Thatcher’s admirers plan memorial library
london: Admirers of late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher are planning to create a new library and museum in london to celebrate her legacy and shape the future of conservative politics. Backers revealed on late Saturday that they aim to raise 15 million pounds (USD 23 million, 18 million euros) in private funding for the new institution, where visitors would be able to see artefacts, including Thatcher’s famous handbags and trademark blue skirt-suits.
China’s bird flu death toll to 13
Beijing: The death toll in the deadly bird flu outbreak in China mounted to 13 with two more fatalities on Sunday, while the total number of H7N9 cases touched 60 with 11 more reported, the highest in a single day. Shanghai, China’s largest metropolis and financial hub, was the worst-hit reporting two more deaths from H7N9 bird flu besides three new cases of infection.
At least 33 killed in Peru bus crash
lima: At least 33 people died and 10 others have been injured after a bus plunged 200 metres (650 feet) down a ravine in northern Peru, police said. The bus with the Horna company veered off a mountain road near the town of Otuzco some 570 kilometres (350 miles) north of lima, early on Saturday. Authorities blamed the region’s treacherous, winding roads, the poor condition of the vehicle and driver error for the accident.
11 dead in hotel fire in central China
Beijing: At least 11 people were killed and 50 others injured in a hotel fire on Sunday in central China’s Hubei Province. “The fire broke out at 6.38 am, local time, in a hotel in the Fancheng District of the city of Xiangyang,” state-run Xinhua news agency quoted the district Government as saying. The fire was extinguished at 8.50 am, local time, according to local firefighters.