the explosion in the town of West but said they expected to find more bodies as search teams combed through the rubble of the plant and surrounding homes."I've never seen anything like this," McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara said. "It looks like a war zone with all the debris... 1 comment

Funeral of Iron Lady Thatcher starts after London procession

By Maria Golovnina and Costas Pitas 17/04/13
 BORNE aloft on the shoulders of eight military servicemen, the coffin of Margaret Thatcher was carried up the steps of London's main cathedral on Wednesday for a funeral service attended by  Queen Elizabeth, Britain's political elite, and global dignitaries.In life, the woman the Soviet Union christened the "Iron Lady" divided the British public with her free-market policies which sometimes wrought wrenching change on communities. In death it is no different.Thousands of supporters lined the streets of London as her casket made its final journey from the centre of British political power in Westminster to the service on top of a gun carriage draped in the red, white and blue British flag... 6 comments

Boston Marathon Update: Investigators hunt for clues in Boston Marathon bombing

16/04/13
Investigators on Tuesday searched for the person or group responsible for planting two bombs at the Boston Marathon finish line that killed three people and wounded more than 100 in the worst bomb attack on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001.The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation led a battery of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies on the case, while critically wounded victims of Monday's blasts fought for their lives and others contemplated a new life as amputees... 6 comments

OBITUARY-Iron Lady Thatcher changed face of Britain

By Stephen Addison and Adrian Croft 08/04/13
Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady", was a towering figure in British 20th century politics, a grocer's daughter with a steely resolve who was loved and loathed in equal measure as she crushed the unions and privatised vast swathes of industry. She died on Monday, aged 87, after suffering a stroke. During her life in politics Some worshipped her as a moderniser who transformed the country, others bitterly accused her of entrenching the divide between the rich and the poor... 7 comments

"Iron lady" Margaret Thatcher has died

08/04/13
Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady" who dominated British politics for two decades, died on Monday following a stroke, a spokesman for her family said. She was 87. Britain's only woman prime minister, the tough, outspoken Thatcher led the Conservatives to three election victories, governing from 1979 to 1990, the longest continuous period in office by a British prime minister since the early 19th century... 24 comments
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