SAVAR (Bangladesh): Survivors cried out to rescuers Thursday from the rubble of a block of garment factories in Bangladesh that collapsed killing 175 people, sparking criticism of their Western clients.As the plaintive appeals from the site of Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster filtered through the concrete, relatives desperate for news of their loved ones descended on the scene clutching their photographs....
MANILA: Human trafficking syndicates are growing and becoming more organised helped by technology, Southeast Asian law-enforcement experts heard Thursday as they sought ways to tackle the issue together.Experts from the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations met here to try to work out either a binding convention on human trafficking or a less stringent regional plan of action to enable ASEAN to act in unison....
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday appeared before an anti-terrorism court for the first time over the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.Musharraf was driven to the court here, the headquarters of the army he once led, from his plush villa on the edge of Islamabad where he is serving a two-week arrest order for other charges dating back to his 1999-2008 rule....
LUSHAN: Clogged roads, debris and landslides impeded rescuers Monday as they battled to find survivors of a powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest China that has left at least 188 dead.Huge boulders blocked rescue vehicles along roads leading to some of the worst-hit areas, and some areas were only accessible by foot along broken passes through the rough terrain....
BANGKOK: Myanmar has waged a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims, a leading rights watchdog said Monday, citing evidence of mass graves and forced displacement.The Rohingya, who are denied citizenship by the country also known as Burma, have faced crimes against humanity including murder, persecution, deportation and forced transfer, New York-based Human Rights Watch said....
BOSTON: Police guarded Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in hospital Saturday as detectives searched for clues to how the Chechen teenager and his brother could have turned to terrorism.Tsarnaev was in serious condition in a hospital where some victims of Monday's marathon bombing are also being treated, after he was found hiding in a boat at the end of a manhunt that paralysed this city....
BOSTON: Police killed one of the suspected Boston marathon bombing suspects in a shootout early Friday and pursued a chaotic deadly street-to-street manhunt for his accomplice, officials said.The two men, dubbed "Suspect One" and "Suspect Two" by the FBI, led police special forces on a violent cavalcade that left inhabitants of towns around this city cowering in their homes as gunfire and explosions erupted through the night....
BOSTON: - Police captured one of the Boston marathon bombing suspects early Friday but were still chasing a second suspect in a manhunt in which gunfire and explosions were heard, the Boston Globe reported.The suspect was caught in Watertown near here after a chase which started with the killing of a police officer at the elite Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the newspaper reported....
CHICAGO: A fertiliser factory in Texas exploded in a massive fireball Wednesday, killing as many as 60 to 70 people, local media reported, amid fears a second tank at the plant could also erupt in flames.Dozens of homes were destroyed, more than 130 people were evacuated from a nearby nursing home, and at least 100 patients were admitted to hospitals following the massive blast at the plant in the town of West, outside Waco....
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court on Thursday ordered the arrest of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for his controversial decision to dismiss judges when he imposed emergency rule in 2007, officials said.It was not immediately clear if or when the retired general would be arrested. Musharraf swept out of the Islamabad court, facing no resistance from a heavy security contingent and driving away in a jeep escorted by his bodyguards....
