Electrical fire kills 41 in Cairo Coptic church

Cairo, Aug 14 (AFP/APP): More than 40 people died when fire ripped through a Cairo-area Coptic Christian church during Sunday mass, forcing worshippers to jump out windows while bystanders braved flames and smoke to save children. The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the […]

5.9-magnitude quake jolts China’s Qinghai, no casualties reported

BEIJING/XINING, Aug.14 (Xinhua)(APP):A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Zadoi County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China’s Qinghai Province at 4:20 p.m. Beijing Time on Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 33.14 degrees north latitude and 92.85 degrees east […]

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