CHONGQING (China) One of the worst earthquakes in decades struck central China on Monday, killing over 9,000 people, trapping about 900 students under the rubble of their school and causing a toxic chemical leak, state media reported. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated a hilly region of small cities and towns in Sichuan and nearby provinces. The official Xinhua News Agency said 8,533 people died in Sichuan alone and dozens of other deaths were reported in surrounding ...

BY MICHAEL JANSEN

Tony Blair sashayed through the lobby of the American Colony Hotel in Israeli-occupied Jerusalem while I was having tea with a friend. Former British Prime Minister and current Quartet envoy to the moribund "peace process," Blair is ...

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