Scrolling around...April 16, 2013

Boston bombing:
Two bombs packed with ball bearings tore through crowds near the finish of the Boston Marathon killing three people and triggering a massive hunt for those behind an attack the White House said would be treated as "an act of terror"....

Boston Marathon blasts put world's cities on alert
The White House, New York's Times Square, and the preparations for former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral in London all had enhanced and intensified law enforcement presence after Monday's two blasts in Boston...

Prompt and effective reaction by so many, amateurs as well as trained professionals, undoubtedly prevented the death toll from being much worse...

Boston Marathon bombing: Feds raid apartment, police seek rental van
Federal authorities late Monday removed several bags from an apartment in a nearby suburb. Police investigating the Boston Marathon bombing have also issued an alert for a rental van and for a hooded man who left the area before the blasts.

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Breaking media silence ...Media bias exists not only in how they cover stories, but in their choice of stories to cover...

Iran struck by magnitude 7.8 earthquake
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck south-east Iran, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports.

The epicentre of the huge quake was 86km (53 miles) from the city of Khash in Sistan Baluchistan province, near the border with Pakistan.

Tall buildings swayed in the Indian capital Delhi, while tremors were felt across the Gulf and wider Middle East...