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April 9, 2011

Egypt’s Police Crackdown Kills 2 in Tahrir Square

Medical sources in Egypt say the military's pre-dawn crackdown on demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square has killed two people and left at least 15 wounded. State television quoted Egypt's Health Ministry Saturday as saying just one person died and…

April 9, 2011

Blast Reported at Nigerian Polling Station

Reports from Nigeria say an explosion hit a polling station during Saturday's parliamentary elections. The Associated Press news agency says one of its reporters saw the bodies of 10 victims of the blast in the city of Maiduguri, while the French…

April 9, 2011

Syrian Forces Fire on Activists Mourning Friday’s Victims

Witnesses say Syrian security forces opened fire on opposition activists in two towns on Saturday, a day after officials and activists reported 36 people killed during anti-government unrest. In the southern town of Daraa, witnesses say security…

April 9, 2011

Bombing Plot Foiled In Northern Ireland

Police in the British-ruled province of Northern Ireland say they defused a 225-kilogram van bomb near the Irish border Saturday. Officials say it might have been built by dissident members of the Irish Republican Army. The bomb was discovered south…

April 9, 2011

Suicide Bomber Wounds 10 in Afghan Capital

Afghan police say a suspected suicide bomber has attacked an Afghan army bus in the country's capital, wounding 10 people. Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai said the Saturday blast in the eastern part of the city wounded seven soldiers and…

April 8, 2011

Dudus/Manatt Commission of Enquiry says no more

THERE will be no further sitting of the Commission of Enquiry into…

April 8, 2011

Bad year ahead for Caribbean tourism, says CHTA chief

The CEO of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), Alec Sanguinetti said on Wednesday that the industry is having its worse period in its history due to the ongoing global financial crisis and government taxation policies. "The…

April 8, 2011

Gunman kills 11 students in Brazil school

Eleven students were killed and 22 others injured when a gunman opened fire in a school classroom in this Brazilian city Thursday, Xinhua reported. The gunman opened fire on some 40 students in an eighth grade classroom, witnesses said. One of…

April 8, 2011

Barbados company urges enquiry to list accusations

A Barbadian company and its chairman who have been named as parties to the commission want to know the allegations they are facing before tendering any documentary evidence. Jonathan Walker, the attorney for Proman's Holdings (Barbados) Ltd and…

April 8, 2011

Lawyers want grim Jackson autopsy photos excluded from trial

Gruesome photos of Michael Jackson's autopsy should not be shown to the jury in the involuntary manslaughter trial of the pop singer's doctor, defense attorneys argued in court papers released on Thursday. UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById("row-unique-0"));