Obama: Boston attacks act of terror

US President Barack Obama has branded the Boston bombings a "cowardly" act of terror, but says it is still unclear if a foreign or domestic group or individual was behind the attacks. "This was a heinous and cowardly act," Obama said at the...

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Boston victims suffer amputations

THE victims of the Boston Marathon bombings were peppered with nails and pellets, doctors say, adding that the most severely wounded required amputation. The twin blasts near the finish line in the northeastern US city on Monday claimed three...

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IMF cuts world growth forecast

THE IMF has cut its world growth forecast for 2013 as the eurozone recession continues to drag, but predicts growth overall will pick up in the second half of the year. In its newest assessment of the global economy, the International Monetary...

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Police took photos of Pistorius on mobiles

EVEN police officers clamoured to get photos of Oscar Pistorius on their mobile phones after the famed Olympic athlete was arrested for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, South Africa's police minister says. The former lead...

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Australians escape injury in Boston bombs

AS the Australian contingent in Boston prepares to leave the shell-shocked city, the global hunt for the terrorist, or terrorists, responsible for detonating the two bombs packed with nails, pellets and other sharp objects at the marathon finish line...

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Iran quake kills 34 in Pakistan: officials

A POWERFUL earthquake in Iran has hit hundreds of homes in Pakistan, killing more than 30 people in a remote community close to the desert border, officials say. The quake damaged mud houses in the town of Mashkail in Pakistan's Baluchistan...

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Eight new China bird flu victims critical

CHINA has reported eight new human cases of H7N9 bird flu, all of them in critical condition, bringing the total number across the country to 71, state media says. The new cases occurred in eastern China, the focal point for the outbreak which...

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