ROME, March 31 (APP/AFP): An Italian nurse has been arrested on suspicion of killing 13 patients by administering fatal doses of a blood-thinning drug while they were in intensive care, authorities announced on Thursday. Fausta Bonino allegedly killed the patients aged between 61 and 88 over the course of 2014 and 2015 at a hospital […]
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New Italian ‘killer nurse’ accused of slaying 13 patients
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Imre Kertesz: Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate
BUDAPEST, March 31 (APP/AFP): Imre Kertesz, the Hungarian writer who has died aged 86, was a nervous mess as he took the call from the Nobel Committee in 2002 telling him he had won the most prestigious prize in literature. Yet this was a man who survived not only Nazi camps as a teenager but […]
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Sri Lanka’s loss-making carrier seeks foreign partner
COLOMBO, March 31 (APP/AFP): Sri Lanka is seeking foreign assistance to rescue its loss-making national carrier, a minister said Thursday, after the government announced the airline was unable to pay back nearly $1 billion in debt. The country cannot afford to bear SriLankan Airlines’ losses of 128 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($872 million) on top […]
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At least 15 killed as flyover collapses in Indian city
KOLKATA, March 31 (APP/AFP): Emergency workers in India battled Thursday to rescue dozens of people still trapped after a flyover collapsed onto a busy street, killing at least 15 people and injuring over 100 more. The flyover was under construction when a 100-metre (330-feet) section collapsed suddenly onto a crowded street in the eastern city […]
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British comedy great Ronnie Corbett dies aged 85
LONDON, March 31 (APP/AFP): Ronnie Corbett, a successful British comedian best known for “The Two Ronnies”, his double-act show with Ronnie Barker, died Thursday aged 85, his publicist said. The show ran on the BBC from 1971 to 1987 and was one of the most popular light entertainment shows of the era. Its opening titles […]
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French protesters clash with police over labour reforms
PARIS, March 31, (APP/AFP): Clashes broke out on the streets of France on Thursday during fresh protests over labour reforms, just a day after beleaguered President Francois Hollande was forced into an embarrassing U-turn over constitutional changes. A nationwide strike shut the Eiffel Tower, disrupted train services and saw dozens of schools closed or barricaded […]