A court upheld the convictions of two milk producers in China’s tainted milk scandal, which killed at least six infants and sickened nearly 300,000 others, state-run media reported.
Convictions upheld in China milk scandal
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Rocket attack kills at least 11 in Pakistan
A rocket attack killed at least 11 people and injured 30 others on Thursday evening in northwest Pakistan, a Khyber Agency official said.
Suicide attack kills 9 in Afghanistan
A suicide attack on police killed at least nine people in southern Afghanistan on Monday morning, authorities said.
10 dead after teen shooting rampage at German school
A 17-year-old former student, dressed in military gear, killed at least 10 people when he opened fire at a school in southwest Germany on Wednesday morning, police said.
At least 27 dead in Pakistan suicide bombing
Police moved to dissipate possible sectarian violence after a suicide bombing in the middle of a Shia funeral procession killed at least 27 people and injured 75 others in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province Friday morning, police said. Charla Nash, 55, was transferred by airplane and ambulance to the clinic, where doctors in December performed the first facial transplant in the United States
Australian fires burn as death toll rises to 208
The death toll from bushfires in southeastern Australia has risen to 208, the Australian Red Cross said Thursday. Five fires are still burning across the state of Victoria, a spokeswoman with the Country Fire Authority said
Australian wildfires death toll rises to 200
Wildfires that scorched much of southeastern Australia this month now threaten part of the country’s water supply, even as the fires’ death toll has risen to 200, officials said. Fires that continue to burn near some major reservoirs in the region imperil the quality of billions of liters of water, according to Australian television station 9 News.
35 women, children killed near Iraq festival
A female suicide bomber detonated in a crowd of primarily women and children on their way to a religious festival Friday, killing at least 35 people and wounding 45 others, an Interior Ministry official said. Two children were also killed in a separate incident when an old and unexploded mortar round exploded Friday morning just south of Baghdad
Tornado cleanup begins in Oklahoma
A scene of devastation emerged Wednesday as circling helicopters broadcast images of housing developments smashed by tornadoes and severe storms that killed at least eight people in south-central Oklahoma Tuesday. Storms ripped roofs off several homes and left twisted metal and other debris scattered across the area