Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Sorry, top news stories today don’t leave you feeling warm

Indonesia Aceh quakes triggers Indian Ocean tsunami alert
An Indian Ocean tsunami alert is in place after two huge quakes off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province. (BBC News Online - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17675399)


London riots: Gordon Thompson jailed for Reeves store arson
A looter has been jailed for 11-and-a-half years for starting a fire which destroyed a family-run furniture shop in south London in the summer riots. (BBC News Online - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17674395)


Migrant boat tragedy: Nato condemned over 63 migrants left to die at sea
Latest report raises possibility British helicopter ignored plight of people adrift for two weeks without food or water.
A damning new report into the death of dozens of African migrants who were left drifting in the Mediterranean last year has concluded that Nato contributed to the 63 fatalities, and raises for the first time the possibility of British military forces being connected with the tragedy. (The Guardian online - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/11/nato-migrants-left-to-die)

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