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17 injured in knife attack in China’s primary school

BEIJING - Sixteen primary school children and an art teacher were stabbed by a mentally ill person in south China’s Guangdong province, officials said.

Conn. Senate OKs police workers’ comp for stress from using deadly force against mammals

Conn. Senate OKs cop workers’ comp in animal cases

US Coast Guard: Haitian migration by sea hasn’t risen noticeably since January earthquake

Coast Guard sees no increase in Haitian migration

In new book, Laura Bush discusses 1963 fatal crash, says husband was ‘a bore’ when he drank

In new book, Laura Bush discusses 1963 fatal crash

5.5-magnitude earthquake hits Myanmar

NEW YORK - An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale struck Myanmar, the US Geological Survey said Thursday.

Hell on water: Crews start test burn of oil spilled in Gulf of Mexico from sunken platform

Crews try setting fire to oil leaking in Gulf

Coast Guard: Crews start test burn of oil spilled in Gulf of Mexico from sunken platform

Crews test burn oil leaking in Gulf of Mexico

Gases in W.Va. mine where 29 died still too dangerous for investigators; might also be fire

Site of W.Va. mine disaster still unsafe to enter

Wyclef Jean urges Haiti’s government to stress education following quake

Wyclef: Haiti’s gov’t should stress education

Intel officials: Militants attack military checkpoint in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region

Pakistan: Militants, troops clash in N. Waziristan

Weather Service: Single massive tornado tracked nearly 150 miles Saturday through Mississippi

Single huge tornado blamed for 10 Miss. deaths

Home ministry officer booked in bullet proof jacket scam

NEW DELHI - A senior home ministry official was booked for corruption and his residence was raided in connection with the purchase of bullet proof jackets for personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said Wednesday.

CBI arrests Ahmedabad cop for Sohrabuddin killing (Second Lead)

GANDHINAGAR - An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer posted in Ahmedabad was Wednesday arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing in faked shootout, taking the number of cops held in the case to 15.

Income Tax sleuths question Kings XI Punjab officials

PANCHKULA - Officials of the Income Tax (IT) department here Wednesday questioned officials of KPH Dreams Private Limited, which owns Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab.

Man found hanging from tree in Delhi

NEW DELHI - A 26-year-old man was found hanging from a tree in south Delhi’s Kalkaji area Wednesday, police said.

Gupta passed Afghan information to ISI, probe on

NEW DELHI/THIMPHU - The Indian woman diplomat, held on charges of spying for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, continued to be interrogated Wednesday and investigations so far indicate she may have passed on sensitive information about New Delhi’s plans in Afghanistan. India said the case of spying was a “serious issue”.

California geology officials unveil new seismic map that includes additional fault lines

California officials unveil new seismic map

Radio-active material was sold by Delhi University

NEW DELHI - The radio-active material Gamma Cell, which claimed one life and caused injuries to seven people in a west Delhi scrap market, was auctioned by Delhi University two months ago, police said Wednesday.

Crews will burn oil patches in the Gulf of Mexico as they run out of options to stop leak

Crews to set fire to oil leaking in Gulf of Mexico

Massey’s board hit with more shareholder lawsuits over W.Va. mine disaster that killed 29

More investors suing over W.Va. mine disaster

Twin car bombs kill 7 in Shiite enclave of Baghdad

Twin car bombs kill 7 in Baghdad Shiite enclave

Former Afghan commanders no-shows at ceremony to mark mujahedeen victory over the Soviets

Afghans mark anniversary of mujahedeen victory

Senior home ministry official booked for fraud (Lead, superseding earlier story)

NEW DELHI - A senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and some excise officials have been booked for causing a loss of Rs.340 crore to the exchequer in connivance with other people, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said here Wednesday.

Probe: Controller on personal phone call missed pilot error before Hudson River plane crash

Hudson crash probe: Controller missed pilot error

Swiss lawmakers to vote on new law that could give $4.6 million to aid agencies in Haiti

Swiss MPs to vote on new ex-dictator cash law

CBI arrests Ahmedabad cop for Sohrabuddin shootout

GANDHINAGAR - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday arrested deputy commissioner of Ahmedabad police Abhay Chudasama in connection with the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh shootout, taking the number of cops held in the case to 15.

Delhi University auctioned radio-active material

NEW DELHI - The radio-active Cobalt 60 material, which claimed one life and caused injuries to six people in a local scrap market, was auctioned by Delhi University two months ago, police said Wednesday.

Oil Spill Gulf Of Mexico 2010 Creates New Hazards

San Francisco (GaeaTimes.com) According to the latest news, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 continues to create to create headache to the officials as the efforts to cap a spewing well fail. The oil spill is not expected to reach the coast until late of this week. The crude oil is forming long reddish orange ribbons of oil. If it reaches the shore it could cover white sand beaches and marsh grasses.

Coast Guard will burn oil patches in the Gulf of Mexico as it runs out of options to stop leak

Coast Guard to set fire to oil leaking in the Gulf

Uttar Pradesh town tense after clash

LUCKNOW - Tension prevailed in a town in Uttar Pradesh\’s Rae Bareli district Wednesday after a clash between two communities that left at least 12 people injured, police said.

Probe ordered into Malayalam actor\’s death

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Police have been ordered to probe the death of popular Malayalam film and TV actor Sreenath, Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said Wednesday.

Woman dies as car catches fire in Madhya Pradesh

BHOPAL - A woman was burnt to death when her car caught fire at a mechanic\’s shop in Madhya Pradesh\’s Shivpuri district Wednesday, police said.

Railway employee shot dead in Greater Noida

GREATER NOIDA - A railway cabinman was killed in a case of mistaken identity here, police said Wednesday.

Indian doctor\’s killer carried enough ammo for a massacre (Second Lead)

WASHINGTON - The killer of Indian American doctor, Dr. Vajinder Pal Toor, was a highly motivated stalker who drove from Georgia with two loaded handguns and 1,000 rounds of ammunition, enough for a massacre, police said.

Man held for killing daughter to practise witchcraft

BHUBANESWAR - A man was Wednesday arrested in Orissa’s Malkangiri district for allegedly killing his daughter to practise witchcraft, police said.

Spring storm drops up to 2 feet of snow in northern NY and New England; thousands lose power

Nearly 2 feet of snow falls in NY, New England

Senior home ministry official held for graft

NEW DELHI - A senior bureaucrat in the home ministry was arrested Wednesday on charges of accepting and demanding bribes from private companies, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said.

Soldier shoots two army officers in Manipur

IMPHAL - Two army officers of 12th Madras Regiment were killed by a soldier in Manipur\’s Churachandpur district, police said here Wednesday.

Nine of wedding party electrocuted in Uttra Pradesh

LUCKNOW - At least nine people of a wedding party were electrocuted and 16 others received burns after a high-tension wire fell upon a tractor-trolley carrying them in Uttar Pradesh\’s Mirzapur district Wednesday, police said.

Coast Guard will start burning thickest oil patches in Gulf slick from rig explosion off La.

Coast Guard will start burning some Gulf slick oil

Detained man detonates bomb at police station in eastern Myanmar, killing self

Detainee bombs Myanmar police station, kills self

72 child labourers rescued in capital

NEW DELHI - Seventy-two child labourers working in bag manufacturing units in the capital were rescued Wednesday, officials said.

Family awaits body of Indian doctor killed in US

MOHALI - The grief-stricken family members of Vajinder Pal Toor, 34, who was shot dead by a former Chinese colleague in the US, are waiting for the arrival of his body to perform the last rites in the home country.

CBI arrests cop for Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter

GANDHINAGAR - The Central Bureau of Investigation Wednesday arrested a deputy police commissioner of the crime branch, Ahmedabad, in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter of 2005.