Strong earthquake hits off Myanmar
Posted: 31 March 2010 0257 hrs
NEW DEHLI – A strong, 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck in the north of India’s Andaman Islands, off Myanmar at 10:24 pm (1654 GMT) Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
No destructive tsunami was expected, monitoring stations said.
- Channelnewsasia.com
New blast as Russia buries dead, Islamists claim bombings
Posted: 01 April 2010 1347 hrs
MOSCOW: A new explosion shook Russia Thursday as the country held funerals for dozens killed in the Moscow metro suicide bombings claimed by an Islamist group that warned of further strikes.
Funerals were to be held at nine cemeteries in Moscow and also in the southern city of Krasnodar as Russia mourned the 39 victims killed when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on the Moscow metro on Monday, state television said.
- Channelnewsasia.com
Rehab for Sandra Bullock’s scandal-plagued husband
Posted: 01 April 2010 0825 hrs
LOS ANGELES : Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock’s husband, Jesse James, is seeking unspecified inpatient treatment after being caught in a media firestorm amid reports he had multiple mistresses, People magazine reported Wednesday.
- Channelnewsasia.com
