Magnitude 4.9 earthquake rattles Crete
Greek authorities say an earthquake with preliminary 4.9-magnitude has shaken the country's southern Aegean islands, including Crete. No injuries or damage were immediately reported in the quake, which was the third in three days in the area.
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Magnitude 4.9 earthquake rattles Crete
Iranian nuclear scientist killed in Tehran bomb explosion
Professor working at key nuclear facility dead following series of attacks Iranian regime links to Israel and US An Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility has been killed in a bomb explosion, the latest in a series of assassinations and attempted killings linked by the country's authorities to a secret war by Israel and the US to stop the development of what Tehran …
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Iranian nuclear scientist killed in Tehran bomb explosion
Blast near UK embassy in Bahrain
Bahrain’s interior ministry says a bomb explosion has occurred near the British diplomatic compound in the country’s capital Manama.
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Blast near UK embassy in Bahrain
No word from the sponsors for China’s drama watchers (Reuters)
Reuters – In a dose of reality television, Beijing-style, China has ordered a ban on advertisements during broadcasts of TV dramas in a bid “to unify thinking,” the country’s top broadcasting regulator said on Monday.
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Turkey’s Earthquake Toll a Grim Reminder of Lessons Not Learned
Fact 1: Turkey is earthquake prone. Sitting on the intersection of theEurasian, African and Arabian tectonic plates, it is crisscrossed by activefault lines. Fact 2: The death toll and devastation caused by an earthquakeis determined in no small part by a country’s building codes. Turks learntthat the hard way in 1999, when a massive quake in the country’s west killed20,000 people, mostly as a …
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Turkey’s Earthquake Toll a Grim Reminder of Lessons Not Learned
U.S. man nabbed for smuggling grenade parts (Reuters)
Reuters – Mexican police arrested a U.S. man accused of trafficking grenade and gun parts to one of the country’s deadliest drug cartels in a sign the gangs could now be making their own weapons, authorities said on Tuesday.
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Country bans night travel to end road carnage (Reuters)
Reuters – Cameroon has banned night-time public transport between cities after a spate of deadly accidents last year, many involving heavy drinking on the country’s infamously poor roads.
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Pirates swallow suspended fine after porridge attack (Reuters)
Reuters – South African club Orlando Pirates have received a suspended fine after one of their fans threw porridge at a referee, the country’s Premier Soccer League said on Friday.
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St Patrick’s diet similar to today’s health foods (Reuters)
Reuters – Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, probably ate fare similar to today’s pricey health foods such as cereal, fish and seaweed, according to a researcher who has studied the country’s 5th century diet.
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St Patrick’s diet similar to today’s health foods
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China’s first capsule hotel to open in Shanghai (Reuters)
Reuters – China’s first capsule hotel is set to open in Shanghai, targeting budget-conscious travellers in the country’s glitzy commercial capital — with rooms divided into different zones depending on snoring.
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