April 5, 1986
“Some days are just meant to be remembered.”
The alliance announced new restrictions on aid to refugees streaming across the borders. Officials cautioned that humanitarian assistance.
Microsoft trial enters second week as prosecutors detail evidence of monopolistic practices.
Local officials report broad consensus on appropriations measure; committee meets later this week to reconcile differences.
Technology shares led the broader market higher as investors poured cash into Internet stocks. Analysts predict continued growth.
Wall Street closes at record highs for seventh consecutive trading session.
- 2010: An explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 miners in the United States' worst mining disaster in 40 years.
- 2010: Two bombings in Pakistan killed up to 50 people and injured around 100 others.
- 2010: Up to 50 people are killed and another 100 injured in two militant suicide bombings and attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan: the first on an Awami National Party rally in Timergara; the second on the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar.
- 2010: Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
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- Humidity
- 80%
- Wind
- 17 km/h
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