crack
in the eight-storey construction the day before, but had brushed aside the concerns of employees. Officials say up to 100 people are believed to have died in the collapse. A senior official in charge of inspecting garment factories for safety said half of all premises were unsafe.
The US Vice President Joe Biden has addressed thousands of mourners at a memorial service in Boston for the police officer killed during the manhunt for the two suspects in the marathon bombings. Mr Biden described the two men as “twisted, cowardly jihadis” and said the United States refused to
yield
to fear.
“I get asked, like my colleagues, almost every day since 9/11, why this terrorist
phenomenon
the beginning of the 21st century. People say to me for they surely know they can never defeat us. They can never overthrow us. They can never
occupy
us. So why? Why do they do what they do? I’ve thought about it a lot and I’ve come to the conclusion they do it to instil fear.”
One of the men accused of allegedly plotting with al-Qaeda members in Iran to derail a train in Canada has made a rambling statement in a Toronto court. Chiheb Esseghaier argued that as the Canadian criminal code was not a holy book, its judgements could not be relied upon. The judge told him to take advice from his lawyers. Esseghaier and his co-defendant Raed Jaser are charged with conspiring to murder people in association with a terrorist group.