BEIRUT —Syrian forces killed dozens of civilians in a village in central Syria, opposition groups and witnesses said Saturday, amid growing questions about the effectiveness of a U.N. monitoring mission that is supposed to be observing a cease-fire. U.N. officials said that at least 32 children were among the dead. Read full article > >
A large fire that spread across 10 acres of the Mourne Mountains may have been started deliberately, the fire service says.
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Forest fire ‘may be deliberate’
A large wild fire on the island of Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides has been brought under control.
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Large wild fire on island put out
A brush fire in Orlando about five miles from Disney World prompted authorities to bar traffic along a major highway through the central Florida city, a police spokeswoman said.
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Brush fire closes I-4 near Disney World
BBC reporter Paul Wood has been inside the Syrian town of Rastan which has been under attack by the country’s military despite a UN brokered ceasefire.
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VIDEO: Battle in Syria despite ‘ceasefire’
Firefighters extinguished a blaze in a nuclear submarine early Thursday at a U.S. Navy shipyard in Maine after battling it for hours, according to a statement released by the shipyard.
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Fire on nuclear sub extinguished
VALLEJO, CALIF. — The first couple of years were ugly. After this working-class port city became the largest in America to declare bankruptcy in 2008 , crime and prostitution surged as the police force was thinned by 40 percent. Firehouses were shuttered, and funding for libraries and senior centers was slashed. Foreclosures multiplied and home prices plummeted. Read full article > >
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Vallejo, Calif., once bankrupt, is now a model for cities in an age of austerity
A stage version of the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire has its premiere in London and is now set for a West End run during the Olympics.
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Chariots of Fire sprints on stage
A seven-year-old boy dies following a house fire in Northamptonshire.
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Boy, 7, dies after house fire
A passenger train rammed into a freight train before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 15 people in the collision and fire, officials said.
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Indian Passenger Train Rams Freight Train; 15 Die
Chief engineer says the team is ready for the Monaco GP despite having their preparations “hampered” by Spanish GP fire.
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Williams ready after fire drama
Gunmen fired on U.S. Coast Guard instructors at a Red Sea port and a suicide bomber wearing an army uniform killed dozens of people in the capital, Sana, news reports said on Monday.
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Suicide Attack in Yemen
Millions of people across the Pacific witnessed an annular eclipse, which resulted in a ‘ring of fire’.
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VIDEO: Millions see annular eclipse
Millions of people across the Pacific witnessed an annular eclipse, which resulted in a ‘ring of fire’.
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VIDEO: Millions see annular eclipse
Vallejo, Calif., once bankrupt, is now a model for cities in an age of austerity
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
