4 wounded in bus, bridge bombing in southern Philippines blamed on suspected Muslim rebelsMANILA, Philippines — Bombs ripped through a commuter bus and a bridge in the southern Philippines Monday, wounding at least four people and cutting off a vital transportation link, officials said. Report: Ex-Japan minister calls for debate on going nuclearTOKYO — A ruling party lawmaker has called for a debate on Japan getting nuclear weapons, a long-standing taboo in the only country to have suffered an atomic attack, a report said. Survivor of Oklahoma City bombing: If time heals all wounds, why does it still hurt?OKALAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum brought together those who survived the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, family members of the victims and rescue workers for a program called “First Person: Stories of Hope.” Suicide car bomber attacks Pakistan army convoy in northwest, killing 27 and wounding 65ISLAMABAD — A suicide car bomber attacked an army convoy at a checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 27 people near another emerging militant stronghold within striking distance of the Afghan border. Pakistani police say suicide car bomb kills 20 at checkpoint in northwestPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a military checkpoint in Pakistan’s troubled northwest on Saturday, killing at least 20 people, officials said. |