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 US police say one of two suspects in the shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer is dead and a massive manhunt is underway for another, who is believed to be tied to the Boston Marathon bombing. Shortly after the

 At least two emergency medical personnel were killed in a large explosion at a fertilizer plant in the US state of Texas on Wednesday night. Initial reports indicated that between 60 and 70 people were killed and hundreds injured

Britain made last minute efforts on Tuesday to tighten security measures for the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday. This, after the twin bombing of the Boston Marathon, which left three people dead and more than 170

At least three people were killed and more than 100 injured in twin explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Massachusetts yesterday. City police chief, Ed Davis raised the death toll from the two initially reported

 A Durban medical student has died in China, after falling seven storeys while leaning over a balcony to speak to friends. Mujahid Desai, a first-year student in Wenzhou, lost his balance, but managed to hold on to the railing for a few

 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe flew into Rome on Monday, to attend Pope Francis's inauguration -- sidestepping a travel ban that applies to the EU but not to the sovereign Vatican City state. A practicing Catholic, the 89-year-old

 President Jacob Zuma has sent his condolences to the Government and people of Zambia following a deadly road accident that claimed more than 50 lives. A bus and a truck collided on the Great North Road in the Chibombo area of Central

 An asteroid will zoom within spitting distance of Earth next week, in what NASA says is the closest flyby ever predicted for an object this large. Named the 2012-DA-14, the asteroid was discovered by chance by astronomers after it passed

The Red Location Museum is now the third biggest attraction in Nelson Mandela Bay after the Boardwalk and beaches, according to a report to the Economic Development, Tourism and Agriculture Committee. The report says that 105 361 people visited