A new and more virulent strain of the E coli bacterium caused the outbreak that has killed 17 people and left more than 1,500 ill across Europe, the World Health Organisation has announced. Hilde Kruse, a food safety expert at the WHO, told the Associated Press it was “a unique strain that has never been [...]
An explosion shook the busiest airport in the Russian capital on Monday afternoon and an aviation official said an unspecified number of people were killed. There was no immediate word on the cause of the explosion in the international baggage-claim area at Domodedovo airport. Russia’s Investigative Committee said there were at least 20 casualties in [...]
Posted by uspostWorldThursday, September 9th, 2010
A car bomb exploded in the Russian republic of North Ossetia on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 85 more, government officials said, according to the Interfax news agency. The vehicle blew up near a market in the city of Vladikavkaz, the republic’s leader, Taimuraz Mamsurov, told Interfax. “Information that I possess indicates [...]