Happening around the World: -A bus in northern Colombia has caught fire, killing dozens of children who were returning from an event at an evangelical church. -A suicide blast in a street full of bars and restaurants in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killed four people, police say. -African leaders meeting in Paris declare war on Boko Haram militants, who seized about 220 Nigerian schoolgirls and are suspected of fresh attacks. -South Sudanese President Salva Kiir tells the BBC his country faces one of worst famines ever unless the current conflict is ended. -The Libyan government insists that it is in control of the country despite a series of heavy attacks and clashes over the weekend. -Six Malian government officials and two civilians are killed as rebels continue to clash with troops in the north town of Kidal. -Russias President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops near the Ukraine border to return to their permanent bases, the Kremlin says. -Antarctica is now losing about 160 billion tonnes of ice a year to the ocean - twice as much as when the continent was last surveyed. -The defence in the genocide and crimes against humanity trial of former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic opens its case in The Hague. -World Cup-winning England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson announces he will retire from rugby at the end of this season. -BBC News
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 12:44:40 +0000
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