Saturday, March 31, 2012

2 killed, 12 wounded after gunman opens fire on mourners

2 killed, 12 wounded after gunman opens fire on mourners


2 killed, 12 wounded after gunman opens fire on mourners

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 08:25 PM PDT

Two people were killed and 12 wounded when gunmen opened fire on mourners outside a Miami funeral home, leaving a scene that one witness described as "a war zone," authorities said Saturday. Jaques...


After 22 years, Myanmar holds landmark polls

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 08:25 PM PDT

Voting began Sunday in Myanmar elections seen as a test of the government's budding reforms, with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi standing for a seat in parliament for the first time. A victory ...


Blast at German chemical facility injures 3

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 11:09 AM PDT

An explosion at a chemical industry facility in western Germany on Saturday left three people injured and sent up a large cloud of smoke, authorities said. German news agency dapd reported that one em...


80 arrested after anti-Islam protest in Denmark

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 10:53 AM PDT

More than 80 people were arrested on Saturday as protesters hurling rocks and bottles tried to interrupt an anti-Islamic demonstration by far-right groups from across northern Europe, Danish police sa...


Miami-Dade Police: 14 people shot outside funeral home

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 10:34 AM PDT

Authorities say 12 people were wounded and two shot dead when gunmen opened fire on mourners outside a Miami funeral home.


China successfully launches French made satellite

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 08:27 AM PDT

China today successfully sent a French-made high power communication and broadcsting satellite into orbit. A Long March-3B carrier rocket launched the satellite 'APSTAR-7' from the southwestern Xichan...


Record $640 million US lottery prize has three winners

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 07:48 AM PDT

A record $640 million lottery prize that sent the United States into a gambling frenzy has gone to as many as three winners, lottery officials and media said on Saturday.


Terror plot on Pakistan parliament foiled, says Interior Minister Rehman Malik

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 04:33 AM PDT

Pakistani authorities foiled a terrorist plot to attack Parliament during an address by President Asif Ali Zardari to a joint sitting of the National Assembly and Senate, Interior Minister Rehman Mali...


Eight killed, dozens injured in Thailand bomb attacks

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 03:26 AM PDT

Suspected Muslim insurgents today set off a series of bombs as shoppers gathered for lunch in a commercial hub of Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, killing eight people and wounding dozens, officia...


China shuts 16 websites, detains six for spreading rumours

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 02:59 AM PDT

Chinese authorities shut 16 websites and detained six people accused of spreading rumours of unusual military vehicle movements in Beijing, state media reported, after the political downfall of one of...


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