Toxic river water reaches city's outskirts
HARBIN, China (Reuters): A TOXIC slick of polluted river water reached the outskirts of one of China's biggest cities yesterday, nearly two weeks after an explosion at a petrochemical plant upstream.
Car-bomb blast kills 34
MAHMOUDIYA, Iraq (Reuters): A SUICIDE car bomber attacked a hospital south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing 34 people and wounding dozens more as militants stepped up their campaign of violence before elections next month.
Hard-luck New Orleans more thankful than ever this Thanksgiving
NEW ORLEANS (AP): DESPITE BEING homeless and seeing his family and friends get flooded out of their neighbourhoods, Frank Ray beamed as he helped carry boxes of donated food to feed his fellow storm-weary New Orleanians on Thanksgiving Day.
Court to hear case of 1814 treaty theft
PARIS (AP): A PARIS criminal court agreed yesterday to hear a case involving two Americans in connection with the theft of an original copy of the 1814 treaty in which Napoleon renounced any claim to rule France, judicial officials said.
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