500 evacuated as fire hits Singapore hotel

SINGAPORE, Mar 27 (AFP): About 500 people were evacuated Wednesday after a fire at a luxury hotel in downtown Singapore but there were no injuries, emergency services officials said.Television footage showed thick black smoke billowing from the Grand Hyatt Hotel near the Orchard Road shopping district, but the Singapore Civil...

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NZ police probe mosque attack links after man dies in stand-off

CHRISTCHURCH, Mar 27 (AFP): Christchurch police launched an urgent investigation on Wednesday to find out whether a man who died after an early morning stand-off with armed officers had links to mosque attacks which killed 50 people.Police raided the 54-year-old man's home on Tuesday night and found a cache of...

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