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Vegas bus passenger opens fire, killing one before surrendering

Sunday, 26 March 2017, 04:26 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

A man riding on a double decker bus on the Las Vegas Strip pulled a gun and started shooting, killing one person and wounding another before barricading himself inside in a standoff that lasted hours...

Only UKIP lawmaker in British Parliament quits anti-EU party

Saturday, 25 March 2017, 18:38 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The UK Independence Party is losing its only member of the British Parliament in a blow to the upstart anti-Europe party, which has seen bitter feuding between its top figures. Douglas Carswell...

Anti-European Union, anti-NATO protesters march in Rome

Saturday, 25 March 2017, 18:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Twin anti-EU protest marches have moved through a tense Rome, escorted by slowly-moving police vans and monitored by riot police, following a European Union summit to push for more vigor and...

London attacker taught English in Saudi Arabia for two years

Saturday, 25 March 2017, 16:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The British man who killed four people during a London rampage had made three trips to Saudi Arabia: He taught English there twice on a work visa and returned on a visa usually granted to those going...

75-year-old victim of Westminster Bridge attack in London dies

Friday, 24 March 2017, 06:51 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

London police said that a 75-year-old victim of the Westminster Bridge attack in London has died.  Authorities on Thursday identified a 52-year-old Briton as the man who mowed down...

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