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Deadly hunt for bomb suspect turns Boston into ghost city
Associated Press, Published on 19/04/2013
» A mass dragnet for a teen bombing suspect emptied the streets of Boston on Friday, after a frenzied night of violence left the fugitive's accomplice brother and a police officer dead.
Eye-gouged boy gets implants
Associated Press, Published on 10/09/2013
» HONG KONG - A six-year-old Chinese boy whose eyes were gouged out was receiving implants at a hospital Tuesday in southern China by a Hong Kong surgeon who volunteered his services after learning about the brutal attack.
UPDATE: Search continues for missing Malaysian jetliner
Associated Press, Published on 09/03/2014
» Military radar indicates that the missing Boeing 777 jet may have turned back before vanishing, Malaysia's air force chief said Sunday as authorities were investigating up to four passengers with suspicious identifications.
SK troops surround killer soldier
Associated Press, Published on 22/06/2014
» South Korean troops on Sunday exchanged fire with a runaway soldier who was surrounded in a forest after he killed five comrades near his North Korea border outpost, and brought in his parents to persuade him to surrender, a defense official said Sunday.
Afghanistan bombing toll hits 89
Associated Press, Published on 15/07/2014
» KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber blew up his car packed with explosives near a busy market and a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 89 people and wounding more than 40, officials said.
Police: Robin Williams hanged self
Associated Press, Published on 13/08/2014
» SAN RAFAEL, California — Robin Williams' personal assistant found the actor who was struggling with depression dead in a bedroom of his San Francisco Bay Area home, officials said Tuesday.
Kabul police chief survives assassin
Associated Press, Published on 09/11/2014
» Afghan authorities are investigating how a man wearing an explosives-packed vest was able to infiltrate the heavily guarded police headquarters in central Kabul on Sunday and attempt to assassinate the city's chief of police.
Police foil plot to kill people at mall
Associated Press, Published on 14/02/2015
» TORONTO — A senior police official said on Friday that police foiled a plot by two suspects who were planning on going to a mall and killing as many people as they could before committing suicide on Valentine's Day in Halifax.
‘Birdman’ wins Best Picture, Best Director
Associated Press, Published on 23/02/2015
» LOS ANGELES — <i>Birdman</i> captured Hollywood's top honour at the Academy Awards on Sunday, where the jazzy, surreal comedy about an actor fleeing his superhero past won best picture at a ceremony punctuated by passionate pleas for equality.
US consulate, police station attacked in Turkey
Associated Press, Published on 10/08/2015
» ISTANBUL — Two assailants, one a woman, opened fire at the US consulate building in Istanbul on Monday, touching off a gunfight with police before fleeing the scene, Turkish media reports said.