"Dozens of people have been injured in China in a petrol bomb attack on a bank, state news agency Xinhua reports. A disgruntled ex-employee at a rural bank in north-west Gansu province is said to …
White powder sent to D.C. schools
"The FBI, police and paramedics scrambled throughout the District on Thursday afternoon chasing reports of letters containing a suspicious white powder and mailed to 28 D.C. public schools in all …
Japan nuclear disaster tops scale
"Japan's prime minister vowed to wind down the month-long crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant 'at all costs' Tuesday after his government officially designated the situation there a …
U.N. forces pound Gbagbo loyalist camps in Ivory Coast
"U.N. military helicopters Sunday pounded heavy weapons positions of fighters loyal to self-declared Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, U.N. officials said. U.N. Special Representative Young-Jin …
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13 killed in Brazil school shooting
"At least 13 people, including children and adults, were killed Thursday in a school shooting in Rio de Janeiro, CNN affiliate Record TV reported, citing civil police." (Source: 13 killed in Brazil …
Search continues for survivors of boat wreck
"Rescue crews continued their search Thursday for more than 200 people after the boat they were in capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. The boat was carrying about 300 people, survivors told rescue …
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U.S. Sees Array of New Threats at Japan’s Nuclear Plant
"Among the new threats that were cited in the assessment, dated March 26, are the mounting stresses placed on the containment structures as they fill with radioactive cooling water, making them more …
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Radiation in water rushing into sea tests millions of times over limit
"Japanese utility and government authorities suffered fresh setbacks Tuesday with the detection of radiation in a fish and news that water gushing from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the …
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Japan on ‘maximum alert’ over nuclear plant
"Japan said on Tuesday it is on 'maximum alert' over a crippled nuclear plant where highly radioactive water has halted repair work and plutonium has been found in the soil. The earthquake and …
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15 killed in clashes between protesters, security forces in Syria
"Escalating violence between Syrian security forces and anti-government protesters claimed 15 people Wednesday in the city of Daraa, witnesses and rights activists said. Syrian state television …
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