26 Feb
Mon Feb 23, 11:42 am ET
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Disgruntled diners at a taverna in Cyprus opened fire with a shotgun and doused the room in petrol, threatening to torch it after a dispute with the owner over the bill.
Three men had quarreled over a 93 euro ($120) charge for drinks and food at the restaurant in Mesana village, in [...]
14 Feb
In pictures: Fire refugees
Australian police have charged a man with lighting one of the country’s deadly bushfires.
The 39-year-old was charged with arson causing death, for lighting a fire near Churchill in eastern Victoria state. The blaze killed at least 21 people.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has described Australia’s deadliest bushfires as mass murder.
At least 181 [...]
11 Feb
By Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY
BEIJING — A nearly finished 44-story luxury hotel that was part of Beijing’s Olympic construction boom was ravaged by fire Monday, while people set off fireworks to celebrate the end of Lunar New Year festivities.
The fire was the latest in a series of calamities to befall China since the tightly choreographed [...]
10 Feb
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
02-10) 07:55 PST BEIJING, China (AP) –
The pyrotechnics that set fire to a new luxury hotel, gutting the structure and killing a firefighter, were so powerful that a special permit was needed — but it was never obtained, China’s state broadcaster said Tuesday.
China Central Television, which organized [...]
5 Feb
Thursday, February 5, 2009
(02-05) 13:40 PST LOS ANGELES, (AP) –
An exotic dancer was set on fire outside the nightclub where she worked early Thursday, burning more than 60 percent of her body, police said. They were searching for two suspects.
A woman and a man called the 27-year-old dancer outside around 1 a.m. and then doused [...]
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