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A massive explosion has ripped through a fertiliser plant near Waco, Texas, injuring more than 100 and leaving many feared dead.

ANALYSIS: North Korea is sometimes mocked as the mouse that roared, one of the poorest countries in the world threatening two economic and military giants, the United States and South Korea.

Silicon Valley is poised to upend the music industry - again.

The political speeches get the headlines but most of the 70,000-plus people attending the National Rifle Association's annual meeting are here to see an eye-popping extravaganza of guns and gun culture.

A lightning-quick experimental aircraft made history when it flew at speeds up to 4830kmh above the Pacific Ocean in a test flight, reigniting decades-long efforts to develop a vehicle that could travel faster than a speeding bullet.

Fox Broadcasting has pulled a recent episode of "Family Guy" from websites after edited clips of the animated series appeared to portray a bombing, mayhem and deaths at a Boston Marathon.

The gunman was killed and the four firefighters who were held hostage had minor injuries after a SWAT standoff in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Margaret Thatcher, the so-called Iron Lady, was one of God's gifts to music.