Moscow subway blasts kills dozens

Moscow subway blasts kills dozens


Moscow subway blasts kills dozens

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:25 PM PDT

Explosions rocked a pair of central Moscow subway stations during morning rush hour Monday, killing at least 37 people and wounding 10 others, Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said.


China court to deliver Rio Tinto verdict

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:22 PM PDT

An Australian executive of one of the world's largest mining companies will learn his fate Monday afternoon when a Shanghai court determines whether he is guilty of bribery and stealing commercial secrets.


Dozens Killed in Moscow Subway Blasts

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:42 PM PDT

Two explosions blasted Moscow's subway system Monday morning as it was jam-packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 37 people.


Blast in Moscow metro kills 25 - report

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:23 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least 25 people were killed in an explosion that rocked the Lubyanka metro station in central Moscow on Monday, Itar-Tass news agency reported.


Blast hits another Moscow metro station - Ifax

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:23 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - An explosion rocked another central Moscow metro station on Monday during rush hour, shortly after a first blast that killed at least 20 people, Russian news agencies and officials said.


17 sentenced to death in UAE for murder - report

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:23 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced 17 Indians to death over the killing of a Pakistani following a dispute involving illegal trade in alcohol, a newspaper reported on Monday.


Officials: Blast on Moscow subway kills 25 (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:13 PM PDT

File photo shows Russian policemen standing next to map of the Moscow metro. Between 12 and 15 people were killed in a second explosion on Monday in Moscow's metro system following a first blast at another station, news agencies cited emergency services officials as saying.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)AP - Moscow emergency officials and Russian news agencies say two explosions have hit the Moscow subway system, killing at least 25 people.



Armed gang raids Swiss casino (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 09:04 PM PDT

AP - An armed gang of masked men raided a casino packed with about 600 guests early Sunday and made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to Swiss prosecutors.


At least 35 dead after Russian metro blasts (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:07 PM PDT

Reuters - At least 35 people were killed on Monday when two separate blasts rocked metro stations in central Moscow during the rush hour, law enforcement and emergency officials said.


Toyota says global sales up 13 percent in February (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:09 PM PDT

File photo shows a factory worker checking an assembled Prius hybrid vehicle in its final stage of the assembly line at Toyota Motors' Tsutsumi factory in Toyota, Aichi prefecture. Crisis-hit Toyota said Monday that global sales rose 13 percent year-on-year in February despite the recent mass safety recalls of more than eight million vehicles.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - Crisis-hit Toyota said Monday that global sales rose 13 percent year-on-year in February despite the recent mass safety recalls of more than eight million vehicles.



Moscow metro blasts kill dozens

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:33 PM PDT

Explosions reported at two underground stations in the Russian capital.


China verdict expected for Rio four

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 09:54 PM PDT

Rio Tinto employees charged with taking bribes and stealing commercial secrets to learn fate.


UN in drive to rebuild quake-ravaged Haiti

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 06:25 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS – Donor countries are facing a daunting challenge this week as they gather for a conference that hopes to deliver more than US$3b (RM9.9b) to rebuild Haiti, where much of the earthquake-shattered capital lies in ruins.

More than 100 countries will take

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Habsburg descendant fights for Austrian presidency

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 06:25 PM PDT

VIENNA – Ulrich Habsburg-Lothringen, imperial descendant, republican and Green party member, is fighting for his right to run for president a job from which he is barred by Austria's constitution.

A nephew of Otto Habsburg, the eldest son of Austria's last

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UN chief urges new DR.Congo strategy after massacre

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 05:54 PM PDT

LONDON –The head of UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo called Monday in a BBC interview for a new strategy to stop massacres by Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

The appeal came after Human Rights Watch (HRW)

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Chanting Haitian voodoo celebrants honour quake dead

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 09:53 PM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Dressed in white, shaking decorated gourd rattles and singing praises to "Olorum Papa" (God the Father), several hundred practitioners of Haiti's voodoo religion held a public ceremony on Sunday to honour those killed in the Jan. 12 earthquake.


(AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 09:45 PM PDT

AP - Moscow emergency officials say blast on city metro train kills at least 25.


Thai PM, protesters meet again after live TV talks (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 09:47 PM PDT

Thai riot policemen stand guard inside Government house in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday March 27, 2010. Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters threatened to force soldiers from the historic heart of Thailand's capital, raising tensions in what so far has been a nonviolent bid to bring down the government. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)AP - Thailand's prime minister and his political opponents were set for more talks Monday after their televised initial meeting defused tensions temporarily but did not bridge a divide over the protesters' insistence he call new elections.



FARC rebels release a Colombian soldier, promise another soon (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 01:33 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A Colombian soldier regained his freedom Sunday after spending nearly a year as a hostage of leftist FARC rebels, in the first of two unilateral releases planned for this week.


At least 35 dead after Russian metro blasts

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:07 PM PDT

(Reuters) - At least 35 people were killed on Monday when two separate blasts rocked metro stations in central Moscow during the rush hour, law enforcement and emergency officials said.