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4/28/2013

Bangladesh Building Collapses, Killing Hundreds; Owner Arrested

Posted 7:22 PM 4/28/2013

SAVAR, Bangladesh - The fugitive owner of an illegally constructed building that collapsed and killed at least 377 people was captured Sunday by a commando force as he tried to flee into India. At the disaster site, meanwhile, fire broke out in the wreckage and forced authorities to suspend the (More)

4/26/2013

38 Die in Mental Hospital Fire Outside Moscow

38 Die in Mental Hospital Fire Outside Moscow

Posted 1:04 PM 4/26/2013 by Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) - The patients of the small psychiatric hospital in a Russian village were asleep or under sedation as the clock neared 2 a.m. The windows were barred and the nearest firefighters were miles away, with some impeded by rough roads and others not able to cross a nearby canal. (More)...

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4/25/2013

Defense Secretary Hagel says Syria has used Chemical Weapons

Posted 10:59 AM 4/25/2013 by Associated Press

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. intelligence has concluded "with some degree of varying confidence," that the Syrian government has used sarin gas as a weapon in its 2-year-old civil war, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday. Hagel, speaking to reporters in Abu (More)

4/24/2013

Collapsed Factory Building in Bangladesh Kills 87

Collapsed Factory Building in Bangladesh Kills 87

Posted 1:54 PM 4/24/2013 by Associated Press

SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) - Rescuers tried to free dozens of people believed trapped Wednesday night in a collapsed eight-story building that housed garment factories, killing at least 87. Workers had complained about cracks in the structure before it came tumbling down, but were assured it was (More)

4/23/2013

Hackers Compromise AP Twitter Account

Hackers Compromise AP Twitter Account

Posted 6:14 PM 4/23/2013 by Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - Hackers compromised Twitter accounts of The Associated Press on Tuesday, sending out a false tweet about an attack at the White House. The false tweet said there had been two explosions at the White House and that President Barack Obama was injured. The attack on AP's (More)

US Team to Speak to Boston Suspects' Parents

Hackers Compromise Associated Press Twitter Account

4/22/2013

Police: 2 Arrested in Canada Terror Plot

Police: 2 Arrested in Canada Terror Plot

Posted 5:32 PM 4/22/2013 by Associated Press

TORONTO (AP) - Two men were arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al-Qaida "elements" in Iran, police said Monday. Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35, who live in Montreal and Toronto, were planning to derail (More)

2 Arrested for Alleged Terror Plot Against Canadian Train

Second Arrest In Rape Of 5-Year-Old Indian Girl

4/21/2013

China Rushes Relief After Sichuan Quake Kills 179

Posted 11:03 PM 4/20/2013

YA'AN, China  - Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Sunday after an earthquake left at least 179 people dead and more than 6,700 injured and prompted frightened survivors to spend a night in cars, tents and makeshift (More)

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