SUVA, Fiji — Fijians cleaning up after a devastating cyclone discovered the body of a second victim on Friday, as military forces from three nations worked to find out the extent of damage to outlying islands and deliver aid.

General says turbines would blowing ill wind for military radar, calls for better planning

Japan refuses to compensate victims of colonial rule

SEOUL - Japan has refused compensation for South Koreans who suffered during its colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula 1910-1945, Prensa Latina reported.

USGS seismologist says powerful aftershocks from Chile quake to continue, possibly reach 7.0

US regulators say data from crashed New York Prius show throttle open, brakes not applied

From chopping down trees to torching ice, Fargo residents use new methods in their flood fight

Robbers loot Rs.five lakh from petrol vend employees

GHAZIABAD - Armed robbers looted cash worth Rs.5 lakh from the manager of a petrol retail outlet here, police said Thursday.

Will new traffic management bill reduce road accidents?

NEW DELHI - Anupama Mehta, 48, cannot forget the day her 17-year-old son left home to go to a friend’s place two kilometres away. Rammed by a speeding motorbike, the boy, Vinod, lost his life for no fault of his and the biker went scot-free.

Two killed in Mumbai apartment shootout

MUMBAI - A 14-year-old girl was shot dead after being taken hostage by her neighbour following an altercation over repair and renovation in an apartment complex here Thursday morning. The man was gunned down and two policemen injured in an effort to save the girl, police said.

Magistrate booked for assaulting railway employee

LUCKNOW - A sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) in Uttar Pradesh was booked Thursday for assaulting a level-crossing gateman who did not let him cross the tracks while a train was approaching, an official said.

Pakistani smuggler killed along Punjab border

JALALABAD - A Pakistani national was killed in a gunbattle with security forces Thursday while trying to smuggle in 26 kg of heroin and fake currencies with a face value of Rs.18 lakh along the international border here.

Forty hours on, boy still in borewell

BHOPAL - About 40 hours after a six-year-old boy fell into a 400-foot-deep borewell in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district, rescue operations were still on to pull him out, officials said Thursday morning.

Britain seeks details of citizen’s death in Goa

PANAJI - Britain has sought details from the Goa Police about the mysterious death of one of its nationals who was found dead in his hotel room March 12.

British boy reunited with family in Pakistan after kidnapping

ISLAMABAD - A five-year-old British boy who was released by his kidnappers in Pakistan after the family paid a ransom in Europe was reunited with his father Thursday, the British High Commission here said.

Former Colombian army officer jailed for eight killings

Bogota, March 18 (IANS/EFE) A former Colombian army captain has been sentenced by a judge to 20 years in prison for his role in the 2005 killings of eight people, including three children, in Antioquia and Cordoba provinces, authorities said.

Chandigarh police bust another sex racket

CHANDIGARH - Just one day after busting a sex racket in this union territory, police Thursday said they had busted another flesh trade racket that was going on in this region through internet.

25 killed in Nepal bus accident

KATHMANDU - In the worst road accident in Nepal this year, at least 25 people were killed when a bus fell off the highway and plunged into a river in western Nepal Thursday with eyewitnesses fearing the toll could go up.

Man chops off woman’s nose over land dispute

PATNA - A man chopped off a woman’s nose with a sharp weapon in a Bihar village after a heated exchange over a land dispute, police said Thursday.

Two school girls die after eating \’poisoned\’ lunch

KOLKATA - Two Class 4 girls collapsed during the lunch break in school Thursday and died. It is being alleged that they were poisoned by one of their classmates, police said.

Efforts continue to pull boy out from borewell

BHOPAL - About 48 hours after a six-year-old boy fell into a 400-foot deep borewell in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district, rescue efforts were still on and the army’s help has been sought to pull him out, officials said Thursday.

Teenagers kill classmate over love affair

LUCKNOW - A Class 10 student was allegedly killed by his two classmates over a love affair in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district, the police said Thursday.

Convicted Indian-origin banker flees court, found hanged

LONDON - The bodies of a convicted Indian-origin banker and her husband have been found hanging from a footbridge at a busy traffic intersection a day after she fled a London court at the end of her trial.

18 killed in Nepal bus accident

KATHMANDU - At least 18 people died on the spot early Thursday when a bus fell off a highway and plunged into a river in western Nepal, the worst road accident in the country this year.

Sundarbans fisherman seriously injured in tiger attack

KOLKATA - A fisherman, severely mauled by a tiger Thursday in the Sundarban forests of West Bengal, is now battling for life in a state-run hospital.

Body of Argentine actors’ missing son found at morgue

Buenos Aires, March 18 (IANS/EFE) The body of Lucas Rebolini, who had been reported missing by his parents, Argentine actors Antonio Grimau and Leonor Manso, was discovered at the Buenos Aires morgue, prosecutors said.

Over 20 injured in Chhattisgarh bus accident

RAIPUR - Over 20 passengers sustained serious injuries when a private bus in which they were travelling, overturned in Chhattisgarh Thursday, police said.

Parents beat up principal for seeking sexual favours

RAIPUR - Several parents of a private school in Chhattisgarh beat up a 50-year-old principal Thursday, after girls complained to their families that he was seeking sexual favours from them, in return for higher marks in exams.

Youth fires at villagers, lynched

BHUBANESWAR - A youth was lynched in Berhampur district of Orissa after he and two others fired at villagers holding a meeting, police said Thursday.

Three arrested with leopard skins in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW - Three men associated with an international wildlife poaching racket were arrested Thursday with three leopard skins in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district, police said.

Patna residents protest businessman’s killing

PATNA - Hundreds of angry people, including traders, took to the streets and disrupted traffic here Thursday to protest the killing of a businessman by alleged extortionists, police said.

Teen shot dead by neighbour in Mumbai apartment

MUMBAI - A 14-year-old girl was allegedly shot dead by her neighbour Thursday morning over a dispute on repair and renovation in an apartment complex in Mumbai\’s Andheri area.

Toyota faces criminal charges in Canada

TORONTO - Toyota may be slapped with criminal charges in Canada for hiding accelerator problems from motorists even as it was trying to fix it.

Goa policeman arrested for links with drug dealer

PANAJI - A suspended senior inspector of the Goa Police was arrested Thursday for links with an Israeli drug dealer.

Kabaddi-lover boy dies in New Zealand accident

AUCKLAND - An Indian origin family in New Zealand was in mourning after losing its six-year-old son who died in a road accident while going to see a kabaddi match, a media report said Thursday.

Teen dead as Lancer rams into Wagon R near Rajpath

NEW DELHI - A 14-year-old boy on his way back from watching an IPL match was killed near the Rajpath boulevard in the national capital when a speeding Mitsubishi Lancer collided with the Wagon R he was travelling in early Thursday, police said.

Curfew relaxed for 14 hours in Bareilly

BAREILLY - Curfew clamped here after communal violence was relaxed for 14 hours Thursday but authorities permitted only cycles, autos and rickshaws on the roads.

Hoax bomb call at Gurgaon railway station

GURGAON - A man, claiming to be calling from Pakistan, created a scare at the Gurgaon railway station Thursday when he said a bomb has been planted on the Bareily-Bhuj Express train, police said.

10 injured in blast in Bihar bus

PATNA - At least 10 people were injured in a blast in Bihar’s Jamui district early Thursday morning, police said.

Now Tihar inmates can call up families

NEW DELHI - Tihar jail inmate Rohit Rajinder Singh spoke to his mother over phone, something he had been yearning to do for months. Singh was the first Tihar inmate to use the jail phone calling system which was launched Thursday.

Six Goa policemen held for links to narcotics mafia

PANAJI - Six police personnel, including a suspended senior inspector, of Goa were Thursday arrested for links with an Israeli drug dealer here.

Three arrested for betting on IPL matches

GHAZIABAD - The police have busted a gang engaged in betting on Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches and arrested three men here.

Meghalaya police officer joins militant group

SHILLONG - A deputy superintendent of police in Meghalaya has gone missing and has allegedly joined the militant Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), a police official said.

Mumbai terror duo’s police remand extended till March 24

MUMBAI - A Mumbai court Thursday extended till March 24 the police remand of the two terror suspects arrested last week for plotting to blow up oil installations and shopping malls in this west coast megapolis.

Authorities: Illegal electricity hookup at small Detroit hotel where fire killed 1, injured 2

Punish Vedanta chief for Balco mishap: Congress

RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh’s opposition Congress Thursday demanded that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government act against London-based Vedanta Resources Plc chairman Anil Agarwal over a chimney collapse that left 40 construction workers dead last September at the Korba power plant of the Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco) that is controlled by him.

FAA: Pilot who crashed experimental plane south of Phoenix had 2 previous accidents

Clinton, Bush heading to Haiti on Monday to assess recovery needs

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Authorities: Fire at small hotel on Detroit’s east side leaves 1 person dead, 2 injured

1 killed, 2 injured in fire at small Detroit hotel