A car driven by an elderly man who may have lost
consciousness ploughed through a small-town parade of hiking
enthusiasts in southwestern Virginia, injuring dozens of
people, nine seriously enough to be sent to hospitals,
authorities said.
Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird
flu, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36 from
131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said
today.
Large crowds of anti-gay protesters broke up homosexual
rights rallies in Georgia and Russia today, underlining deep
hostility in the former Soviet bloc.
China's television regulator has ordered a crack down on
dramas about the country's battles with Japan during and
before World War Two and demanded they be more serious, state
media said, following viewer complaints about ludicrous
storylines.
In December James Cleaveland made an unusual New Year's
resolution: to do all he could to keep police in the city of
Keene, New Hampshire, from issuing parking tickets.
Cyclone Mahasen has buffeted Bangladesh's low-lying coast,
killing six people after forcing many thousands into
emergency shelters, but authorities downgraded warnings later
in the day as the storm lost strength.
