Swiss bus crash kills 28 Belgians, most children

Swiss bus crash kills 28 Belgians, most children


Swiss bus crash kills 28 Belgians, most children

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 01:06 AM PDT

SIERRE, Switzerland (Reuters) - A bus carrying Belgian children home from a school ski trip crashed into the wall of a tunnel in the Valais region of Switzerland, killing 28 people, 22 of them children, police said on Wednesday.



Iran's Ahmadinejad faces hostile lawmaker questions

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 12:59 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appeared in parliament for an unprecedented grilling by lawmakers dissatisfied with his performance, Iranian media reported on Wednesday.



Syria forces attack town; Annan receives Assad response

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 12:33 AM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Heavily armed forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad battled rebels in the southern city of Deraa on Wednesday, while U.N. envoy Kofi Annan considered Syria's response to plans aimed at ending the violence.



Swiss bus crash kills 28 Belgians, most children

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 12:11 AM PDT

SIERRE, Switzerland (Reuters) - A bus carrying Belgian children home from a school ski trip crashed into the wall of a tunnel in the Valais region of Switzerland, killing 28 people, 22 of them children, police said on Wednesday.



Iran's Ahmadinejad faces hostile lawmaker questions

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 12:07 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appeared in parliament for an unprecedented grilling by lawmakers dissatisfied with his performance, Iranian media has reported.



Violence across Syria, Annan awaits answer

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 11:46 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan kept up efforts to broker a halt to hostilities as Syrian government forces killed dozens of people in the northern city of Idlib, dumping their bodies in a mosque, opposition activists said.



66 dead in Bangladesh ferry sinking, toll set to rise

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 01:26 AM PDT

Rescue workers in Bangladesh on Wednesday pulled more bodies from the wreckage of a ferry that sank after being hit by an oil barge, as the death toll reached 66.

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India inflation accelerates to near 7%

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 01:24 AM PDT

India's headline inflation accelerated unexpectedly to nearly seven percent last month, data showed Wednesday, dimming hopes of an early interest rate cut to offset slowing economic growth.

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Swiss coach crash 'tragic day for all Belgium': Belgian PM

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 01:23 AM PDT

The bus crash in Switzerland in which 28 people, including 22 Belgian schoolchildren died, is a tragedy for the country, Belgium's Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo said Wednesday.

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28 people, including 22 children, die in Swiss bus accident

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 01:22 AM PDT

Twenty-eight people, including 22 children, died in a coach crash in the south of Switzerland as they were returning to Belgium from a skiing holiday, Swiss police said Wednesday.

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China's Wen says lessons to learn from political drama

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 01:20 AM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Wednesday said officials in the southwestern city of Chongqing must "learn lessons" from a political scandal that is threatening the future of a high-profile politician.

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Deficiency in the sunshine vitamin linked to higher mortality and fractures: studies

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 12:39 AM PDT

A pair of studies released independently this week underscores the importance of vitamin D in keeping bones healthy and lengthening lifespan.

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Swiss bus crash kills 28 Belgians, most children

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 11:16 PM PDT

SIERRE, Switzerland (Reuters) - A bus carrying Belgian tourists crashed into the wall of a tunnel in the Valais region of Switzerland, killing 28 people, 22 of them children, police said on Wednesday.



Cardinal says pope wants revival of faith in Cuba

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 11:02 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict wants to help revive religious faith in Cuba when he visits the communist island later this month, the leader of Cuba's Catholic Church said in a nationally televised address.



VIDEO: Syria 'using systematic torture'

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 11:39 PM PDT

Human rights group Amnesty International says the Syrian regime is using systematic torture against its opponents.


VIDEO: Santorum triumphs in southern states

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 10:28 PM PDT

Conservative US Republican Rick Santorum has won his party's primary elections in the southern states of Alabama and Mississippi.


VIDEO: Obama-Cameron Afghan deal expected

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 10:40 PM PDT

David Cameron and President Obama are expected to agree to handover to Afghan forces by the middle of next year, earlier than planned.


Floods spurred by rising seas threaten 5 million in U.S

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 10:56 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the nearly 5 million people who live along the U.S. coasts from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico and the West Coast, rising seas fuelled by global warming have doubled the risk of so-called once-a-century floods, according to a trio of environmental reports released on Wednesday.



Violence across Syria, Annan awaits answer

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 10:48 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan kept up efforts to broker a halt to hostilities as Syrian government forces killed dozens of people in the northern city of Idlib, dumping their bodies in a mosque, opposition activists said.



Swiss bus crash kills 28 Belgians, most children

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 10:01 PM PDT

SIERRE, Switzerland (Reuters) - A bus carrying Belgian tourists crashed into the wall of a tunnel in Switzerland, killing 28 people, 22 of them children, police said on Wednesday.



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