Bomb may have hit Russia airliner - US

Though Tanzania’s millers say they will not be directly affected by Russia’s decision to withdraw her share of wheat from international grain markets to cool domestic price in the face of economic crisis, the fact is that Tanzanians will not be spared from the impact of the decision.

Residents in Zanzibar were in a state of panic after three explosions hit different places in Unguja Island. The police have confirmed the incidents.

At least 20 people have died in a suicide bomb attack at a fish market in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, eyewitnesses tell the BBC.

A car bomb explodes at the gates of a military barracks near the airport in the Libyan city of Benghazi, killing two soldiers, security officials say.

Two blasts have rocked the outskirts of the Nigerian capital, Abuja, with casualties reported, officials say.

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Bomb blasts hit Zanzibar cathedral and tourist bar
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Zanzibar — Two homemade bombs exploded Monday on the popular Indian Ocean tourist island of Zanzibar, but with no casualties, police said, in the latest in a series of attacks. "Investigations are ongoing to find out details of the blasts and the motive ...
Bombs target church, restaurant in ZanzibarChicago Tribune
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A Russian airliner has crashed in central Sinai with more than 200 people on board, the office of Egypt's prime minister confirms.

A Russian airliner which crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, killing all 224 people on board, broke up in mid-air, a Russian official says.

Malaysia's Minister of Transport Hishamuddin Hussein, center, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director general of the Malaysian Department of Civil Aviation, left and Malaysia Airlines Group CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, right, listen to questions from the media during a press conference regarding missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner MH370, Friday, March 14, 2014 in Sepang, Malaysia.
Wong Maye-E, AP KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysia's...