5.8-MAGNITUDE QUAKE HITS NORTHERN JAPAN
HONG KONG: An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale jolted
the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido at 5:02 p.m. (4:02 p.m. in Manila) on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, adding that the epicenter had a depth of 188.20 kilometers. XINHUA
US SENATE DEFEATS WHITE HOUSE-BACKED JOBS BILL
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The bitterly divided US Senate on Thursday (Friday in Manila) defeated a $35-billion item from President Barack Obama’s jobs plan, one aimed at helping states employ teachers, police, and emergency workers.
AFP
WASHINGTON INDICTS IRANIANS IN SAUDI ENVOY PLOT
NEW YORK CITY: A grand jury in New York City has indicted Iranians Manssor Arbabsiar and Gholam Shakuri in an alleged plot to get Mexican gangsters to assassinate Saudi Ambassador to Washington Adel al-Jubeir, court papers showed on Thursday (Friday in Manila).
AFP
JACKSON SELF-INJECTING PROPOFOL A ‘CRAZY SCENARIO’
LOS ANGELES: The claim that Michael Jackson could have self-injected enough propofol to kill himself was a “crazy scenario,” the last prosecution witness at the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray said on Thursday (Friday in Manila).
AFP
TWO TREMORS JOLT SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
SAN FRANCISCO: Two tremors—one measuring 3.8 on the Ritcher scale; the other, 4.0—jolted the San Francisco Bay area in the US state of California on Thursday (Friday in Manila) after residents participated in an earthquake drill held earlier in the day.
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